PM announces plan to visit Kazakhstan, possibly Azerbaijan

Netanyahu is planning to visit Kazakhstan and possibly Azerbaijan, he tells Israeli reporters during his current four-country tour in Eastern Africa.

The prime minister makes the announcement at a briefing in his hotel in Nairobi, during which he also lays out a plan to create new alliances around the globe in a bid to strengthen Jerusalem’s position in the conflict with the Palestinians.

“Israel is perceived here, but not only here, as a world power in some areas, such as technology, intelligence, water, agriculture, cyber security and other areas I will not detail here. This is how Israel is seen,” Netanyahu says.

This policy of expanding international relations “will lead to a situation in which the Palestinians will no longer have this shelter and will have to discuss with us on a bilateral basis, something they refuse to do it as long as they have the international refuge,” he adds.

— Raphael Ahren