ALBAWABA – Africans don’t want Israel to have an observer status in the African Union. This is a decision that was taken on 22 July, 2021 to allow Israel to have an observer status in the pan-African organization.
Southern African countries have united to oppose the admission of Israel into African Union (AU) as an observer state.https://t.co/xaMoZWhhCm
— Nation Africa (@NationAfrica) August 19, 2021
Then Arab countries, especially Algeria, had been very much against the decision made by the Chairman of the AU Commission Mr Moussa Faki Mahmat.
South African Government Spearheads Regional Group’s Objection to Israeli Rejoining African Union
— (((A. Zionist))) (@a_zionist) August 20, 2021
Mandela must be turning in his grave! South Africa ?? is now a #racist, #antisemitic entity run by #Islamists with a #pathological hatred for Israel ??
https://t.co/b018830BDw
But a recent article in the New Arab highlights across-the-board Africans and those civil society activists who don’t want to see Israel in their African Union until it ends its occupation of Palestine.
State leaders of the South African Development Community reject the israeli apartheid regime's 'observer status' in the African Union #BDS https://t.co/04QArOMidU
— Sarah Wilkinson (@swilkinsonbc) August 20, 2021
Civil society groups from Botswana, Namibia, Zimbabwe, Ghana, Uganda, Kenya, South Africa and more don’t want to see Israel in the African Union even as an observer.
Article from @Suraya_Dadoo in @The_NewArab
— Palestine Deep Dive (@PDeepdive) August 19, 2021
"There is growing opposition to Israel's new observer status at the African Union, with member states and civil society groups citing the country's ongoing occupation of Palestine."https://t.co/ncnqJxzliG
This is likely to increase.
The voices against the AUC Chairperson's move to grant "Israel" observer status in the #AfricanUnion are still on the rise.https://t.co/pHusMUHjBS
— Al Mayadeen English (@MayadeenEnglish) August 20, 2021