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Bibi invokes Solomon and the Queen of Sheba
“Israel is coming back to Africa; Africa is coming back to Israel.” These were the words of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday as he lauded the success of last week’s whirlwind visit to Africa in conversation with the media after Sunday’s weekly Cabinet meeting. Bibi met seven African leaders in as many days on his highly successful trip. Read what else he had to say and WATCH his speech to the Ethiopian parliament,
ANT KATZ
After wrapping up his week with an address to the Ethiopian parliament, ABOVE, Netanyahu said Israel/Africa relations were nothing new. He invoked the three-millennium-old visit by King Solomon to meet and the Queen of Sheba.
“Last Friday I returned from an important visit” to Africa, said Netanyahu. “The trip began with an historic summit, not just with the four leaders of https://www.sajr.co.za/images/default-source/People/single/bibi-africa-logo.jpg” class=”sfImageWrapper”>
This included assisting them in the war against radical Islam that is inundating all of Africa, he said, and also that they “see Israel’s technological and entrepreneurial ability as a very major tool in developing their countries in all areas.” Furthermore, the PM said, both during his visit and afterwards, “we are receiving calls from other countries, some of which we do not have relations with, that they want to enhance relations.”
Netanyahu’s trip started last week Monday at an emotional ceremony marking the 40th anniversary of the Entebbe rescue mission – in which his older brother, Yoni, was the only IDF casualty.”
nat cheiman
Jul 12, 2016 at 3:36 pm
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