How Israel is moving in Africa
Not only China and Turkey have set their sights on Africa. There is also another more discreet and less striking actor… Giuseppe Gagliano's article
It is not only Turkey and China that have for a long time now been implementing a policy of projection of economic and military power in Africa also in an anti-French and anti-American function. Israel is also beginning to cooperate in various sectors in the African context, albeit in a more discreet and less striking way.
If from a strictly historical point of view the beginning of this synergy had begun in 1957 with the opening of the first consulate in Ghana, the collaboration between the African continent and Israel has undergone an evident acceleration especially during the government of Benjamin Netanyahu.
But alongside institutionalized collaboration there is, as always, a collaboration between nations which, despite being of great importance, is much more discreet but no less significant. We are talking for example of the role that numerous Israeli businessmen have in Africa such as Eran Moas , Gaby Peretz , Didier Sabag , and Igal Cohen .
Alongside these businessmen, of course, the collaboration between Israel and Africa also takes place in the more discreet sector of IT intelligence: think of Verint, NSO Group, Mer Group or Elbit Systems , founded by Michel Federmann who has signed billionaire agreements with Africa.
It is therefore evident that this collaboration cannot fail to also concern Israeli intelligence.
In this regard, it is enough to give some examples: Shangai Shavit, former director of Mossad, works within Mer Group .
As for Verint, it is headed by Dan Bodner , a former Israeli army officer .
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/mondo/come-si-sta-muovendo-israele-in-africa/ on Sun, 21 Nov 2021 09:33:09 +0000.