In recent days I have read that the leader of the new government (indeed country) of South Sudan has visited Israel and that the Nigerian government has sought help from Israel in how to tackle Boko Haram. What possible reason could there be for these two African countries to prioritise relations with Israel?
Maybe South Sudan is interested in learning from Israel's long experience in dealing with hostile neighbouring Islamist countries yearning to kill its citizens and take its land. Maybe Nigeria is interested in learning from Israel's long experience in dealing with Islamic terrorists eager to kill its citizens in the name of Islam.
Maybe the folk-memory of the evil Arab slave trader also lingers in the minds of the Africans.
How the BBC must hate news stories like the above. Black Africans (good) linking with Israel (oh so bad) to fight Islamists (good). How the BBC's collective minds must hurt.
Maybe South Sudan is interested in learning from Israel's long experience in dealing with hostile neighbouring Islamist countries yearning to kill its citizens and take its land. Maybe Nigeria is interested in learning from Israel's long experience in dealing with Islamic terrorists eager to kill its citizens in the name of Islam.
Maybe the folk-memory of the evil Arab slave trader also lingers in the minds of the Africans.
How the BBC must hate news stories like the above. Black Africans (good) linking with Israel (oh so bad) to fight Islamists (good). How the BBC's collective minds must hurt.
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I hope this becomes a serious alliance of countries sharing a similar threat. If Israel can help to train Southern Sudan and the Christians in Nigeria perhaps we will see the persecution of non Muslims in those parts of Africa brought to a standstill.
"In recent days I have read that the leader of the new government (indeed country) of South Sudan has visited Israel and that the Nigerian government has sought help from Israel in how to tackle Boko Haram."
Am I safe in assuming you didn't read it on the BBC website?
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