ISTANBUL: World leaders condemned Israel’s war on the Gaza Strip, calling for global action at the UN General Assembly in New York on Tuesday.
‘We will not sit silent and watch as apartheid is perpetrated against others,” said South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, addressing the General Assembly, evoking his country’s decades-long fight against apartheid, which finally ended with success in the 1990s
He also welcomed the international support for the genocide case South Africa has filed against Israel at the International Court of Justice.
‘The only lasting solution is the establishment of a Palestinian state, a state that will exist side by side with Israel, with East Jerusalem as its capital,” he said.
In his remarks, Ramaphosa also called for sweeping reforms to the UN Security Council, criticizing its current structure as outdated.
He argued that it cannot remain an ‘exclusive club of five nations.’
Source: Anadolu Agency