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THE 20-point Gaza Peace Plot was accepted by all and sundry, even including the toilet cleaners and catering staff at the joint meeting at the United Nations. (China and Russia abstained).

- EBRAHIM ESSA

Of course, the aftermath that followed is no secret.

That not a single country has had the guts to raise any objection against the UNO and complain that even before the peace plan has gone past the first step, hundreds of Palestinians have been murdered, crushed and bombed already.

Now, move to the drama-filled G20 Summit in South Africa, where loud, resounding alarm and applause, seldom heard before in any other recent conference, greeted President Ramaphosa's polite but incisive speech, telling the USA where to get off!