KAMPALA, Uganda: The Palestinian ambassador to the UN called on the members of the Non-Aligned Movement in Kampala, Uganda, to put pressure on Israel to implement a ceasefire in Gaza after 100 days of war with militant Palestinian group Hamas.
\nRayid Mansour addressed in his opening speech the 120 members, convening throughout this week, that despite the UN General Assembly and the Security Council\u2019s resolutions, a ceasefire remained elusive.
\nThe Non-Aligned Movement, formed during the collapse of the colonial systems and at the height of the Cold War, has played a key part in decolonization processes, according to its website.
\nMansour claimed that Israel was leading an apartheid of the Palestinians in the ongoing war that broke out on Oct.7 when Hamas suddenly attacked the south of Israel, killing some 1,200 people, and taking 250 others hostage. Israel retaliated by pounding the Gaza Strip, killing nearly 24,000 people and displacing about 80 percent of the population.
\n\u201cWe are still under this colonial occupation by Israel and we see genocide committed on our people, particularly in the Gaza Strip,\u201d he said.
\nHe said the Palestinians were grateful to South Africa for launching a case against Israel at the International Court for Justice. \u201cWe are the last kids around the block. All of you accomplished your national independence and you put an end to colonialism.\u201d
\nPrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has previously said Israel will pursue its war against Hamas until victory and will not be stopped by anyone, including the ICJ.
\nIsrael adamantly denies allegations of genocide in Gaza, saying it makes every effort to avoid harming civilians, and rejects allegations of apartheid as an attack on its very legitimacy.
\nAt least 30 of the movement\u2019s members are expected to attend the heads of states\u2019 meeting at the end of the weeklong deliberations. Uganda\u2019s President Yoweri Museveni will take over as president the Azerbaijan\u2019s Ilham Aliyev for the next three years.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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