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Israeli PM vows to join Africa in anti-terror fight

Xinhua, February 24, 2016 Adjust font size:

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Monday that Israel will join Africa in its fight against terrorism.

The prime minister made the decision just before a meeting with Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta visiting Jerusalem.

"Israel is willing and ready to work with African countries on our joint target of fighting militant Islamic terrorism," Netanyahu said before meeting with Kenyatta.

"I have to say that increasingly more African countries have realized that Israel is a strong partner against extremism," Netanyahu said.

This being the first visit by a Kenyan president in 22 years, Kenyatta arrived in Israel Monday hailing Kenya's cooperation with Israel.

"We both live in challenging regions with similar security concerns, and cooperation between our two nations since our independence has been formidable," he said.

Kenyatta said during his three-day visit to Israel that Kenya is also looking to strengthen its ties with Israel in the fields of water resource management, fisheries, education, technology, and science.

Security ties between the two dates back to 1976, when Kenya assisted Israel's Operation Entebbe, a rescue mission of hijacked flight passengers by a Palestinian group.

Israel also reportedly preemptively warned Kenya in 2013 of the deadly attack against Nairobi's Westgate mall, a shopping center partly owned by Israelis. Endit