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                   Israel's Netanyahu Starts Rare Africa Trip

   by VOA News

   Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is in Uganda to begin a rare
   tour of sub-Saharan Africa and to mark the 1976 hostage rescue in which
   his brother was killed.

   Netanyahu landed at Entebbe International Airport, where Israeli
   commandos rescued more than 100 passengers and crew of a hijacked Air
   France plane on July 4, 1976.The only fatality Israeli forces suffered
   in the raid was Jonathan Netanyahu, the prime minister's older brother.

   After a ceremony at the airport's old terminal, Netanyahu is to attend
   a summit of regional leaders focusing on security.

   In exchange for counter-terrorism expertise and financial aid, Israel
   wants African nations to give it support at the United Nations, where
   Israel is regularly condemned for its occupation of the West Bank and
   blockade of the Gaza Strip.

   He flies to Kenya later in the day, and will also visit Ethiopia and
   Rwanda during his four-day tour.
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