AMIN: The liberation of Africa and Palestine is very important. At first, Africa did not know very well about the Arabs. Palestine is at the center of the Arab lands. It is a land which both Christians and Muslims regard as important for their religion. It is in Palestine that the Prophet Mohammed was born. Therefore this needs careful understanding and the people of Africa should be taught. I was in the chair in the secret Summit meeting on this subject. It was one of the toughest discussions in the history of the OA U. Some Presidents wanted to leave for reasons of other duties or health but I said no-one should leave until we finished. President Mobutu said he would not support the expulsion of Israel from the United Nations. That does not mean that one country out of the 46 OAU members has the power to make Africa follow what he thinks. It shows that every country had the freedom to speak. I am speaking on behalf of the majority. All of Africa wanted Zionist Israel to be forced, pressured to leave the illegally-occupied Arab territories and to allow the Palestinians to go back to their country. The entire people of Africa support that and say the Palestinians must be able to return to their country. But what brought a small misunderstanding in that top secret meeting was the statement made by my brother, His Excellency President Sadat, at Khartoum airport, when he said that he was not in favor of supporting the expulsion of Israel from the U. N. Yet his country is the one of which the greatest part was captured by the Israelis. It was that statement which brought about a change of mind in the conference, causing doubt. When we received a report of that statement the leaders of Africa were shocked. They said, ‘We are supporting the Arab cause and the front line in Africa is Sadat. Yet he is not in favor of expelling Israel from the U.N. Whom can we now support? Even Mobutu said Zaire should not be blamed because it was President Sadat’s statement which made him change his mind not support Israel’s expulsion. If Israel refused to get out of Palestine and also the Arablands which they occupied illegally then we shall have to discuss within the OAU and find ways and means of putting pressure on Israel. But if the front line Egypt is not supporting the Arab cause, what can I say? It is demoralizing the whole continent of Africa. I must tell you this frankly. Even I will tell my brother Sadat. I love him very much. He has some economic problems: but now to support his case is very difficult. But you should know that the majority of Africa is on our revolutionary side, supporting the Palestinians. There only six African countries which are weak, including Egypt Your instruction is my priority
Posted on: Thu, 27 Mar 2014 00:33:38 +0000
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