Palestinians have a generational duty to struggle for their freedom from occupation and contempt. However, their actions must comply with acceptable international practices with respect to the protection of civilian lives. Neither the extremist leaders in Palestine and Israel nor their backers across the region and the Atlantic own solutions to their crisis. There aren't any military solutions, real solutions belong to ordinary citizens and civil society.

The people of Israel and Palestine must stand up against violence and hate and elect leaders willing to engage in meaningful dialogue to develop an environment in which Jews and Muslims can live in peace, be it in two separate states or single human community. In the meantime, the only short-term solution is an immediate and unconditional ceasefire. Thank you.

Mr A MSHAIK EMAM: Hon House chairperson, let me start off by saying that my colleagues here have either gone deaf or they have gone blind. I hear some of them saying that we must go and negotiate. Isn't that what was happening for all these years and Israel has not complied with one single agreement? So now you still say you must go and negotiate. What you are asking to go and negotiate is that you want to negotiate with the Palestinians on something that rightfully belongs to them. Why are you forgetting that Israel never existed? The Palestinians, Jews, Christians and Muslims have lived there peacefully side by side for thousands of years. It's Zionism that is only somewhat 100 years old. That is what the problem is. And I'm not surprised by you FF Plus. I cannot be surprised because you and the Zionist State of Israel are not different. That is exactly what you did to ordinary South Africans during the days of apartheid.

So, when you talk about wanting to have a settlement and agreement ... Now I see you raising a question that there was peace, particularly in Gaza. Where do you get your facts from every other day? Palestinians have been massacred in Palestine and you don't see that. Suddenly you see 200 hostages and suddenly you are rising. Your temperatures have gone very high.

To the DA, let me turn on and say to you that you should stop living a lie. You should go back and search your conscience about what is the truth about Palestine - go and do that. You get funding from the Zionist state, that's why you come here and sing their praises. That is exactly what you are doing. Your survival depends on that. That is the problem to you. To the IFP I want to ask, What dialogue can you talk about? What about the agreements that were entered into? Tell me, so many. They have not complied with Israel and have not complied with one single agreement. You heard the statement by the Minister in Israel. What did he say? Go and throw an atomic bomb there - a nuclear bomb. That is what he said.

Now, are you telling me that it's a conducive environment for negotiation? No! Weare saying there's only one way, and that is to expel the Israeli ambassador to South Africa once and for all, and shut the embassy in South Africa. Shut the embassy - the South African liaison office in Israel. Shut it down, it's the only way they're going to learn. You said that during a apartheid, but we got it.

Chairperson and Minister, visa conditions must be stringent for Israelis wanting to visit South Africa. On the issue of dual citizenship, we need to have a real look at it, because you cannot be using dual citizenship to go and participate in that military and commit atrocity. Remember, it's a serious threat to South Africa as well. The monies that are coming into this country to fund these political parties here, we need to deal with that as well. Until you stop the funding that's coming, these people remember they are led by the United ... [Time expired.] ... the big boss. This is what it's all about. So, we need to take this stringent action and we need to take it now. But lastly, I want to say if you are silent, you are supporting genocide ... [Time expired.] ... been supporting genocide. And today ...

The HOUSE CHAIRPERSON (Mr MLDNtombela): Hon Shaik, your time is up.