South Africa's ruling party says, the country's embassy in Israel should be downgraded to a liaison office to show support for the Palestinians. <br/><br/>The African National Congress said late yesterday that delegates to a national party meeting endorsed the proposal to the government for an immediate and unconditional downgrade of the embassy in Tel Aviv. <br/><br/>The proposal comes ahead of a UN General Assembly vote today on a resolution urging President Donald Trump to rescind his decision recognising Jerusalem as Israel's capital. <br/><br/>South African media say, the ANC endorsed a boycott of Israel at a party meeting in 2012 but the government did not implement it.<br/><br/>ANC delegates this week elected Deputy President Cyril Ramaphosa as the party's new leader. President Jacob Zuma remains head of state.