Ghana has announced the deportation of three Israeli nationals who arrived in the country on Wednesday, in response to what it described as the “mistreatment and unjustified deportation of three Ghanaian citizens” by Israeli authorities earlier.
The Ghanaian Ministry of Foreign Affairs summoned the chargé d’affaires of the Israeli Embassy in Accra to protest the incident, reaffirming the country’s commitment to “protecting the dignity of its citizens” and resolving the matter amicably.
The move follows Israel’s detention of seven Ghanaians — including four MPs who had travelled to attend a cybersecurity conference in Tel Aviv — and the deportation of three of them.
Ghana dismissed Israel’s claim that its embassy in Tel Aviv had not cooperated, stressing that its mission had “acted responsibly and in accordance with international law.”
Relations between the two countries had already seen tension months earlier, when former President John Mahama announced emergency aid for the Palestinian people in Gaza, reaffirming Ghana’s support for Palestinian rights.
Ghana had severed ties with Israel in 1973 before later restoring them.
