Calls are growing in South Africa to shut down the Israeli embassy after the government expelled Israel’s top diplomat, escalating tensions between Pretoria and Tel Aviv. Opposition leader Julius Malema has urged authorities to take tougher action, framing the move as resistance to global pressure. The expulsion followed allegations that the Israeli envoy violated diplomatic norms. Israel responded by expelling a senior South African diplomat, marking a sharp diplomatic escalation. The standoff comes against the backdrop of South Africa’s genocide case against Israel at the International Court of Justice over the Gaza war, amid mounting concerns over civilian casualties and humanitarian conditions.
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Somebody has to stand up against bullying and colonialism
DA 💩💩💩💩
Leave Middle East issues alone & focus on African issues – Western Sahara needs your attention bloody ANC
Send Malema and ANC to Iran … South Africa don't need them… from cape town
Israel must leave South Africa 🇿🇦
Instead of south Africa to be looking inward and quietly continue their economic growth to one day becoming Africa's first world power they are interfering in world politics a very sensitive one for that matter hereby drawing attention to themselves, China was quiet for many years and nobody saw them coming and one day they announced themselves by then it was too late for any country to do anything
"According to him"? As if we cant all see the genocide happening with our own eyes. The standard of journalism sucks these days
Please bring back the other guy, dont like this reporter.
I'm an indigenous proud South African and Israel is not a friend of Africa.
Malema is corrrupt, racist and a complete idiot. He stands for nothing and has built nothing except a crime cartel. Hope the USA deals with him soon. He belongs behind bars. Luckily his EFF party is a dying party
Israel? Criminal imposters.
Many countries around the world won’t miss South Africa 🇿🇦, they really don’t contribute to anything that is good for the people.
Benjamin is a Benjamin and he will never really fully comprehend the moral responsibility of human beings
Cannot believe how stupid and dum these anti white racist things are. I am. White I stand by Israel . Glory to Israel ❤from white South Africa 🇿🇦
The fall of South Africa has come
all true African countries should not host any Israeli embassy in their soil
what about the bible and churches in south africa bcs all those assets belong to the god of israel not the God of univers. will south africa return the bible and clothe the churches that worship the god of israel in south africa?????
South Africa don’t need Israel
Do not use our names, we are NOT part of this wicked, foolish and lawless ANC apartheids movement! We distance ourselves from them because they hate our God, Yeshua, Jesus Christ is the Word of God as declared by our Father which are in the heavens above as declared in Revelation chapter 19. We donot want to be associated with a terrorist regime, please refrase your comment to "the ANC apartheids movement" and not South Africa!
Leader's not South Africans
He needs to be in jail
Not supporters.. but opposition… This is nice
South Africa should tread carefully.. why are Muslin countries not expelling Israel diplomats. I think our country should stop fighting battles that are not ours. Muslim countries remain silent yet we invite the wrath of the US fighting for people that hate us.
It would be a good idea to name the street where the Israeli Embassy is to Gaza Boulevard
Cursed is South Africa 🌍. You can not fight God and win. Israel is the apple of an eye for God almighty. Jesus Christ himself is Israel
The headline should read ANC/Israel diplomatic war, the ANC is actually now a minority party in the GNU and does not speak for all South Africans, our country is 84% Christian, our largest church of 12 million members, the ZCC, ZIONIST Christian Church. Unfortunately South Africa has been quietly infiltrated by Islamists, anyone can research who the primary decision makers, and who heads up DIRCO. South Africa has a 2% Muslim population yet we are forced to pay a religious tax on our foodstuffs. Yes horror of horror the halal stamp on about 90% of our groceries is funding Islamic expansion to the tune of $3.4 billion annually, yes South Africa 128 Nkandlas a year, and Christians are funding it.
Lol. You can see all the brainless ANC supporters on here commenting and how the SABC has brainwashed their minds.
Support lsreal 😅
Not a good idea
As the native of these land ,the original land owners ,Isreal is not our friend ,they must leave our country country
This will end up very ugly
GREAT South Africa 👍
Proud to be South African ❤️🇿🇦
His a fool
Bravo, brother and sister!Bravo, brother! EXPEL THE EMBASSY OF ISRAEL FROM ALL COUNTRIES THAT VALUES FREEDOM, PEACE, INDEPENDENCE, AND NOBILITY!!! Greetings from a great and ever-noble Poland, unsullied by innocent blood!!!!
Israel must go to hell, or Donald Trump and Benjamin Netanyahu