Originally published in JNS A group of three dozen African parliamentarians on Wednesday affirmed Jerusalem as Israel’s undivided capital and pledged to enhance diplomatic, economic and security cooperation with the Jewish state. The burst of faith-based diplomacy at the two-day inaugural Africa-Israel Parliamentary Summit in the Ethiopian capital of Addis Ababa comes […]
Tag: Africa-Israel relations
Herzog thanks African countries for support against SA, Algeria bid to oust Israel from AU
Originally published in United with Israel Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Wednesday thanked the incoming ambassadors of three African countries for their diplomatic support in thwarting a recent effort to oust Israel from the African Union (AU) amid its war against Hamas in Gaza. The remarks come just weeks after […]
Israel blocks attempt to oust it from African Union
Originally published in allisrael news A few weeks ago, Israel learned that South Africa and Algeria have been working to revoke Israel’s observer status in the African Union. On the Reshet Bet morning show with Aryeh Golan on Tuesday, it was reported that during the African Union convention on Tuesday, […]
Israeli president asks Zambian president for help in improving relations with SA
Zambian president Hakainde Hichilema, who is currently on a state visit to Israel, met on Tuesday with Israel’s president Isaac Herzog, and is also scheduled to meet with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. The Jerusalem Post reports that Hichilema is the third Zambian president to visit Israel over the past decade. In […]
Building bridges: Africa and Israel’s enduring alliance #QueenOfSheba #MdntvLeadershipSummit
Sponsored article The relationship between Africa and Israel is engrained in history, extending timelessly beyond the very inception of the State of Israel in 1948. Their relationship is beautifully encapsulated through biblical accounts of God using Egypt as a refuge for the Israelites, and the baby Jesus Christ when He […]
Kenyan president visits Western Wall, adviser prays on Temple Mount
Originally published in The Jerusalem Post Kenyan President William Ruto prayed at the Western Wall on Tuesday, a move not typically made by visiting heads of state. Nairobi does not officially recognise Jerusalem as the capital of Israel and has its embassy in Tel Aviv, though a senior adviser to Ruto, Dennis Nthumbi, […]
Chad becomes latest African and Muslim majority nation to open embassy in Israel
Originally published in The Times of Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu joined visiting President of Chad Mahamat Idriss Deby Itno in Tel Aviv yesterday morning to officially open the African nation’s embassy in Israel, a move both leaders hailed as “historic.” In 2019, during Netanyahu’s previous term, he and late […]
AU not budging on Israel observer status
By Nicola Miltz — Originally published in Jewish Report The African Union (AU) Commission has defended the continental body’s decision to grant Israel observer member status, saying it was at the “express demand of many member states”. In spite of objections to the move by countries like South Africa, the […]
SA out of step with improving Africa-Israel relations
In the past two weeks three very different things have happened on opposite ends on the African continent. First was the decision by the African Union Commission (AUC) to grant Israel observer status at the 55-member continental body after excluding it for 19 years. Israel had enjoyed observer status at […]
Sudan repeals Israel boycott law amid normalisation efforts
Originally published in CBN News On Monday Sudan abolished a decades-old law on boycotting Israel, part of efforts to establish normal ties with the Jewish state. A bill was approved at a joint meeting of Sudan’s ruling Sovereign Council and Cabinet that annuls the 1958 law. The law had forbidden […]