Israel’s prime minister, who
is currently touring Africa to magnetize sympathy for the Tel Aviv
regime, has denied a report that he faced an assassination attempt in
Kenya.
Benjamin Netanyahu, speaking during a press conference with Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, on Thursday, claimed the report was not true.
Responding to a question about the report, Netanyahu said, “The answer is we know nothing about it because there is nothing in it.”
The report was published by Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Jarida, which had cited an unnamed source as saying that the Israeli prime minister’s convoy had once had to change courses during the Kenya trip for fear of coming under a bomb attack.
Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated by an Israeli in Tel Aviv in 1995. Prior to the assassination, Netanyahu, then only the leader of the extremist Likud party, had accused Rabin’s government of being “removed from Jewish tradition… and Jewish values.” Rabin, in turn, had accused Netanyahu of provoking violence.
Netanyahu’s four-nation tour, which also see him passing through Uganda and Rwanda, is being conducted under heavy security. It serves as an attempt to win support for Tel Aviv, which African nations used to criticize in the past for its close ties with South Africa’s former apartheid government and currently keep at an arm’s length too for its fatal aggression against Palestinians.
Israel, itself, has been branded as an apartheid regime due to its imposition of discrimination against Palestinians.
Mwambutsya Ndebesa, a professor of history at Uganda’s Makerere University, however, said Netanyahu had failed to successfully court African states by means of the tour.
“I think African solidarity is still firm in regard to the liberation of the Palestinian people,” Ndebesa said. “The liberation norms of Africans are still very strong. The extreme position of Netanyahu has not convinced Africans that they should be on his side.”
Benjamin Netanyahu, speaking during a press conference with Ethiopian Prime Minister Hailemariam Desalegn in Addis Ababa, the capital of Ethiopia, on Thursday, claimed the report was not true.
Responding to a question about the report, Netanyahu said, “The answer is we know nothing about it because there is nothing in it.”
The report was published by Kuwaiti newspaper Al-Jarida, which had cited an unnamed source as saying that the Israeli prime minister’s convoy had once had to change courses during the Kenya trip for fear of coming under a bomb attack.
Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin was assassinated by an Israeli in Tel Aviv in 1995. Prior to the assassination, Netanyahu, then only the leader of the extremist Likud party, had accused Rabin’s government of being “removed from Jewish tradition… and Jewish values.” Rabin, in turn, had accused Netanyahu of provoking violence.
Netanyahu’s four-nation tour, which also see him passing through Uganda and Rwanda, is being conducted under heavy security. It serves as an attempt to win support for Tel Aviv, which African nations used to criticize in the past for its close ties with South Africa’s former apartheid government and currently keep at an arm’s length too for its fatal aggression against Palestinians.
Israel, itself, has been branded as an apartheid regime due to its imposition of discrimination against Palestinians.
Mwambutsya Ndebesa, a professor of history at Uganda’s Makerere University, however, said Netanyahu had failed to successfully court African states by means of the tour.
“I think African solidarity is still firm in regard to the liberation of the Palestinian people,” Ndebesa said. “The liberation norms of Africans are still very strong. The extreme position of Netanyahu has not convinced Africans that they should be on his side.”
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