In 1998, Kenya was struck by terrorists, the target being the American Embassy in Nairobi. As the devastating effects of this horrific attack became clear, it was the Israeli Defense Force rescue teams who were the first international unit to arrive in Kenya. This experienced team, supported by heavy equipment supplied by private Israeli companies working in Kenya, worked day and night in an attempt to find survivors trapped under the rubble. Israelis and Kenyans working together to save lives marked the crossing of an important threshold in the relationship between the two countries.
Following the 1998 attack, MASHAV, at the behest of the Government of Kenya, stepped up its training efforts in the field of medicine to cover issues such as "disaster management" and "emergency medicine." The life-saving skills of hundreds of Kenyan doctors and nurses have subsequently improved as they have learned innovative techniques from Israel.
In November 2002, terrorists struck again - the target this time, the Israeli-owned Paradise Hotel in Kikambala. Fifteen people were killed, three of them Israelis, when a car bomb exploded outside the lobby of the hotel as a local dance troop was welcoming vacationers from Israel. At approximately the same time, terrorists working with those who blew up the hotel fired two hand-held rockets at an Israeli airliner. This airliner had just lifted off from Moi International Airport in Mombassa with 264 passengers on board. Luckily, the missiles narrowly missed the plane and those on-board were spared. Immediately after the bombing, the Israeli government sent 200 soldiers and volunteers to Kenya to help with the search for survivors and clean up the debris.
The attack on the Paradise Hotel was the first time that Kenyan and Israeli blood was spilt together. Kenya and Israel once again proved that the bonds between them were stronger than any terrorist plot and, as a result of the attack, strengthened their cooperative efforts in the field of security. Israel and Kenya came "full circle" when the re-opening of the Paradise Hotel was announced on the two-year anniversary of the attack on November 28, 2004.
Israeli Rescue Teams - Hmm. Please God: If I ever get blown up. Kill ANY fuk'n person who calls themselves a 'Jew' that turns up to 'help' me. If he accidentally takes my organs, can you please give that murdering cunt Cancer? OK? Thanks God! I know you HATE them too. Cheers, OP
OzzyPatriot 1 year ago
@OzzyPatriot U.S. President Bill Clinton thanked Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu this morning (Sunday), 9.8.98, on behalf of the American people, for the assistance which Israel is rendering to those who were injured in the attacks in Tanzania and Kenya.
President Clinton added that the speed with which the aid was dispatched was both impressive and heart- warming.
Bill Clinton uses the event to make a Lewinski diversion and Israel gets the Enron Caspian oil trades. Bin Laden is born
IranContraScumDid911 1 year ago