Kenya–Palestine relations

Kenya recognized Palestinian statehood in May 1989.{{Cite web |date=12 May 1989 |title="Hundred and thirty-first Session: Item 9.4 of the provisional agenda, Request for the Admission of the State of Palestine to UNESCO as a Member State" |url=https://unesdoc.unesco.org/ark:/48223/pf0000082711_eng |access-date=16 January 2024 |website=United Nations Educational, Scientific; Cultural Organization, Executive Board |publisher=United Nations}}

In 2016, Palestine complained about President Uhuru Kenyatta visiting the Western Wall and Israeli settlements in West Bank without visiting Palestinians towns.{{Cite news |date=25 February 2016 |title=Palestinians slam Kenyan president for visiting Western Wall, West Bank |url=https://www.timesofisrael.com/palestinians-slam-kenyan-president-for-visiting-settlement/ |access-date=16 January 2024 |work=The Times of Israel}}

Kenyan police disbursed protest against Israeli attacks on Gaza in May 2021 during the 2021 Israel–Palestine crisis.{{Cite news |date=13 May 2021 |title=Kenyan police disperse protesters demonstrating against Israeli attacks on Gaza |url=https://www.reuters.com/world/middle-east/kenyan-police-disperse-protesters-demonstrating-against-israeli-attacks-gaza-2021-05-13/ |access-date=16 January 2024 |work=Reuters}} Kenya urged for a de-escalation in the conflict.{{Cite web |last=WAKAYA |first=JEREMIAH |date=2021-05-17 |title=Kenya urges de-escalation of Israel-Palestine conflict, calls for truce » Capital News |url=https://www.capitalfm.co.ke/news/2021/05/kenya-urges-de-escalation-of-israel-palestine-conflict-calls-for-truce/ |access-date=2024-01-16 |website=Capital News |language=en-US}}

On 24 May 2023, Kenya abstained from a vote on Palestinian health at the World Health Organization.{{Cite web |last=Onwuamaegbu |first=Natachi |title=Young Kenyans begin boycott of Israeli brands as Gaza war goes on |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2023/12/14/young-kenyans-begin-boycott-of-israeli-brands-as-gaza-war-goes-on |access-date=2024-01-16 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}} Hazem Shabat, the Palestine Ambassador to Kenya, asked Israel to stop building illegal settlements in the West Bank in May 2023 at a lecture in the University of Nairobi.{{Cite news |date=16 May 2023 |title=Palestine Ambassador To Kenya Calls For Peaceful Coexistence With Israel |url=https://www.kenyanews.go.ke/palestine-ambassador-to-kenya-calls-for-peaceful-coexistence-with-israel/ |access-date=16 January 2024 |work=Kenya News Agency}} President William Ruto of Kenya condemned the Hamas attack on Israel on 7 October 2023 and endorsed Israel's policy.{{Cite web |last=Lawal |first=Shola |title=Israel-Gaza war: Why is Africa divided on supporting Palestine? |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/features/2023/10/14/israel-hamas-war-why-is-africa-divided-on-supporting-palestine |access-date=2024-01-16 |website=Al Jazeera |language=en}} Communist Party of Kenya organized protests in favor of Palestine which were broken up by the police. Kenyans for Palestine organized screenings of film on Palestine and called for boycott of Israeli companies.{{Cite web |date=2023-12-14 |title=Kenyans push for Israeli products boycott amid Gaza war |url=https://www.newarab.com/news/kenyans-push-israeli-products-boycott-amid-gaza-war |access-date=2024-01-16 |website=New Arab |language=en}} Muslim Imams also expressed support for Palestinians during the Gaza war.{{Cite web |title=Kenyan imams show support for Palestinians in Friday sermons - TRT Afrika |url=http://www.trtafrika.com/africa/kenyan-imams-show-support-for-palestinians-in-friday-sermons-15380626 |access-date=2024-01-16 |website=Kenyan imams show support for Palestinians in Friday sermons |language=en}} Three protestors were detained from a protest organized by Kenya Palestinian Solidarity Committee at the Cheche Bookshop and Cafe.{{Cite web |last=Kinyua |first=James |date=2023-10-22 |title=Pro-Palestinian Supporters Arrested in Nairobi |url=https://kenyanforeignpolicy.com/pro-palestinian-protestors-arrested-in-nairobi/ |access-date=2024-01-16 |website=Kenyan Foreign Policy |language=en-US}} Member of Parliament Farah Maalim was censured by the speaker for wearing a Palestinian scarf.{{Cite web |date=2023-10-26 |title=Kenyan MP censured for wearing Palestine scarf |url=https://www.africanews.com/2023/10/26/kenyan-mp-censured-for-wearing-palestine-scarf/ |access-date=2024-01-16 |website=Africanews |language=en}} Eugene Wamalwa, former cabinet secretary of Kenya, has said that Kenya should not pick a side in the Israel-Palestine conflict.{{Cite web |title=Kenya shouldn't side with Israel or Palestine – Wamalwa |url=https://www.the-star.co.ke/news/2023-10-09-kenya-shouldnt-side-with-israel-or-palestine-wamalwa/ |access-date=2024-01-16 |website=The Star |language=en-KE}}

• Foreign relations of Kenya
• Foreign relations of Palestine
• International recognition of Palestine

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