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Jewish Agency says its chair cancels trip to South Africa, fearing arrest
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Doron Almog speaks at a press conference in Budapest on May 5, 2024. (Canaan Lidor/Times of Israel)
Jewish Agency for Israel chairman Doron Almog has canceled a visit to South Africa because he fears possible arrest, the organization says.
The Jewish Agency believes anti-Israel activists in the country, which is fiercely critical of Israel, may seek his arrest. South Africa is leading an effort at the International Court of Justice to charge Israel with genocide.
Anti-Israel activists in several countries have sought the arrest of IDF soldiers, accusing them of committing war crimes in Gaza.
Almog, a retired Israeli general, is related to multiple people who were taken hostage in the Hamas-led October 7, 2023, massacre that launched the war in Gaza.
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