{"id":1171,"date":"2025-12-15T19:41:42","date_gmt":"2025-12-15T19:41:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/?p=1171"},"modified":"2025-12-15T19:41:42","modified_gmt":"2025-12-15T19:41:42","slug":"ghana-deports-3-israelis-in-retaliation-after-illtreatment-unjustified-deportation-of-ghanaians","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/2025\/12\/15\/ghana-deports-3-israelis-in-retaliation-after-illtreatment-unjustified-deportation-of-ghanaians\/politics\/","title":{"rendered":"Ghana deports 3 Israelis in retaliation after \u2018illtreatment, unjustified deportation\u2019 of Ghanaians"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"864\" height=\"486\" src=\"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/thumbs_b_c_304f77939a5da6494a2ae6cdf61b7d44.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1172\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/thumbs_b_c_304f77939a5da6494a2ae6cdf61b7d44.jpg 864w, https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/thumbs_b_c_304f77939a5da6494a2ae6cdf61b7d44-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/thumbs_b_c_304f77939a5da6494a2ae6cdf61b7d44-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">File Photo &#8211; A view of Ben Gurion Airport<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Ghana deported three Israelis on Wednesday in a reciprocal move after accusing authorities in Tel Aviv of subjecting Ghanaian travelers to \u201cill-treatment\u201d at Ben Gurion Airport and carrying out the \u201cunjustified deportation\u201d of three of its nationals, according to a Foreign Ministry statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Ghanaian government \u201chas been compelled to retaliate\u201d after its citizens\u2019 treatment by Israel, it said. \u201cThe Government of Ghana will continue to safeguard the dignity of its nationals and also that of other nationals,\u201d said the ministry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The statement said Ghana summoned the acting head of Israel\u2019s Embassy in Accra as the ambassador was out of the country, adding that both governments agreed to seek an \u201camicable\u201d resolution to the dispute. detained or deported, and said it is weighing reciprocal measures.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It said Ghana expects its nationals to be treated with dignity and respect, just as other governments expect Ghana to treat their nationals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Earlier Wednesday, Accra condemned the \u201cinhumane\u201d treatment of its citizens at Israel\u2019s Ben Gurion Airport after several travelers were Ghanaian travelers were \u201cdeliberately targeted and subjected to inhumane and traumatic treatment\u201d since Sunday, a Foreign Ministry statement said, noting that seven citizens, including four members of a parliamentary delegation, were detained without \u201cjustifiable\u201d cause and released only after hours of diplomatic intervention, while three others were deported.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The parliamentary delegation was attending an international cybersecurity conference in Tel Aviv, while the three deported travelers returned to Ghana on the next available flight, according to the ministry.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThis condemnable conduct by Israeli authorities is extremely provocative, unacceptable,\u201d said the statement.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ghana deported three Israelis on Wednesday in a reciprocal move after accusing authorities in Tel Aviv of subjecting Ghanaian travelers to \u201cill-treatment\u201d at Ben Gurion [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1172,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34,5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1171","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-national","category-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1171","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1171"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1171\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1173,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1171\/revisions\/1173"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1172"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1171"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1171"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/thedawnrwanda.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1171"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}