Because otherwise they might want to be the next Afghanistan.....
or the next Somalia ....
or even the next Detroit.
This is good Trump-news.
Mali exists only so Chad won’t be embarrassed.
The fact that Chad is mostly Muslim is significant. The willingness of Chad to have a presence in Jerusalem shows an incremental acceptance of Israel’s existence among the Muslim nations. Having friendly eyes and ears in Africa is always good. Bad actors plan and stage worldwide mayhem in some of the poorer Muslim countries there.
Because it is soviern nation full of human beings whom God also loves, despite their worship of the false God of the Koran.
If they started friendship with Israel, they won’t stay that poor for long.