Palestine Seeks African Union Help to End Israeli Atrocities

The Palestine ambassador to Tanzania, Yousef Habbab, has called on President Jakaya Kikwete to use his capacity as chairman of the African Union to intervene and help end Israeli attacks on innocent people in the Gaza Strip and the West Bank in Palestine-occupied territories.

Habbab issued the appeal Monday in Dar es Salaam in response to recent developments in the Middle East in which Israel forces brutally murdered 170 people in Gaza.

He said the recent intervention by Kikwete in Kenya to solve the political impasse there had made Tanzania one of the countries to be sought for mediation in the region and beyond.

“President Kikwete should now use that experience to intervene and resolve the Middle East crisis, once and for all, that has taken many years and so many lives and property have been lost,” Habbab said.

He added that the UN Security Council and the entire international community had proved powerless to solve the Israel-Palestine conflict for decades.

He said Africa should not stand by as a mere spectator watching innocent lives being lost and the homes of Palestinian mothers and children being demolished by Israel soldiers who do not care for the dignity of human life.

He said the world should stand up and condemn what he described as “genocide” being committed by Israeli forces and bring to justice all those responsible.

Source African Press Agency

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