Israel also pledged to foster closer collaboration with Kenya in fighting terrorism.
At a meeting with Prime Minister Raila Odinga at his offices, the Minister for Public Security for the State of Israel Mr Yitzhak Aharonovich said Kenya remains a critical ally of the state of Israel and its stability was crucial.
Mr Odinga called for support in monitoring the porous border between Kenya and with Somalia which was seen as a security threat to the country.
The PM said Kenya cannot cope with illegal immigrants entering the country from Ethiopia while the refugee camps cannot take any more people.
He said instability in Somalia, while costing Kenya on land, has lately become a problem in the seas where piracy has made transportation of cargo along the East African Coast a risky and expensive venture and called for cooperation in fighting piracy.
Mr Aharonovich is in the country on his first trip to Africa. He has already met President Mwai Kibaki and the Vice President Kalonzo Musyoka.
Mr Odinga expressed hope that democratization would ensure peace and stability in the Middle East.
Mr Aharonovich said Israel was keenly watching developments in the Arab world.
He said the developments in Egypt, Libya, Bahrain, Yemen, among other countries are both welcome and worrying to Israel.
"There is uncertainty about how all these developments will end," the minister said.
He said the developments could usher in democracy or create more instability that could be exploited by extremist groups to perpetuate terrorism.
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