Ethiopian-Israeli relations and their repercussions on the construction of the Renaissance Dam

Document Type : Brief summaries of Dissertations.

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Institute of African and Nile Basin Research and Studies at Aswan University

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Israel's ambitions and goals in the African continent did not stop at the limits of obtaining diplomatic recognition by the countries of the continent and exchanging diplomatic representation with them. Rather, they went beyond that to what is more important and beneficial. The diplomatic aspect was only one of a number of goals, and it may not be the most important. There is the economic, military, cultural, commercial, media and other cases in which each supports the other, enhances its role, strengthens its impact, takes root, deepens its effectiveness and establishes its feet - and these are areas that accompany success in any of them, success in other areas and it is difficult for one of them to succeed and continue to achieve its goal. independently of the other aspects ( ).

From the Israeli point of view, the Ethiopian-Israeli relations are historical and cultural relations par excellence, and this was confirmed by the Israeli Prime Minister when he received the Ethiopian Prime Minister Abi Ahmed in 2019 when he said: (The two peoples have historical relations, but they are distinguished relations because they are strengthened by a human bridge consisting of 150,000 Israelis of Ethiopian descent bring Ethiopian culture and Ethiopian pride to Israel.

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