The Political Committee of the Palestinian National Council (PNC) called on the Executive Council of the African Union not to approve the request for Israel’s re-admission to the union, because the reasons for freezing the observer’s membership that Israel enjoyed are still in place, as it continues to practice the policy of ethnic cleansing and racial discrimination, and refuses to abide by decisions International legitimacy to end its colonial occupation of the occupied Palestinian territories, which aims to prevent the establishment of an independent state of Palestine with the city of Jerusalem as its capital. The committee noted that the decision to reinstate Israel’s membership in the African Union is a flagrant violation of the African Charter on Human Rights and the principles and values of the African Union and its statute, which provides for the rejection and fight against racism, decolonization, and the right to self-determination of peoples. It further called on the countries of the African continent to declare their solidarity with the Palestinian people and to pressure to thwart Israel’s re-joining the African Union again. For further details, click here