World leaders condemned Israel’s military campaign in the Gaza Strip, calling for global action at the UN General Assembly in New York, Anadolu reports.

“We will not sit silent and watch as apartheid is perpetrated against others,” said South African President Cyril Ramaphosa, addressing the General Assembly, evoking his country’s decades-long fight against apartheid, which finally ended with success in the 1990s.

He also welcomed the international support for the genocide case South Africa has filed against Israel at the International Court of Justice.

“The only lasting solution is the establishment of a Palestinian state, a state that will exist side by side with Israel, with East Jerusalem as its capital,” he said.

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