Ghana expels three Israelis over Ben Gurion Airport detentions
Accra said it had been "compelled to retaliate", framing the episode as a defence of the dignity of its nationals.
Ghana on Wednesday expelled three Israeli nationals in a tit-for-tat move.
This is after Accra accused Israeli authorities at Tel Aviv's Ben Gurion Airport of subjecting Ghanaian travellers to "ill-treatment" and carrying out the "unjustified deportation" of three of its citizens.
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Accra said it had been "compelled to retaliate", framing the episode as a defence of the dignity of its nationals.
The Foreign Ministry said it summoned Israel's chargé d'affaires, the ambassador was abroad, to protest what it called "inhumane and traumatic treatment" of Ghanaian travellers since Sunday.
Seven citizens, including four members of a parliamentary delegation attending a cybersecurity conference, were reportedly detained for hours without cause.
Three others were swiftly deported.
Accra described Israel's conduct as "provocative" and "unacceptable", rejecting Israeli claims that Ghana's embassy had failed to cooperate during the deportations as "untenable".
Israel and Ghana have maintained largely cordial relations since restoring diplomatic ties in 1994, following a two-decade freeze prompted by the 1973 Arab–Israeli war.
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