Kenya supports Israel becoming AU observer

The President of Kenya has announced that his country is willing to support an initiative which will see Israel as becoming an official observer at the African Union.

Netanyahu said in a statement that "The possibility of (Africa) changing their direction and their attitude toward Israel would be a strategic change in Israel's international position. This starts in one place, this effort, that the President has defined, to make Israel an observer to the African Union. I think that this is significant. This will have an impact in Africa now, but I think that it will have very considerable effect regarding Israel's international relations in the future, vis-à-vis our effort to bring about a very great number of countries that support Israel."