Palestinian prime minister Mohammed Shtayyeh on Saturday urged the African Union to withdraw Israel’s observer status as heads of state from the 55-member body met for a two-day summit. “Israel should never be rewarded for its violation and for the apartheid regime it does impose on the Palestinian people,” he said. The relationship with Israel is a rare point of contention for a body that values consensus and is expected to dominate the Addis Ababa summit this weekend. The dispute erupted last July when Moussa Faki Mahamat, chair of the African Union Commission, accepted Israel’s accreditatio…