ISRAEL ON CHARM OFFENSIVE

Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu recently said his country and Africa are coming back together, as if it’s a reunion of old friends. But there are plenty of reasons to be wary. Netanyahu hasn’t exactly had our interests at heart before, with racist policies aimed at Africans in Israel.

So why the change of tune? We think he’s just trying to soften the continent’s traditional pro-Palestinian stance in a bid for much-needed votes at the UN. Ahmed Ghoneim runs through Israel’s dubious détente.