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Responding to the African Union Commission’s apparent unilateral move to grant the apartheid state of Israel observer status, Algeria referred to the Jewish state as “a Zionist entity.” The North African country which does not maintain diplomatic ties with Israel “strongly condemned the move and vowed to continue to give support to the Palestinian people.”
South Africa followed by “vehemently objecting (to the) unilateral” decision by the African Union Commission to grant Israel an official observer status at the continental organization, reported africanews.com.
In a strongly worded statement, South Africa, which last year held the annually rotating AU presidency, said it “is appalled at the unjust and unwarranted decision of the AU Commission to grant Israel observer status in the African Union.”
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