31 January 2024
858. Ms S B Lehihi (North West: EFF) to ask the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation:
(a) What measures are in place to suspend all diplomatic relations with Israel and (b) what are the further relevant details in this regard?
REPLY:
(a) and (b): The following diplomatic interventions have so far been taken by the South African Government:
- On 1 November 2023, the Cabinet of the Government of South Africa, took a decision to recall all its diplomats at the Embassy of South Africa in Tel Aviv for consultations in South Africa due to the Israeli Government’s violation of international law in its war on Gaza and its continued undermining of the United Nations resolutions on the Palestine Question.