The 38th African Union (AU) Summit in Addis Ababa has once again showcased the organization’s deep-seated hostility towards Israel, issuing a shamelessly biased and factually dishonest statement accusing Israel of genocide against the Palestinians and calling for its international prosecution.
This outrageous and hypocritical stance is nothing new. The AU has long acted as a mouthpiece for anti-Israel rhetoric, ignoring facts, legitimizing terrorist organizations, and refusing to hold Hamas accountable for its massacres, kidnappings, and war crimes.
Selective Outrage: Silence on Hamas Atrocities
If the AU were genuinely concerned about human rights and international law, it would have condemned:
- The massacre of 1,200 Israeli civilians on October 7, the largest killing of Jews since the Holocaust.
- The brutal kidnappings of men, women, children, and the elderly, still held hostage by Hamas.
- The horrific sexual violence and rape of Israeli women, now documented and confirmed by international investigations.
- The thousands of rockets deliberately fired at Israeli civilians, a clear war crime under international law.
But the AU said nothing. Not a single word. Instead, it openly sided with Hamas, a terrorist organization funded and armed by Iran, responsible for plunging Gaza into suffering for decades.
The AU’s so-called “moral stance” is nothing but political theater—driven by a mix of anti-Western ideology, historical resentment, and blind allegiance to regimes that fund terrorism.
Calling War on Terrorism a “Genocide” Is an Insult to Real Genocide Victims
The AU’s declaration is not just factually wrong, it is a disgrace to real genocide victims. Rwanda, Darfur, the Holocaust, Cambodia, Armenia—these are real genocides. Israel defending itself from a terrorist group that openly calls for its annihilation is not genocide—it is survival.
Labeling Israel’s military operations against Hamas as genocide is not just a lie—it is a deliberate distortion of reality, designed to manipulate public opinion and demonize Israel at all costs.
The AU’s global influence is already negligible, and statements like this only further delegitimize it. Instead of focusing on Africa’s real problems—dictatorships, corruption, poverty, ethnic massacres, and jihadist terrorism ravaging the Sahel—the AU chooses to attack Israel, a country that contributes to African development through technology, agriculture, and medical innovation.
This toothless organization is not taken seriously on the world stage, and spewing anti-Israel propaganda will not change that. If anything, it proves that the AU is incapable of fair, fact-based diplomacy and is willing to align itself with terrorist sympathizers instead of the truth.
By completely ignoring Israeli suffering, minimizing Hamas’ atrocities, and spreading outright lies about genocide, the AU has proven itself to be nothing more than a biased, politically compromised entity that has zero credibility on international affairs.
If the African Union wants to be respected, it should stop parroting terrorist narratives and start acting like a serious international body. Until then, its voice will remain as irrelevant as its influence.