After decades in diplomatic deep-freeze, how did Israel become one of Africa’s best friends? Africa’s polyvalent response to the latest flare-up of the Israel-Palestine conflict has provoked conversations about the changing character of the continent’s foreign policy objectives. For decades, post-independent African states stood rock solid behind the Palestinian cause. In 1973, a majority of them broke ties with Israel in compliance with the resolution of the African Union (AU) frontrunner, the Organisation of African Unity (OAU), over the Yom-Kippur War and the resulting oil crisis. In 2002, the PLO was granted a non-member observer status in the African Union … Continue reading From Yom Kippur to the Abraham Accords: How Israel procured Africa’s good graces