African Union Warning: You are not logged in. Your IP address will be publicly visible if you make any edits. If you log in or create an account, your edits will be attributed to your username, along with other benefits.Anti-spam check. Do not fill this in! === Africa–Israel relations === The African Union periodically invite the President of the State of Palestine to make opening speech during its annual Summit in Addis Ababa. According to Article 10 of the Rules of Procedure of the Union, during the opening of the meeting sessions, the President of the State of Palestine in person is entitled to make opening speech. After the [[Operation Al-Aqsa Flood|Hamas attack on Israel]] in October 2023, African Union Commission Chairperson [[Moussa Faki]] expressed his "utmost concern" at the situation and called for an immediate cessation of hostilities, additionally, he recalled that denial of the fundamental rights of the Palestinian people, particularly that of an independent and sovereign [[State of Palestine]], was the "main cause of the permanent Israeli-Palestinian tension."<ref>{{Cite web |last=Njaaga |first=David |title=African Union calls for end to Israel-Palestine hostilities |url=https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/national/article/2001483044/au-calls-for-end-to-israel-palestine-war |date=7 October 2023 |website=The Standard |language=en |archive-date=October 9, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231009020518/https://www.standardmedia.co.ke/national/article/2001483044/au-calls-for-end-to-israel-palestine-war |url-status=live }}</ref> Summary: Please note that all contributions to Christianpedia may be edited, altered, or removed by other contributors. If you do not want your writing to be edited mercilessly, then do not submit it here. You are also promising us that you wrote this yourself, or copied it from a public domain or similar free resource (see Christianpedia:Copyrights for details). Do not submit copyrighted work without permission! Cancel Editing help (opens in new window) Discuss this page