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What Does Hamas's Attack on Israel Reveal about Sub-Saharan Africa’s Positions on the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict?

9 November 2023

While the position of some African nations is that strengthening their diplomatic relations with Israel does not necessarily mean that they have abandoned the Palestinian cause, the fact that some countries that previously supported the Palestinians are now siding with Israel confirms the difficulty of criticising or going against an economic and political ally when it commits crimes against others.