He’s the first sub-saharan Israeli leader to visit sub-Saharan Africa in three decades.

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Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit starts in Entebbe, forty years after Israeli commandos rescued 100 Israelis and Jews being held by Palestinian and German terrorists.

Netanyahu’s brother Yonathan, who commanded the special troops, was killed in the operation.

The Israeli leader will go on to Ethiopia, Kenya and Rwanda.

His visit is being projected as  Israel reaching out for new friends in Africa after controversial treatment of illegal migrants from the continent by his government.

Netanyahu cancelled a planned visit to South Africa for former President Nelson Mandela’s funeral.

It was seen as signifying deteriorating bilateral relations

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