On Sunday, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visited West Africa for the first time after 50 years, just few weeks after he condemned Biafra Massacre in a speech during the Holocaust anniversary in Jerusalem. Biafrans, who are widely believed to be the lost tribe of Israel expect Israel to assist them in their quest for freedom from Nigeria. Is this renewed Israeli interest in west Africa just a coincidence or there is more to it?
Monrovia (AFP) – Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday joined West African leaders at a summit in Liberia, where they hailed peacekeeping efforts in the region but warned about threats to stability.
Netanyahu, who had visited east Africa in July 2016, vowed that they had “no better partner” than his country after he was received by Liberian President and outgoing head of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) Ellen Johnson Sirleaf.
“Israel is coming back to Africa and Africa is coming back to Israel. I believe in Africa. I believe in its potential, present and future. It is a continent on the rise,” said the Israeli leader.
“Africans are seizing the future. Israel wants to seize this future with you. You truly have no better partner for this mission than Israel,” he added.
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Netanyahu and Senegalese President Macky Sall later announced the normalisation of diplomatic relations between their two countries, following a spat over a UN resolution demanding Israel halt expansion of settlements in the occupied West Bank.
After the motion in December, pushed by Senegal and
