(Jerusalem Post) Herb Keinon - Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met with the leaders of seven east African nations in Entebbe, Uganda, on Monday for a regional counterterrorism summit. The leaders present represented Uganda, Kenya, Rwanda, Ethiopia, South Sudan, Zaire and Tanzania. The prime minister said the aim of his visit to Africa was to widen "our circle of ties. If we succeed in making inroads with the 54 countries of Africa, the automatic majority against Israel [at the UN] would fall by the wayside." Netanyahu said African countries have two basic interests in ties with Israel. The first is security, fighting terrorism; and the second is Israeli technology in the field of agriculture, water, energy and health.
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