International Relations Minister Naledi Pandor also lambasted the UN Security Council for not putting an end to the hostilities in Gaza.
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“While we express horror at the violence, it is critical that we acknowledge that the illegal occupation of Palestine by Israel for several decades has led to bitter hatred and increased violence and that this violence is not the first violence that the people of Palestine have experienced. “The notion of Israel’s right to defend itself through military means has been used erroneously in international law by many and deliberately by others to justify the unlawful use of force by Israel on the people of Gaza and the West Bank.”Pandor also lambasted the UN Security Council for not putting an end to the hostilities in Gaza.
Pandor said the for the two-state solution to materialise, a peace process initiated by the UN needs to commence urgently.
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