GAZA (Palestine Foundation Information Center) The Hamas Movement has welcomed the statement issued by the 37th African Union Summit held in Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa.
The Movement said the statement called “for an end to the aggression against our people, the policy of collective punishment, the crime of genocide, the lifting of the siege, and compliance with the decisions of the International Court of Justice regarding the Gaza Strip”.
“We hope it will translate into practical steps from all friendly African countries, in a way that contributes to stopping the aggression and war of extermination against our Palestinian people in the Gaza Strip,” Hamas said in a statement.
It added, “We also call for severing all ties with the criminal Zionist entity, and supporting the struggle of our Palestinian people until they achieve their legitimate national rights, most notably the establishment of the Palestinian state with Jerusalem as its capital.”
The final statement of the 37th Summit of the African Union (AU) condemned the “brutal” Israel war and the use of excessive force against 2.2 million unarmed civilians.
The statement called for an independent international investigation into Israeli violations of international humanitarian law in Gaza, and Israel’s use of internationally banned weapons to target hospitals and media institutions in the Strip.
The summit also reportedly urged Israel to respond to international calls for a permanent ceasefire in the Gaza Strip, comply with the decisions of the International Court of Justice to prevent genocide, and lift the unjust siege imposed on the Gaza Strip.
