[ April 24, 2024 ]
Africa is really blossoming. And Trump will do down in history as one of the great presidents who advanced freedom.
African states may follow Trump Jerusalem embassy move: Tanzania’s speaker
“Whatever Israel wants, we in Ghana will go by that, because that is essentially an internal decision”While the Trump administration has been hit with a barrage of warnings that is stands to throw the Middle East into chaos if it recognizes Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, the possible move has garnered support among Israel’s allies in Africa.
In interviews with i24NEWS on Tuesday, parliamentary leaders from Tanzania and Ghana visiting Israel to celebrate their collaboration as part of the “Power Africa” initiative, expressed support for an American policy shift on the holy city.
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Speaker of the National Assembly of Tanzania, Job Ndugai, began his interview by emphasizing the importance of being in Jerusalem, where the Israeli parliament sits, and later expressed his outright support of Israel’s capital as an appropriate place for foreign embassies.
“It is a very commendable decision to move the American embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem. I believe it will be followed suit by several African countries, Tanzania included, to move said quarters from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem, because we believe where the parliament is — I am a speaker of parliament — then the government should be there and embassies should be there too.”
When asked about the recognition of Jerusalem as Israel’s capital, the speaker of Ghana’s parliament Aaron Mike Oquaye also affirmed that country’s support for Israel on the issue, saying, “whatever Israel wants, we in Ghana will go by that, because that is essentially an internal decision.”
Israel annexed Jerusalem after its victory in the 1967 Six Day War, and sees the city as its undivided capital. However the Palestinians covet the Arab-majority eastern parts of the city as the capital of their hoped-for future state.
Le producteur de café George Klu dans sa plantation du village de Leklebi Agbesia (est du Ghana), le 23 août 2017
CRISTINA ALDEHUELA (AFP)When questioned on appeals from the Palestinian Authority and their supporters to disavow support for Israel, the senior Tanzanian MP said, “we see no harm in having relations with Israel, actually we see very many benefits in having been closer and closer with Israel.”
His views where echoed by Oquaye, who said that the West African state, one of West Africa’s rising economies, strongly supports of Israel and is keen to deepen economic relations, as there was “not much [economic] cooperation” in the past.
Oquaye added, “Nevertheless, Israel is quite active in my country Ghana in areas of agriculture, scientific areas, and other development. But we are looking forward to a time when there will be a deeper activity between Ghana and Israel. We offer a lot of opportunities,” referring to Ghana’s abundant natural resources, including gold, diamond, bauxite, cocoa, and now oil.
Referring to Palestinian pleas to the broader African Union, Oquaye acknowledged “there have been attempts to seek support, nevertheless I believe that there are strong historical ties between Israel and Ghana”, also mentioning how Christians in Africa believe in Israel as the predominant regional power.
Sebastian Scheiner (AP/AFP)During Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s trip last week to Africa for the swearing-in of Kenya’s president, he met with the presidents of African states Gabon, Uganda, Tanzania, Zambia, Rwanda, South Sudan, Botswana and Namibia, and with the Prime Minister of Ethiopia.
Israel sees rising African economies as potential bountiful new markets, and has reportedly signed a swathe of lucrative arms deals with several countries on the continent.
Netanyahu declared his intention to seek observer status for Israel at the African Union, viewing African countries as potential allies, particularly at the United Nations and other international bodies.
The commitment from the African nations marks a significant change from the 1960’s, when the Arab-Israeli conflict drove a wedge in their relations with the Jewish state.
Following wars between Israel and its neighbors in 1967 and 1973, North African nations led by Egypt put pressure on sub-Saharan African states to cut ties with Israel, which many did.
Relations were not helped by Israel’s friendship with the apartheid regime in South Africa before it fell in 1994.
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61 Comments
6 years ago
But… but… how can Africans follow him? Trump is a racist!
I cannot wait to see how the Fake News reacts to this.
6 years ago
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POOF! Need more map erasers!
Snow balls, base balls, brass balls, ‘fireballs’… matters not.They HAVE no balls.
They do have women, children, hijabs, burkas, and Red Crosses to hide behind. But balls?
Not!
You don’t think covering their faces with their keffiyehs is because they’re ugly, do you!
Well, that too….
D
6 years ago
Reply to
Trump can't ban islam
Azzzhole, did you just threaten the USA ???? Come up from under that goat your copulating with and we will show you some real threats…..
6 years ago
Reply to
Trump can't ban islam
How else will we be able to construct a case of justifiable homicide?
D
6 years ago
Reply to
Trump can't ban islam
We know what is good for us. It looks like Muslimbs have no idea.
6 years ago
Reply to
Trump can't ban islam
What’s good is that quran-burning stoves produce more heat per unit of material fed into them. Though I need to put another volume in now actually.
6 years ago
Reply to
Qur'an 18:86
More than camel dung? Wow! That’ll surely give their flatus a major boost!
6 years ago
Reply to
Trump can't ban islam
Furthermore what’s also good is that Islam-debunking websites can be fully powered by quran-burning turbine systems.
6 years ago
Reply to
Midnattsol
Its a bold move. It will make it difficult to get Arab allies to accept the move. And make Russia, china move closer to them.
But Pressure to do so should be used as stick to palestinians behave. if they don’t, tell them US will recognize Jerusalem as capital .
But we must thank this Airlines that decided to kick out this jihadi’s ass for trying to impose sharia law in Aircraft by using AL-taqiya http://tinyurl.com/y782l6r8
Its Hilarious ! That is how you use the law and not bow down to these obama hellhounds from dictating what they want to infidels.
D
6 years ago
Reply to
Suresh
The muslims will commit terrorist acts just the same if Trump doesn’t declare Jerusalem the capital of Israel, terrorism and rape is their DNA
6 years ago
Reply to
Nefarious420
Its giving them a one last chance. if they continue. then the move is justified because the jihadi did not keep their side of the deal. so they can’t blame anyone else.
Just shifting without offering such a deal will only give them victimhood drama points and make it difficult to deal with Arab allies who will see it as unilateral imposition.
D
6 years ago
Reply to
Suresh
last chance for what? to kill more Jews? Have they not killed enough Jews already?
D
6 years ago
Reply to
Suresh
The muslims have been trying to wipe out Jews since Muhammad, and have never ceased in their quest, how many more chances should they get?
6 years ago
Reply to
Suresh
With Turkey being radicalized and Saudi Arabia on the edge of civil war, “Arab Ally” is becoming more of an oxymoron. Trump should not only strengthen ties with Israel, but also these African states.
6 years ago
Reply to
Midnattsol
Only the African from America think he’s racist.
Real Africans think for themselves.
6 years ago
Reply to
Howard Lee
Africans and African Americans should recall that African in Arabic languages means SLAVE. It is Arabs who have enslaved, raped and sold into slavery millions of Africans for many hundreds of years! They continue their genocidal activities everywhere in Africa killing Christians every day by hundreds, enslaving African young girls as their concubines in disgusting harems. Africans should spew out Arab invaders and scum from their land as they did with white colonial powers.
6 years ago
Reply to
Alex
I agree Alex. Plus, Africans are being sold even now. People don’t do their homework but listen/read fake news. I’ve known about fake news since a teenager. I’m now 74 and fake news stil abounds. Get your news NOT from commentators but from the ‘horses’ mouth, so to speak. Don’t hear/read what I did not say.
6 years ago
Reply to
Midnattsol
They’ll try to turn Africa into another right wing conservative white conspiracy.
And then tell us all how “white” Africa has become.
How so, so.. Uncle Tom’ish.
D
6 years ago
yes do it, yes he can
6 years ago
I expect Keith Ellison (D) Cong to call his cardiologist.
http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/238876
6 years ago
Reply to
Millionmileman
Maybe Franken can take Ellison with him when he exits the Senate…..
6 years ago
Great to see African States working with others to improve the lives of their people. They have a very bright future by their efforts and cooperation with others.
6 years ago
Reply to
Mahou Shoujo
western europe is a lost cause, no point in paying any attention to it, as it will be conforming to whatever line its islamic masters tell it to.
6 years ago
Trump has called the world’s bluff! EU has fainting spells worrying about “public opinion” and some nonexistent “peace process.” Africa owes nothing to these degraded states, when Israel offers so much more. This is Trump’s world Leadership in action.
6 years ago
Reply to
hinckleybuzzard
Europe is not worried about the ‘peace process’ they just hate Jews… sorry, Israelis.
Let’s see what Trump actually does. Jerusalem a Jewish City, a capital of Israel, who would have thought – such a revolutionary thought, not.
6 years ago
Africa is starting to show that they do have a clue unlike the milksop west.
6 years ago
Congratulations President Donald Trump
Congratulations Africa
The rest of the WORLD and mass media #YOULOSE
6 years ago
Trump is going to do it!
Thank God for President Trump.
He is truly trying to keep his promises with much resistance. Hang in there.
6 years ago
Reply to
felix1999
It did not come without a year’a worth of nagging him to follow through on that promise.
NOW, Trump must fire Rex Tillerson and the rest of the liberal losers operating against both the President and the American people.
6 years ago
Islamists have never recognized the existence of Israel. The free world should destroy them instead of pleasing them
6 years ago
Reply to
SRN99
Frankly, they only recognize Spain because it suits them, for now.
Muslims don’t believe that people who were their dhimmis once should have their freedom.
6 years ago
Once upon the time, in the 1960s, Israeli experts, having successfully farmed arid land in Israel, were teaching their farming and irrigation techniques in Africa. After the 6-Day War, wealthy oil countries had stepped in with buckets of bribe oil money to persuade African leaders to break off relations with Israel. It had worked beautifully for the corrupt leaders, worse so for the fast growing and starving African masses.
Perhaps Africans have learned a valuable lesson.
6 years ago
Reply to
NYgal
“…fast growing and starving…..” is an oxymoron! The masses SHOULD have been held to about 900 calories/day. That’s approx subsistence level.
6 years ago
The answer becomes obvious but you have to ask yourself, “Why would supposed friendly nations like Saudi Arabia seek to drive a wedge between the US and its only proven ally and democracy in the Middle East?” Answer with another question, “Which countries celebrated 9/11?” and you are getting somewhere.
6 years ago
Trump and Bibi show what real leadership can do as both men have been giving real help to African nations in battling terrorism.
6 years ago
A masterful move by a masterful POTUS!!
6 years ago
Palestine has never existed – Israel has existed for about 3500 years – why should this be an issue?
6 years ago
thank you Africa.
6 years ago
Donald Trump is the second coming of Jesus Christ!
6 years ago
Hmmm,… strange but amazing!
6 years ago
If God is for me, who can stand against me? (Romans 8:31)
Interesting how the African Nations are gathering with Israel. Especially after one of their own, Barack, tried so hard to turn them against Israel. And America as well.
Time for him to go back their on his hands and knees and beg forgiveness, not kiss rings/butts.
There are the naysayers, the future fuel for Hell, but His Word IS the Word and stands forever.
Our 1st Amendment is one of their strongest defenses (those naysayers), for it gives them their absolute right to their speaking their minds and me the absolute right to laugh by %#& off listening to their claptrap.
Believe or not believe, that is one’s own, personal choice. Trying to make you believe otherwise ought to tell you all you need to know about them.
6 years ago
God bless you Africa. together we can rid our lands of these muslim terrorists
6 years ago
Reply to
Andrew Sears
The African nations have a VERY big (Muzzie) problem, but maybe with a little “boost” from the IDF (and the blessing of Pres. Trump!), they will have the (military) help to put out all those pisslamic fires!
