In a statement posted on its official website, the Palestinian Hamas movement praised South African Foreign Minister Naledi Pandor’s “call on the international community to hold the occupiers accountable for their crimes and the 73 years of unceasing violations of the rights of our people and put an end to them.” .

Hamas also welcomed the “approval by the Spanish parliament of Catalonia of the decision to commit the crimes of occupation of apartheid against our Palestinian people”, stressing that “these positions and decisions are a victory for the just cause of our people and reveal the reality of an occupation based on racism and crime, as well as disregard for the law” . freedom and self-determination.

On June 16, the Spanish Parliament of Catalonia acknowledged that “Israel is committing the crime of apartheid against the Palestinian people”, and the decision taken by the Committee on External Action and Transparency confirmed that “the system that Israel applies to the occupied Palestinian territories is contrary to international law and is a crime.” “apartheid,” he urged the government of Catalonia and the government of Madrid to make every diplomatic effort to force the Israeli authorities to comply with the recommendations given by Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch.

In turn, the South African Foreign Minister called on the international community to take action to end the ongoing grievances faced by the Palestinians and to hold Israel accountable for the inhumane conditions that the Palestinian people have been subjected to for 73 years during a meeting organized by the United Nations Committee United Nations on the inalienable rights of the Palestinian people.