Mark Connally

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The main point of this article is debating whether or not Israel should help Ethieopia protect its presence in the Red Sea, the last non-Arab presence. In the Ethopian civil war there are the Eritreans, who are not Arabs, but are rebels who would like to take control over the sea and name it the Arab Sea. This article is trying to figure out if it is worth the help to save Ethieopia from it’s rebels.

The Ethiopian government needs to be supported in its fight to keep the Red Sea, the Red Sea instead of the Arab Sea. These rebels aren’t Arabs, but fight for the Arabs, and have their support. Since the Ethiopians have the support of Israel, the rebels are looking for and getting support from radical Arab countries.

The United States views the Ethiopian Gov. as a falling institute, and it isn’t worth prolonging the crash, while Israeli officials say all that you have to do to convince yourself to help is to look at the map. Red Sea or Arab Sea, that’s reason enough, the entire sea would be under Arab influence.

It was said that Israel supplied Ethiopia bombs that were used to stop a rebellion of the Tigre Peoples Liberation Front (Christian Ethiopians that cooperate with Eritrean rebels), meaning that they were killing their own people. The Israeli’s are also supposed to be supplying Ethiopians with uzis, to support their battle efforts along with sending troops.

A History of Cooperation

Israel has aided Ethiopia before in 1973 in its efforts to prevent the Muslim tide. After that they broke ties, but when Ethiopia was invaded in 1977 by Somalia, Israel supplied assistance once again. Israel helps Ethiopia militarily and politically.