South Africa has declared Ariel Seidman, the top diplomat at ‘Israel’s’ embassy in Pretoria, persona non grata and ordered him to leave the country within 72 hours, citing repeated violations of diplomatic norms, including insulting President Cyril Ramaphosa.

The South African foreign ministry accused Seidman, who serves as chargé d’affaires, of using official ‘Israeli’ social media accounts to attack Ramaphosa and inviting ‘Israeli’ officials to South Africa without notifying local authorities.