North Africa

Egypt-Israel peace accord strains as Sinai militarization grows - opinion

Egypt’s expanding Sinai military presence, once justified by anti-ISIS needs, is raising Israeli concerns over the 1979 peace deal’s erosion.

Military personnel stand guard on the day of Egyptian Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouly's visit to the Rafah border crossing between Egypt and the Gaza Strip, amid the ongoing conflict between Israel and Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, in Rafah, Egypt, October 31, 2023.
 A column of black smoke rises above buildings as traffic passes the Africa Tower monument in Bamako on April 26, 2026.

Africa's Mali crisis widens as extremist groups advance and state control erodes - analysis

Dolmen of Menga in Antequera, Spain, April 15, 2026.

DNA analysis reveals ancestry of man buried in ancient Spanish tomb, shows mixed heritage - study

 Mimouna table at the Arviv family in Ashkelon, Israel.

Why Mimouna matters - opinion


Analysis: Is the next 'Arab Spring' implosion around the corner?

Report of increasing restlessness of young Arabs will surely be on the Israel security establishment’s radar screen.

A Muslim Brotherhood member shouts slogans during an anti-government protest in Cairo

Africa wants renewed ties more than Israel realizes

Jerusalem needs to respond with all due haste!

NEW FRIENDS everywhere for Israel. A vendor sells a map of Africa along the streets of Bujumbura, Burundi, last year.

Back to Africa

“Africa is beset by difficulties and Israel holds the key to them,” Gnassingbe said. He is planning to host an Israel-Africa summit in the spring of 2017.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu visits Entebbe, Uganda

Togo president: Israel holds key to troubles in Africa

Gnassingbe was one of three heads of state and 12 other prime ministers and foreign ministers from Africa at the meeting.

TOGO PRESIDENT Faure Gnassingbe receives a book from Rabbi Shmuel Rabinowitz during a visit to the Western Wall yesterday.

Back out of the bottle

A report charged with addressing the under-representation of Mizrahi Jews in the education system has reignited the ethnic debate in Israel.

Erez Biton

Nigeria putting brakes on Israeli participation in West African summit

Dore Gold visits another Muslim African country with whom Israel has no formal ties.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu with seven east African leaders

Netanyahu's romance with Africa to heat up at the UN in September

Ambassador Danon brings group of 12 UN envoys to Israel.

Ambassador Danny Danon addressing the Security Council

Netanyahu likely to attend summit in Nigeria by end of year

PM meets president of 15-member West African regional group.

Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni (L) speaks to Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) during a memorial service to commemorate the 40th anniversary of Operation Entebbe at the Entebbe airport in Uganda, July 4, 2016.

Togo president to visit Israel in August

Official: Netanyahu would like to convene a summit in West Africa soon.

FAURE GNASSINGBE

Diplomacy: Bless the rains down in Africa

Netanyahu had to enjoy himself on his African tour this week, where Israel’s stock is on the rise, the diplomatic process is just an afterthought, and no one seems to care about settlements.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at the Ethiopian Parliament, July 7 2016.