WASHINGTON, August 5, 2014 (WAFA) – President of South Africa,  Jacob Zuma expressed outrage at the continued [Israeli] violence that is claiming scores of lives of civilians in Palestine,' quoted the Business Day daily of South Africa.

Zuma , during a speech at the US Chamber of Commerce in Washington, said that, 'We add our voice to that of the United Nations in strongly condemning the senseless shelling of civilian shelters by Israel,' he said at the conclusion of a 25-minute address.

He said the two sides should sit and talk to arrive at the two-state solution of Palestine and Israel “living peacefully side by side,” stressing that, “the two sides would not be able to make each other disappear from the face of the earth by continuing the violence.”

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