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| South Africa's 'Shower Head' president Zuma 'appalled' by Israel campaign |
| 2014-08-05 |
| [Modern Ghana] Washington (AFP) - South African President Jacob Zuma voiced outrage Monday over civilian deaths in Israel's campaign in the Gaza Strip but distanced himself from calls to expel the Israeli ambassador. "Distanced himself", wisely so I might add. "We are outraged by the killing of civilians by Israel, some in United Nations shelters," Zuma told a news conference in Washington where he was attending a US-Africa summit. "We call upon all sides to lay down arms and work towards a negotiated solution that will lead to an internationally recognized and supported two-state solution," he said. Similar to the highly unsuccessful Volkstaat [Afrikaner homeland] I take it ? Zuma also condemned the killings of Israeli civilians by the Palestinian militant movement Hamas and voiced skepticism over calls within his African National Congress party for the Pretoria government to kick out Israel's ambassador. "It cannot just be a quick thing," Zuma said when asked about South Africa's response to the Gaza crisis. Ja, dit is reg! Successful transition to a 'one party system' and communism entails a slow, deliberate process. Zuma, without explicitly ruling out the expulsion of the ambassador, said that South Africa needed to act in a way "that will benefit both countries of the Middle East in the long end, and as a country we do have to take a bigger picture." Translation: Wat am I to do, eat these diamonds and minerals myself? Not to mention our arms industry which, thanks to our former colonial masters, makes us arse loads of money. |
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