Israeli ambassador to South Africa Eliav Belotserkovsky is toeing the line after he received a tongue lashing from Pretoria for “unfortunate conduct” relating to comments he made relating to the ongoing conflict in the Middle East.
South Africa's hopes for renewing a lucrative trade deal with the US are facing renewed headwinds from conservative legislators in Washington DC, with one congressman raising Pretoria's relations with Hamas in the Israel-Palestine conflict as a new obstacle to the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Agoa).