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Al Jazeera
Al Jazeera
Politics
Shola Lawal

Israel-Gaza war: Why is Africa divided on supporting Palestine?

[Nataliia Shulga/ Al Jazeera]

As reports of Hamas fighters attacking southern Israel last Saturday flooded phones and television sets around the world, Kenyan President William Ruto took to X, the social media platform formerly known as Twitter.

“Kenya joins the rest of the world in solidarity with the State of Israel and unequivocally condemns terrorism and attacks on innocent civilians in the country,” he wrote. “There exists no justification whatsoever for terrorism, which constitutes a serious threat to international peace and security.”

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