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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Via AP news wire

South Africa declares Israel's deputy ambassador persona non grata, orders him to leave country

Germany Israel Palestinians - (DPA)

South Africa declared Israel’s deputy ambassador persona non grata on Friday and ordered him to leave the country within 72 hours.

The South African Foreign Ministry said that it was expelling Ariel Seidman, the charge d’affaires at the embassy, because of repeated official Israeli social media posts that insulted South African President Cyril Ramaphosa.

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