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this stuff is NOT about Israel - it is about the PLO and Yasser Arafat,
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{{Infobox Bilateral relations|Israel-Zimbabwe|Israel|Zimbabwe}}
{{Infobox Bilateral relations|Israel-Zimbabwe|Israel|Zimbabwe}}
'''Israel-Zimbabwe relations''' are relations between Israel and [[Zimbabwe]].
'''Israel-Zimbabwe relations''' are extraordinarily poor with the state-run publication, ''[[The Herald (Zimbabwe)|The Herald]]'', questioning the legitimacy of [[Israel]]'s existence. The Zimbabwean government recognizes an independent [[Palestinian state]] and advocates a [[two-state solution]] to the [[Israeli-Palestinian conflict]].<ref name=a>{{cite book|last=Schwartz|first=Richard|year=2001|title=Coming to Terms: Zimbabwe in the International Arena|pages=157–161}}</ref>


== History ==
== History ==
[[Abel Muzorewa]], the Prime Minister of [[Zimbabwe Rhodesia]], visited Israel on October 21, 1983. He urged Mugabe to establish diplomatic relations, saying his political policies hurt Zimbabwe's agriculture and technology industries.

The [[Robert Mugabe|Mugabe government]] strongly supported the [[Palestinian Liberation Organization|PLO]] under [[Yasser Arafat]] in the 1980s. Zimbabwe formally established relations with the PLO in March 1983. [[Ali Halimeh]] served as the PLO's ambassador to Zimbabwe from 1985 to 1999. Israeli relations with [[apartheid]]-era [[South Africa]], built up in the 1970s by SA [[Prime Minister of South Africa|Prime Minister]] [[John Vorster]], fueled Zimbabwe's verbal support for the PLO and comparisons of [[Zionism]] to apartheid.<ref name=a/>

[[Abel Muzorewa]], the Prime Minister of [[Zimbabwe Rhodesia]], visited Israel on October 21, 1983. He urged Mugabe to establish diplomatic relations, saying his political policies hurt Zimbabwe's agriculture and technology industries. The Zimbabwean government arrested Muzorewa on charges of conspiring against Mugabe for the [[South African government]] on November 1. Two days later Mugabe warned Zimbabwean politicians [[Ndabaningi Sithole]] and [[Joshua Nkomo]] against 'conspiring' against the government. Muzorewa went on a [[hunger strike]] from November 3 to 11 to protest his incarceration.<ref name=b>{{cite book|last=Kalley|first=Jacqueline Audrey|year=1999|title=Southern African Political History: A chronological of key political events from independence to mid-1997|pages=726}}</ref>


In March 2002 an Israeli company sold riot control vehicles to the Mugabe government, shortly before the nation's 2002 elections.<ref name=c>{{cite web|author= |year= |url=http://www.sadocc.at/news2002/2002-163.shtml|title=Zimbabwe: Israel to sell heavy riot control vehicles to Mugabe government|publisher=Southern African Documentation and Cooperation Centre Dokumentations|accessdate=2007-12-12}}</ref>
In March 2002 an Israeli company sold riot control vehicles to the Mugabe government, shortly before the nation's 2002 elections.<ref name=c>{{cite web|author= |year= |url=http://www.sadocc.at/news2002/2002-163.shtml|title=Zimbabwe: Israel to sell heavy riot control vehicles to Mugabe government|publisher=Southern African Documentation and Cooperation Centre Dokumentations|accessdate=2007-12-12}}</ref>

Revision as of 14:12, 8 March 2010

Israel-Zimbabwe relations are relations between Israel and Zimbabwe.

History

Abel Muzorewa, the Prime Minister of Zimbabwe Rhodesia, visited Israel on October 21, 1983. He urged Mugabe to establish diplomatic relations, saying his political policies hurt Zimbabwe's agriculture and technology industries.

In March 2002 an Israeli company sold riot control vehicles to the Mugabe government, shortly before the nation's 2002 elections.[1]

Commercial ties

In 2008, a Zimbabwean business delegation visited Israel this week to explore new trade opportunities in the spheres of agriculture, telecommunications, cosmetics and solar energy. The tour was organized by the Christian Friends of Israel Zimbabwe. [2]


References

  1. ^ "Zimbabwe: Israel to sell heavy riot control vehicles to Mugabe government". Southern African Documentation and Cooperation Centre Dokumentations. Retrieved 2007-12-12.
  2. ^ Zimbabwe business delegation set to leave for Israel
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