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· In a significant development, prominent political factions in Sudan rejected the US backed deal the country has taken to normalize ties with Israel
· The transition government maintains that the establishing ties with Israel and removal of the country from the U.S. state sponsors of terrorism list should not be read together
· The groups in Sudan that are criticizing the deal is the National Consensus Forces Alliance, a leftist coalition and key component of the Freedom and Change (FFC) alliance that emerged from the uprising against Bashir
In a significant development, prominent political factions in Sudan rejected the US backed deal the country has taken to normalize ties with Israel. www.trendsnafrica,com has reported that the deal sealed on last Friday clinched after a call among U.S. President Donald Trump, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Sudanese transitional leaders.
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The historic decision, some analysts observed, should be approved by the yet-to-be formed transitional parliament. Sudan is the third Arab country to set aside hostilities with Israel this year. Sudan has been a hard line critic of Israel. It is reported that there is a difference of opinion among the military and civilian leaders heading a transition after former President Omar al-Bashir was toppled following months of protests in April 2019. The transition government maintains that the establishing ties with Israel and removal of the country from the U.S. state sponsors of terrorism list should not be read together. They are two different occurrences. Lifting of the name of Sudan had happened days before normalization of ties with Israel.
Sudan, in the brink of an economic collapse, was offered help with debt relief, food security and economic development by the US taking off its name from sponsors of terrorism list. The groups in Sudan that are criticizing the deal is the National Consensus Forces Alliance, a leftist coalition and key component of the Freedom and Change (FFC) alliance that emerged from the uprising against Bashir.
The Popular Congress Party, an Islamist faction that backed Bashir, also condemned the move. It threatened to pull the support of the Umma Party from the government if it went ahead with the move. However, there are supporters of the deal. They maintain that it is in Sudan’s economic interest to go ahead with the deal. There have been no street protests, so far, triggered by the deal.
