On a historic first-ever state visit to Zambia on Monday, Israeli President Isaac Herzog urged the international community to address humanitarian suffering in Africa with the same urgency it shows toward Israel.

“We are also worried and disturbed by terrible disasters that are taking place in other parts of Africa,” Herzog said at a state dinner, referencing the persecution of Christians by Islamic extremists across the continent. “We hope the international community will focus on the pains in Africa at least as much as they focused on their obsession with the State of Israel.”

The lightning 24-hour visit to Zambia and the Democratic Republic of Congo comes as Jerusalem steps up its diplomatic outreach to tens of millions of Christian supporters across Africa.

“The connection between

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