When the Israeli prime minister’s wife took a twirl with Idi Amin
When the Israeli prime minister’s wife took a twirl with Idi Amin Idi Amin presents his lighter side to Miriam Eshkol, wife of Israeli Prime Minister Levi Eshkol, with a tribal dance during a party for the latter at Jinja Military Camp. June 13, 1966 Next Monday morning, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu embarks on a four-day trip to Ethiopia, Rwanda, Kenya and Uganda. The trip is historic in that it marks the first time in over two decades that a sitting Israeli prime minister will visit sub-Saharan Africa. But prime ministerial trips to the continent are by no means unheard of. In its early years, Israel had close ties with many African countries. The young Jewish state’s first embassy on the continent, in Accra, Ghana, opened its doors on 1956. Two years later, then-foreign minister (and later prime minister) Golda Meir became to first Israeli leader to tour West Africa. “We couldn’t offer Africa money or arms, but on the other hand, we were free of the taint of the colonial exploit...