Africa: A History of Africa-Israel Relations

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African-Israel relations have weathered ups and downs over the past decades. But recently, the Israeli government has shown renewed interest in the continent.

In the late 1950's, Israel was a young emerging state at the same time that several African countries were becoming independent from their colonial rulers. "From an Israeli perspective, there was something really exciting in forging links with new countries which had to engage in the process of state-building and nation-building," says Naomi Chazan, an expert in African-Israeli relations in Jerusalem.

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