00:00South Africa's foreign minister has criticized the plane that arrived in the country last week
00:05with more than 150 Palestinians on board.
00:08Foreign Minister Ronald Lamola said the airplane was part of a broader agenda
00:12to clear out Gaza and the West Bank of its Palestinian residents
00:16through a network of chartered flights.
00:18His comments were seen as accusing Israel of being behind
00:21what he described as a clearly orchestrated operation.
00:24Israel said the Palestinians on the chartered plane to South Africa
00:27left the Gaza Strip after it received approval from a third country to receive them.
00:31The aircraft at the center of the incident arrived in Johannesburg on Thursday
00:35with 153 Palestinian travelers on board.
00:39South African authorities said the passengers did not have the correct documents
00:42to travel to South Africa or proper exit documents from Israel.
00:46The Palestinians were initially left stranded on the airport tarmac for about 12 hours
00:50before being granted entry into South Africa.
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