Netanyahu not welcome in South Africa

Former Israeli Ambassador to South Africa Alon Liel believes the Zionist regime's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has made the right decision for cancelling his trip to South Africa for the burial ceremony of Nelson Mandela as he is not welcome there.

"Netanyahu is not a welcome guest in South Africa today. I think it was right of him not to go," Liel told Ynet.

"Netanyahu did not realize how complicated this matter was diplomatically and how much resistance his attendance could spark among the South African public," he added.

The former ambassador however chided Netanyahu for citing financial mattersf ro cncelling his tour. "He did the right thing to cancel (the trip) but to give the financial explanation is an insult. This was mistake over mistake," he said.