{"id":78475,"date":"2023-02-20T15:34:08","date_gmt":"2023-02-20T15:34:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/all-news\/au-justifies-the-expulsion-of-israeli-delegation-from-its-summit"},"modified":"2023-02-20T16:22:38","modified_gmt":"2023-02-20T16:22:38","slug":"au-justifies-the-expulsion-of-israeli-delegation-from-its-summit","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\/all-news\/au-justifies-the-expulsion-of-israeli-delegation-from-its-summit","title":{"rendered":"AU justifies the expulsion of Israeli delegation from its summit"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Tanzania. <\/strong><\/span>African Union chief, Moussa Faki Mahamat said Israel&#8217;s observer status with the organization had been suspended and the country was therefore not invited to its weekend summit.<\/p>\n<p>AU commission head Moussa Faki Mahamat said on Sunday, a day after the Israeli delegation was expelled from the opening ceremony of the summit in Ethiopia&#8217;s capital Addis Ababa: he declared.<\/p>\n<p>Moussa Faki Mahamat had granted this observer status to Israel in 2021. The announcement had sparked an outcry throughout the pan-African bloc and protests in particular from Algeria and South Africa. A committee of heads of state was then set up last year to discuss the withdrawal of accreditation. The statute had been suspended while the committee was deliberating.<\/p>\n<p>added Moussa Faki Mahamat.<\/p>\n<p>Following Saturday&#8217;s incident that went viral on social media, the Israeli regime accused what it called a handful of extremist states like Algeria and South Africa of being behind the this action.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/tanzania\">Tanzania<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Tanzania. 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