South African President Cyril Ramaphosa pledged the solidarity of his country with "the people of Palestine," in a video the South African leader posted to X (formerly Twitter) on Saturday.
"We pledge solidarity with the people of Palestine," the caption on the video reads.
"All of us standing here, [are] pledging our solidarity with the people of Palestine," Ramaphosa said. "We stand here because we are deeply concerned about the atrocities that unfolding in the Middle East, and we have passed our condolences to the people of Israel as we are passing out condolences to the people of Palestine."
The South African president goes on to lay blame for the current war on the Israeli government for perpetrating a system that has left Palestinians living "under occupation for almost 75 years," describing the Palestinians as a "people under occupation who have been waging a struggle against an oppressive government that is occupying their land."
Additionally, Ramaphosa details that the Israeli government has charged with apartheid, and says that as South Africans are a people who have struggled against apartheid, they pledge solidarity with the Palestinians.
He additionally called for a two-state solution based on the 1967 borders as a solution to the conflict.