21 November 2023, <br /> <br />South Africa’s parliament passes a resolution that urges the government to shutter the embassy of Israel, which the resolution calls an “apartheid state.”<br /><br />A majority of 248 members of the National Assembly vote in favor of the non-binding resolution titled “Closure of the Israel Embassy in South Africa and suspension of all diplomatic relations with Israel” by lawmaker Julius Malema of the EFF opposition party.<br /><br />The ruling African National Congress voted in favor of the resolution. But 91 lawmakers from opposition parties voted against it.
