Summary
Ghana’s president, named in Peace, Peace, When There Is No Peace (spelled “Nkruma” once, PDF p.413) as Israel’s firm friend on the African continent whose signature on the January 1961 Casablanca resolutions — and whose government’s public reaffirmation of them — disproved Israel’s post-Suez policy of buying African support for the status quo through aid (Peace, Peace, When There Is No Peace, PDF p.413-414, p.432-433).
Details
- When it became conventional wisdom in Israel that Nkrumah’s signature on the Casablanca resolution — which affirmed restoring the Palestinian Arabs’ legitimate rights in accordance with the UN resolutions and the Bandung resolutions — was nothing but a concession to Nasser, the Ghanaian press reported the official position (18/1/61): “The President wishes to announce that he and the Government of Ghana support the Casablanca Conference and its resolutions”; the ruling party’s Evening News published a special supplement the same day headed “Despite the appeals of the Israeli press, Ghana reaffirms its adherence to the Casablanca resolutions” (Peace, Peace, When There Is No Peace, PDF p.413-414).
- The book had already quoted the Casablanca Conference’s January 1961 verdict on Israel — “an instrument in the service of colonialism” — in Chapter 4’s catalogue of Israel’s UN votes against African self-determination (Peace, Peace, When There Is No Peace, PDF p.177).
- Chapter 8 draws the consequence of Israel’s UN record — voting with France on Algeria and the Sahara nuclear tests, and “in favour of Kasabubu [as printed] and against Lumumba” on Congo: “Whoever votes in the UN in favour of Kasabubu and against Lumumba necessarily has a quarrel with Nkrumah”; the Casablanca resolutions (7/1/61) condemned Israel as an instrument of imperialism and neo-colonialism in Africa and Asia too — “Who condemns? Nkrumah condemns, Modibo Keita condemns, Seko Toure condemns.” “Does this not signify the destruction of Israel’s “African policy”?” (Peace, Peace, When There Is No Peace, PDF p.432-433).
Related pages
Peace, Peace, When There Is No Peace, Bandung Conference, Algeria