Analyst comments on National Assembly vote in favour of cutting Israeli diplomatic ties

PARLIAMENT - Members of Parliament voted to support a motion to shutdown the Israeli embassy in South Africa and sever diplomatic ties until such time as a ceasefire is declared by Israel.

READ: Parliament votes to close Israeli embassy

The EFF motion passed by 248 votes to 91.

Professor Chris Landsberg, chair of African Diplomacy and Foreign Policy at the University of Johannesburg, spoke with eNCA's Sally Burdett.