The ACDP disagrees with the position of the South African government that released media statements condemning Israeli attacks on Iranian nuclear sites.
For decades, the Iranian regime has made it very clear for all the world to know that their ultimate goal is to completely annihilate the State of Israel. Neither South Africa nor the International Community have ever condemned Iran for such reprehensible threats and utterances. It is hypocritical for South Africa to condemn Israel for using pre-emptive strikes on Iran’s nuclear facilities when Iran was planning to use them in their annihilation of Israel.
The ACDP believes that no nation has the right to remove another nation from the face of the earth.
Last week, the United Nations (UN) nuclear watchdog, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), found that Iran was, for the first time in 20 years, in breach of its nuclear obligations. Regrettably, South Africa abstained on the UN vote, despite the fact that Iran’s uranium enrichment process (now at 60%, which is not required for peaceful nuclear purposes) posed an existential threat to Israel. This is disgraceful, given that South Africa dismantled its nuclear devices and only uses nuclear technology for peaceful purposes.
Iran’s recent accumulation of highly enriched uranium – a third of which was obtained in the past three months alone – marks a rapid and dangerous escalation of this threat. This, coupled with its ties to regional terror networks and growing military capability, left Israel with no choice but to act decisively.
The ACDP commends the G7 leaders for expressing support for Israel in a statement issued late on Monday, and labelled its rival, Iran, as a source of instability in the Middle East. They also affirmed that Israel has a right to defend itself.
“We reiterate our support for the security of Israel,” the G7 leaders said in their statement. The ACDP agrees.
