Why African countries should not rally behind desperate Israel

A ball of fire erupts from a building housing various international media, including The Associated Press, after an Israeli airstrike on Saturday, May 15, 2021 in Gaza City. [AP photo]

Israel, as a state that came to being at the expense of the indigenous population subjecting them to war crimes as early as 1948, and for decades has acted as a foreign occupation as recognised by the United Nations (UN), including the UN Security Council.

For 56 years now, Israel has continued its defiance to all UN resolutions and all calls from all corners of the world, African countries in particular. The voting records of the sub-Saharan African states, including Kenya, over many decades is a clear reflection of the vision and legal position vis-a-vis the Israeli Occupation to Palestinian land and population.