Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar met Monday in Jerusalem with an African king who heads an ethnic group based in the Eastern Cape province of South Africa, according to the Israeli Embassy in South Africa.

King Buyelekhaya Dalindyebo of the AbaThembu Kingdom led a delegation including Chief Apostle Caesar Nongqunga of the Twelve Apostles Church in Christ (TACC), Princess Ntando and Prince Sinethemba, and other AbaThembu Chiefs and royal family members, according to the embassy.

The group, which is being hosted by the Israeli Foreign Ministry, will visit the southern Israel communities attacked during the Hamas-led Oct. 7, 2023, massacre, and will also meet with former Israeli hostages.

South Africa and Israel have long downgraded diplomatic relations due to Pretoria’s vociferous an

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