Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman told Kenya’s President Uhuru Kenyatta that ‘’we are dealing together with an axis of evil that stretches from the Middle East to West and East Africa.’’
‘’All these organizations, such as ISIS in Iraq, Hamas in the Palestinian Authority, Boko Haram in West Africa and Al-Shabaab in East Africa are part of a global Jihad network,’’ he said during a visit in Nairobi.
According to Lieberman, the international community ‘’had proven to be unable to respond to the global terror threat effectively’’ while the terrorist organizations have established a single, coordinated global network that operates almost without hindrance.’’
He proposed an information exchange between Middle East and African countries to counter the threats that beset both regions and to help provide faster and more effective responses to those threats. Leiberman said that he will push for the Boko Haram and Al-Shabaab militant groups active in Kenya to be added to the blacklist of terror organizations in accordance with Israeli law.
Lieberman’s visit took place against the backdrop of the severe terrorist attacks in Kenya over the past two weeks that resulted in the deaths of dozens of innocent people and the abduction of ten women.
Kenyan President Kenyatta expressed his support of Israel and the hope that that the three Israeli teenagers kidnapped a week ago would be released soon.
Lieberman has instructed the Israeli delegation to the UN to ensure that the issue of the abducted teens will be discussed at the forthcoming meeting of the Security Council.