Muslim countries are not very active regarding the ongoing conflict between Israel and Hamas.
Recently, meetings of the Organization of Islamic Cooperation were held, but no further action could be taken beyond the condemnation motion. At the same time, South Africa, situated about 11 thousand kilometers away from Israel and Gaza, is quite vocal in this matter.
He has been continuously condemning Israeli attacks on Gaza and has also filed a case against Israel in the International Court of Justice.
The hearing on this case has started from Thursday. In such a situation, the question arises that Gaza, for which even the Muslim countries are not much worried, is the non-Muslim majority country concerned about it. Why is Africa so vocal?
Actually, there is several decades old history behind this, when the. Nelson Mandela was struggling in Africa and Yasser Arafat was leading in Palestine.
The. Nelson Mandela, who fought against apartheid in Africa, was released from jail in 1990. Two weeks later, he went to Zambia, where he met African leaders who had supported him in this struggle.
Yasser Arafat was also standing here to welcome him at the airport. Arafat, wearing a kaffia, hugged Mandela as soon as he arrived and kissed him on both cheeks.
Mandela smiled and moved forward holding both hands. This was the story of two leaders joining together in struggle.
When Mandela said- Our freedom is incomplete without Palestinians
Nelson Mandela believed that Like the people of Africa, Palestinians are also troubled and should get freedom. He used to raise this issue often.
Not only this, when Nelson Mandela was elected President in 1994, he thanked the international community for the help. Along with this he added, ‘We know that our freedom is incomplete without the freedom of Palestinians.’
Since then D. Good relations remain between Africa and Palestine. Even after Mandela African leaders have been comparing the sanctions imposed by Israel to apartheid in Africa. His opinion has been that this is a case of harassment in his own home. It is similar to the atrocities against black people in Africa.
There is anger due to Israel’s action of 1990 also
Distance from Israel and Palestine. There is another historical reason for the proximity of Africa. It is said that Israel had provided weapons to the apartheid government there in the mid-1990s. Regarding this also. There has been historic anger against Israel in Africa.
Now once again Israeli attacks in Gaza. Has agitated the African government and the people there. Thousands of people have protested against Israel in big cities like Cape Town and Johannesburg. At present D. In Africa, there is a government of African National Congress, which is the party of National Mandela.
Why do governments still stick to their old policies even after Mandela?
The President of this party is Cyril Ramaphosa. He recently gave a speech regarding the war in Gaza, in which he was seen holding a Palestinian flag. This was seen as his support for Palestine.
Let us tell you that even though South Africa is a part of organizations like BRICS and G-20, diplomatically it is not in a very strong position in the world. Despite this, his anger towards Israel is noteworthy.
Nelson Mandela was a strong supporter of Palestine until his death in 2013 and even now the country’s leadership continues to stick to the same policy.
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