Pretoria – South African Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ms Fatima Hajaig, today, Monday, 29 December 2009, summoned the Israeli Ambassador, Mr Dov Segev-Steinberg, to a meeting at the Union Buildings in order to express the grave concern of the South African government at the brutal assault by Israeli military forces on the Palestinian people in Gaza. She stressed that what is going on is a gross violation of the rights of the people of Gaza.
The Deputy Minister emphasised to the Ambassador that the large-scale loss of life and injuries to the inhabitants of Gaza, including women and children, as well as the destruction of physical infrastructure in the territory, such as mosques, schools and universities, is totally unacceptable and she called upon Israel to stop this aggression immediately.
The deputy minister informed Ambassador Segev-Steinberg that the South African government found the continued siege of Gaza unacceptable as it does not allow humanitarian relief supplies such as medicines, food, water and medical supplies to reach the desperate people of Gaza.
The South African government called on the Israeli government to stop the military onslaught in Gaza and to immediately and unconditionally withdraw its forces currently amassing on the border.
The deputy minister stated that no amount of bloodshed or destruction of infrastructure will bring peace to either the people of Israel or the people of Palestine.
The South African government called on all parties involved in the conflict to return to negotiations without preconditions in order to bring about a lasting solution as outlined in the Oslo Accords, Camp David negotiations and Annapolis Peace Conference.
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