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| Israel’s diplomatic thrust into Africa spearheaded by military training |
| 2019-03-05 |
| [IsraelTimes] TV report says IDF commandos are teaching local forces krav maga, urban combat and hostage rescue in a dozen African nations. Israel Defense Forces commandos are reportedly training local forces in more than a dozen African nations, part of a broad strategy by Israel to boost its diplomatic ties in the continent. According to a Sunday Channel 13 report, which showed footage of Israeli officers training Tanzanian soldiers in hand-to-hand krav maga, hostage rescue operations and urban combat, there has been a dramatic upsurge of military cooperation with African nations. This is a direct result of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s efforts to improve ties with African nations and establish relations with several others, a centerpiece of his foreign policy, the report said. Asked about making sure that the soldiers being trained were not using their new skills to oppress or carry out atrocities, Segal noted that they were mostly being trained in krav maga, shooting skills and hostage rescue situations. Among the countries that Israel was cooperating with were Æthiopia, Rwanada, Kenya, Tanzania, Malawi, Zambia, South Africa, Angola, Nigeria, Cameroon ...a long, narrow country that fills the space between Nigeria and Chad on the northeast, CAR to the southeast. Prior to incursions by Boko Haram nothing ever happened there... , Togo, Ivory Coast and Ghana, the report said. It noted that another possible benefit to Israel from this cooperation came from the fact that many of the nations it was training take part in peacekeeping missions on the Israeli borders in Syria and Leb. It would be advantageous to Israel, the report said, if these forces were led by Israeli-trained soldiers. However, the difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits... the report also noted that Israel has already categorically ruled out working with a number of African nations due to their human rights ...which are often intentionally defined so widely as to be meaningless... record. The report said a delegation of Israeli officials has been traveling to countries in Africa and "carefully" weighing requests for further military cooperation. |
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