{"id":39570,"date":"2024-03-05T11:23:21","date_gmt":"2024-03-05T11:23:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/first-african-leader-visits-israel-since-october-7-massacre"},"modified":"2024-03-05T12:31:43","modified_gmt":"2024-03-05T12:31:43","slug":"first-african-leader-visits-israel-since-october-7-massacre","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\/all-news\/first-african-leader-visits-israel-since-october-7-massacre","title":{"rendered":"First African Leader visits Israel since October 7 massacre"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Mauritius. <\/strong><\/span>Tel Aviv [Israel], March 4 (ANI\/TPS): Israel President Isaac Herzog Sunday evening hosted President Umaro Sissoco Embalo of Guinea-Bissau. Embalo&#8217;s visit marked the first state visit by an African president to Israel since the barbaric Hamas terrorist attack of October 7.<\/p>\n<p>We will never forget our friends,&#8221; Herzog told him, &#8220;and you were with us even in this difficult time. You supported our position in the African Union and showed true friendship.<\/p>\n<p>Israel wants to assist you and your people in every possible way. You said to me in our last conversation, &#8216;You were attacked in a barbaric and cruel manner by Hamas terrorists and we stand by your side&#8217;. This is not a clear position that every country in Africa has taken &#8211; I thank you for that, because it is the real truth. &#8221;<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I am very happy to be here and understand that we are arriving at a moment of deep crisis between the two peoples who live here &#8211; between the people of Israel and the Palestinian people, and we have come to see what we can do as messengers of peace,&#8221; said the President of Guinea-Bissau.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We know very well the price and the burden of war, and that war is always the last and most terrible resort.<\/p>\n<p>Anything that Guinea-Bissau can contribute in this modest effort to bring about negotiations, know that Guinea-Bissau and the people who live there are by your side and ready to help in any way possible to promote understandings, agreements and dialogue between you and your neighbors.<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/mauritius\">Mauritius<\/a> Follow <a href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/\">Africa-Press<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Mauritius. 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