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ISRAEL DISPUTE ERUPTS AT AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT
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Palestinian PM urges African Union to withdraw Israel's observer status
In Addis Ababa, Palestinian prime minister Mohammed Shtayyeh urges the African
Union to withdraw Israel's observer status as heads of state from the 55-member
body met for a two-day summit. "Israel should never be rewarded for its
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Palestinian PM urges African Union to withdraw Israel's observer status
In Addis Ababa, Palestinian prime minister Mohammed Shtayyeh urges the African
Union to withdraw Israel's observer status as heads of state from the 55-member
body met for a two-day summit. "Israel should never be rewarded for its
violation and fo...
* The African Union has begun it's two day summit in Addis Ababa.
* During the opening Palestinian prime minister urged the AU to withdraw
Israel's accreditation.
* Africa's relationship with Israel is expected to figure prominently during
the summit.
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Palestinian prime minister Mohammed Shtayyeh on Saturday urged the African Union
to withdraw Israel's accreditation, bringing simmering tensions to a head as the
55-member bloc opened a two-day summit in Addis Ababa.
Even as the continent reels from a spate of military coups and the coronavirus
pandemic, the relationship with Israel is expected to figure prominently during
the summit this weekend.
The dispute was set in motion last July when Moussa Faki Mahamat, chair of the
African Union Commission, accepted Israel's accreditation to the bloc,
triggering a rare dispute within a body that values consensus.
As heads of state gathered in Ethiopia's capital on Saturday, Shtayyeh called on
the body to reject Faki's move.
"Israel should never be rewarded for its violation and for the apartheid regime
it does impose on the Palestinian people," he said.
"Your excellencies, I'm sorry to report to you that the situation of the
Palestinian people has only grown more precarious."
The summit may see a vote on whether to back or reject Faki's decision, which
could yield an unprecedented split in the bloc.
Israel's accreditation last year drew quick protest from powerful members,
including South Africa and Algeria which argued that it flew in the face of AU
statements supporting the Palestinian Territories.
Earlier Saturday Faki said the AU's commitment to the Palestinian push for
independence was "unchanging and can only continue to go stronger".
Epidemic of coups among issues in the program of the 35th Ordinary Session of
the AU Assembly
Per the agenda, the theme of the African Union assembly of this year is
“Building Resilience in Nutrition on the African Continent” but many issues
await the 55 member-states leaders.
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Epidemic of coups among issues in the program of the 35th Ordinary Session of
the AU Assembly
Per the agenda, the theme of the African Union assembly of this year is
“Building Resilience in Nutrition on the African Continent” but many issues
await the 55 member-states leaders.
READ | Coups and Covid loom large at African Union summit
He defended Israel's accreditation, however, saying it could be "an instrument
in the service of peace" while calling for "a serene debate" on the issue.
War in Ethiopia
This year's summit comes as the AU faces mounting pressure to push for a
ceasefire in host country Ethiopia, where a 15-month war has killed thousands of
people and, the UN says, driven hundreds of thousands to the brink of
starvation.
The conflict pits Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed's government against fighters from
the northern Tigray region.
It has precipitated a rapid deterioration in ties between Abiy, the 2019 Nobel
Peace Prize winner, and Western powers who once saw him as a reformer but have
condemned alleged massacres and mass rape committed during the conflict by
Ethiopian and allied forces.
The fact that Ethiopia hosts the AU has made any intervention by the bloc
especially delicate, and Faki waited until last August - nine months after
fighting began - to appoint Nigeria's former president Olusegun Obasanjo as a
special envoy tasked with trying to broker a ceasefire.
On Saturday, Abiy praised his fellow African leaders for what he described as
their "support".
Abiy said:
Ethiopia's challenge was internal in nature and a matter of maintaining law and
order. But the solution of our internal matters was made exceedingly difficult
by the role played by external actors.
"I wish to take this opportunity to thank you all for your support, solidarity
and understanding as we underwent these trying times."
Abiy also proposed the creation of "an African Union continental media house",
renewing his criticism of international media coverage of Ethiopia and the
continent at large.
"Negative media representation of Africa not only disinforms the rest of the
world about our continent, but also shapes the way we see ourselves as
Africans," he said.
Coup 'resurgence'
African leaders are also preoccupied with a recent string of military coups.
Four member states have been suspended by the AU's Peace and Security Council
since mid-2021 because of unconstitutional changes of government - most recently
Burkina Faso, where soldiers ousted President Roch Marc Christian Kabore last
month.
Addressing African foreign ministers this week, Faki denounced a "worrying
resurgence" of such putsches.
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suspending Chad after a military council took over following the death of
longtime President Idriss Deby Itno on the battlefield last April.
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Attendees will also discuss the coronavirus pandemic, with South African
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after the continent's first case was detected in Egypt.
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been fully vaccinated, according to the Africa Centres for Disease Control and
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