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Jews thrown out of African Union summit

 

Arab League representatives at African Union Summit demanded the ‘Israelis’ leave, meaning the American Jews, before joining summit opening ceremony.

By Ofer Petersburg


The opening ceremony for the 23rd African Union Summit in Malabo was to begin Thursday with a declaration of support for the three kidnapped Israeli teens by a number of participants, until bad blood brought tensions to a boil.

Egyptian President al-Sisi (Photo: EPA)

Egyptian President al-Sisi – Photo: EPA

“I have never seen such racism, such anti-Semitism. We were humiliated,” said several of the Jews in attendance, who had left Equatorial Guinea in a fury after changing their flights.

“It all began when one of the Arab delegates, from Egypt, approached us at dinner the night before the opening and asked what we were doing here, pointing at the men wearing kippahs,” said Israeli businesswoman Yardena Ovadia, who had organized the invitation of the Jewish delegation to the summit. Continue Reading »