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Graffiti reading "Destroy Hamas" is seen on a wall on October 17, 2023 in Tel Aviv, Israel. As Israel prepares to invade the Gaza Strip in its campaign to vanquish Hamas, the Palestinian militant group that launched a deadly attack in southern Israel on October 7th, worries are growing of a wider war with multiple fronts.
“The atrocities committed against civilian populations are causing great concern, and we urgently call for an immediate cessation of violence from all parties involved,” Lamola told the 61st session of the Asian African Legal Consultative Organisation in Bali, Indonesia. Expressing condolences to all victims of the conflict, he said South Africa’s primary concern was that humanitarian assistance should reach those devastated by the violence that erupted 10 days ago when Hamas launched a deadly incursion into southern Israel,Lamola stressed that supporting Palestinian statehood is a cornerstone of South Africa’s foreign policy.
It is a matter of international law, Lamola added, that the principle of self-determination for the Palestinian people is enshrined in various international covenants, instruments, and the United Nations Charter.
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