With the war in Gaza still ongoing, South Africa’s President Cyril Ramaphosa has once again stressed his nation’s support for a two-state solution to resolve the decades long Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Speaking at a United Nations General Assembly summit dedicated to the establishment of a Palestinian state, Ramaphosa echoed calls for peace and coexistence.
The meeting, co-chaired by France and Saudi Arabia, aimed to rally international backing for the two-state framework, which predates the current war in Gaza.
“South Africa reiterates its firm commitment to the creation of a contiguous Palestinian state existing peacefully side by side with the state of Israel along the 1967 borders, with East Jerusalem as its capital,” Ramaphosa declared.
He went on to condemn what he described as Israel’s “disproportionate punishment against the people of Palestine,” stressing that the recognition of a Palestinian state was the only path to peace.
Ramaphosa also praised the growing number of nations recognizing Palestinian statehood.
At the summit on Monday, France, Belgium, Monaco, Luxembourg, and Malta formally joined the list of countries acknowledging Palestine as a state.
