JOHANNESBURG, (PIC)
South Africa’s foreign minister called on Israel’s allies “to send their troops to safely escort hundreds of aid trucks into Gaza as a gesture of humanitarian peace that would save lives.”
In a press conference held on Wednesday, Naledi Pandor said that they have asked their ambassador at the United Nations to make all efforts to talk to other ambassadors and encourage the passing of an urgent resolution for a cease-fire.
“We think at the moment that everybody should be focused on an immediate cease-fire,” Pandor said.
She added that if a cease-fire is not reached, the world will witness a terrible catastrophe even worse than what it has seen unfolding.
“I wish I could say to the people of Palestine and all Muslims ‘Ramadan Mubarak’ (Blessed Ramadan), but for the people of Palestine, I’m just seeing a deadly situation if the world does not address this urgent matter of an immediate cease-fire,” said Pandor.
The top diplomat said if countries with the most powerful militaries such as the US and UK could come together and say they see the harm, suffering and denial of food and water to Palestinians and send their troops to safely escort hundreds of aid trucks into Gaza, this would be a gesture of humanitarian peace that would save lives.
“At this moment…I remain terrified that we are going to see more harm to the people of Palestine…I’m totally feeling useless as a human being that we are unable to rescue people from their deadly situation,” she said.
South Africa has condemned Israel’s war on Gaza and late last year, it accused Israel of genocide at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in the Netherlands.
