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From: Richard Yarl <[log in to unmask]>
Date: Wednesday, September 2, 2009 3:52 pm
Subject: Israel & Africa!!!
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> BBC: Wednesday, 2 September 2009 13:43 UK
> Israel rekindles its African ties  
> By Will Ross 
> BBC News, Nairobi  
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> Mr Liberman hopes to increase Israeli influence in Africa during his 
> visit  
> Israel's foreign minister is starting a visit to sub-Saharan Africa 
> for the first time in more than 20 years. 
>   
> Avigdor Liberman begins his trip in Ethiopia, where he will be 
> accompanied by 20 business people. 
> Officials say the trip is about building business links with Africa 
> and also countering the influence of Iran on the continent. 
>  
> Israel hopes closer ties with Africa will help at the UN where African 
> countries often vote in blocks. 
> Ethiopia has strong links with Israel. During the 1980s and 90s tens 
> of thousands of Ethiopian Jews were airlifted to Israel to resettle in 
> what they considered to be their homeland. 
>  
> Mr Liberman will also visit Uganda which recently turned to Iran for 
> help in exploiting its newly discovered oil. 
>  
> Kenya, which his spokesman described as 'an African power-broker', is 
> also on Mr Liberman's itinerary. 
> One area in which Israel could offer assistance is agriculture. Africa 
> struggles to feed itself and faces frequent 
> droughts, yet Israel has a thriving agriculture sector. 
>  
> The final line of a statement from the Israeli foreign ministry refers 
> to what it calls "the Iranian Issue". 
> Israel is clearly worried that its foe Iran has been trying to 
> increase its influence in Africa. 
> Mr Liberman will hope to convince African leaders to share his concern 
> over Iran's nuclear programme.  
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