Foreign Aid and Voting Patterns at the United Nations: The Israeli Case in Africa

Abstract

Unlike previous studies in the field of foreign aid and political interests, which have focused primarily on the United States’s attempt to gain political support at the United Nations (UN) through foreign aid, this article focuses on the correlation between the foreign aid provided by Israel to seven African countries and those countries’ voting patterns in the UN with regard to Israel affairs. This research argues that foreign aid is a key instrument in Israel’s effort to strengthen its ties in Africa. Its findings highlight a positive correlation between foreign aid and political support, as expressed by African countries’ voting patterns at the UN.