Tag: Africa
Israeli president hosts African Muslim leaders
Israeli President Isaac Herzog met in Jerusalem on Monday with a delegation of imams and Muslim leaders from across Africa, in the latest Israeli diplomatic outreach to the continent.
“I believe the future of this...
Israel raises flag in Zambia, deepens African partnerships
Israel formally reopened its embassy in Zambia on Wednesday, marking the first time in more than half a century that the Israeli flag was raised in the country’s capital.
The reopening ceremony coincides with diplomatic...
Israel to open embassy in Zambia
Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Sa’ar was set to travel to Africa on Tuesday to inaugurate Israel’s new embassy in Zambia.
During his visit, Sa’ar is scheduled to meet with Zambia's President Hakainde Hichilema, Foreign Minister...
30 years ago, blacks and Jews united to free African slaves
Three decades ago this week, a conflict erupted in Harlem, New York, when reports describing an ongoing Islamic trade in black slaves in Mauritania and Sudan hit the newsstands. While much of the black community was incensed, others—led...
‘I’ve seen the world and never stop being amazed,’ outgoing Israeli envoy in Ghana...
Accra, GHANA—Shlomit Sufa talks shop about movies, politics and religion for nearly an hour with JNS in her office at the Israeli embassy, anonymously housed inside a near-empty glass high-rise in central Accra, before...
Jewish protesters removed from Johannesburg anti-Israel conference
South African police forcefully removed a group of Jewish protesters from outside the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg on Friday.
The “Global Anti-Apartheid Conference for Palestine” was taking place inside, attended, by invitation only, by...
United Hatzalah opens medical clinics in Atlas Mountains to aid quake victims
United Hatzalah’s disaster-relief mission has been operating in Morocco since Sept. 10, two days after the nearly 6.9 magnitude earthquake devastated parts of the country, particularly in the west in and around Marrakesh, killing nearly 3,000...
United Hatzalah on the ground in quake-stricken Morocco
A United Hatzalah advance team on Sunday began preparations in quake-stricken Morocco for a wider operation in the coming days.
The Israel-based initial responders arrived in the country on Saturday night, following Friday's devastating 6.8 magnitude earthquake centered in...
Sierra Leone to open embassy in Jerusalem
The West African nation of Sierra Leone will open an embassy in Jerusalem, becoming the latest country to move its diplomatic mission to the city, the Israeli Foreign Ministry announced on Friday.
The news came...
Israel mulling options to rescue citizens in war-torn Ethiopia
An emergency meeting of Israel's National Security Council was held on Tuesday morning to examine options for rescuing Israelis trapped in war-torn northern Ethiopia.
Foreign Ministry officials said at the meeting that there are about...