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Uganda Israel
Uganda had friendly relations with Israel until the
late
1960s, when Obote strengthened ties with Sudan and tried
to
prevent the Israelis from continuing to use Ugandan
territory to
supply the southern Sudanese liberation movement. However,
Amin,
then head of the army and increasingly at odds with Obote,
helped
keep these supply routes open. Amin, who may have received
some
help from the Israeli military mission in Uganda in his
1971
coup, immediately restored friendly relations with Israel
after
he seized power. But in March 1972, after peace was
restored in
Sudan and Amin's request for military equipment was
rebuffed, he
expelled resident Israelis from Uganda, broke diplomatic
relations, and established ties with Libya and other Arab
nations. Israel promptly imposed a trade embargo on
Uganda, and
in July 1976, the Israeli government mounted a surprise
rescue
operation of air passengers hijacked to the airport at
Entebbe by
the Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine (PFLP).
Following Amin's overthrow, Ugandan governments, including
Museveni, continued to support the African boycott of
Israel.
Data as of December 1990
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