Hosted by the South African Zionist Federation and South Africa Friends of Israel, the trip has been heavily criticized by youth activists. A statement issued by the youth wing of the ruling African National Congress and several other groups likens the trip to junkets organized by supporters of South Africa’s apartheid regime in the 1980s.

This is not the first such trip targeting South Africa’s “young leaders” that pro-Israel groups have organized. Last year the South Africa Israel Forum and the South African Union of Jewish Students arranged a similar trip.

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