ANC Says It Will ‘Direct’ Government To Downgrade Israeli Embassy In South Africa

Riyaz Patel

The ANC has reiterated its “unequivocal support for the freedom of the people of Palestine,” emphasizing that the Palestinian struggle for self-determination is just.

Any peaceful solution that does not include both Palestine and Israel will have no legitimacy, the ANC said in a statement after US President Donald Trump announced his Middle East peace plan Tuesday.

The ANC reaffirmed its solidarity with the people of Palestine and called for a just solution to the Middle East conflict, including the “strengthening of a sovereign independent state of Palestine” which South Africa’s ruling party believes will help to bring peace to the region and end conflict between Israelis and Palestinians.

The ANC further called on the Israeli government to “release all Palestinian political prisoners; to immediately cease the expansion of settlements in