An Israeli foreign ministry spokesman described the incident as 'severe'.
ISRAEL ACCUSED IRAN of orchestrating the expulsion of a top diplomat from the African Union summit today, with the help of Algeria and South Africa.
A video circulating on social media shows guards escorting Israel’s deputy director general for Africa, Sharon Bar-li, out of the AU assembly in the Ethiopian capital Addis Ababa. “It is saddening to see the African Union taken hostage by a small number of extremist states like Algeria and South Africa, which are driven by hatred and controlled by Iran,” he added.The 2021 decision by African Union Commission chief Moussa Faki Mahamat triggered a rare dispute within a body that values consensus, with powerful member states, notably South Africa, loudly protesting the move.