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Parliament recently voted in favour of closing the country’s embassy in Tel Aviv and shutting down the Israeli embassy in Pretoria until a ceasefire is agreed upon, but DIRCO s Naledi Pandor said cutting ties with Israel would be counter-productive.
Rival political parties including the ruling African National Congress and the leftist opposition Economic Freedom Fighters were among the scores of demonstrators who marched across the Nelson Mandela Bridge to protest against Israel’s military offensive in Gaza against Hamas.