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=== Ethiopia ===
{{Main|Ethiopia–Israel relations}}

In Africa, [[Ethiopia–Israel relations|Ethiopia]] is Israel's main and closest ally in the continent, due to common political, religious and security interests.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.economist.com/world/middleeast-africa/displaystory.cfm?story_id=15453225 |title=Ethiopia Israel's closest continental ally |newspaper=The Economist |date=4 February 2010}}</ref> However, relations were severed between the years 1973 and 1989. Many towns in Ethiopia are named after biblical Israel settlements, including Ethiopia's third largest city of Nazret ([[Adama]]). Israel also provides expertise to Ethiopia on irrigation projects. Thousands of Ethiopian Jews ([[Beta Israel]]) live in Israel. In 2012, Israel appointed a Beta Israeli of Ethiopian origin, Beylanesh Zevadia, as ambassador to Ethiopia.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.haaretz.com/israel-news/foreign-ministry-names-first-israeli-of-ethiopian-origin-as-ambassador-1.415405|title=Foreign Ministry Names First Israeli of Ethiopian Origin as Ambassador |last=Ravid |first=Barak |date=28 February 2012 |work=Haaretz |language=en |access-date=11 June 2017}}</ref>