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The US president announces that Sudan has been removed from the list of countries sponsoring terrorism, after the latter paid 335 million dollars in compensation to the families of American victims of terrorism, and Israeli media say normalization is near between Tel Aviv and Khartoum.
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Israeli media say the United States will remove Sudan from the list of countries that support terrorism, in preparation for normalization with “Israel.”
US President Donald Trump said: “The United States will remove Sudan from the list of countries sponsoring terrorism, after paying $ 335 million in compensation to the families of American victims of terrorism.”
Trump added: “After waiting, justice will be served for the American people and Sudan will take a big step forward.”
Great news! Sudan’s new government, which is making great strides, agreed to pay $ 335 MILLION to the victims of US terrorism and their families. Once deposited, I will remove Sudan from the list of state sponsors of terrorism. At last, JUSTICE for the American people and BIG step for Sudan!
– Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) October 19, 2020
In a related context, the President of the Government of Sudan said: “We hope that President Trump will notify Congress of the decision to remove Sudan from the list of countries sponsoring terrorism.”
At the same time, the Israeli Kan Channel political affairs commentator said: “There has been great progress in communications between” Israel “and Sudan, with American mediation.
He quoted senior Israeli officials as saying that he expects to issue an official statement on establishing relations between “Israel” and Sudan in the next few days.
He noted that “Trump is the one who is supposed to announce this step, which requires an additional country to join the Abraham Agreement, which includes the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain.”
He also stressed that “Trump’s announcement, according to his sources, may be tomorrow or Wednesday, which means that the issue will not go beyond the next few days, and within this agreement, the United States will remove Sudan from the list of countries. that support terrorism, which is a condition that they put in Sudan with a significant financial grant in preparation. ” Normalization with Israel “.
Earlier this month, Al-Monitor said the United States and the United Arab Emirates continue to push for Sudan’s normalization with Israel.
And move a reporter Fields According to sources, last month the Israeli-American-Emirati conditions regarding the issue of normalization were presented to Sudan, including that the printed delegation includes the Sudanese Minister of Justice, who has US citizenship, and who previously worked as a consultant. in US and Gulf offices.
The 47 conditions included the possibility of Sudan being an alternative home for Palestinian resettlement, US control of the Sudanese Red Sea through South Sudan, as well as preventing the Sudanese authorities from granting Chinese companies any investment.
Washington also called for monitoring Sudanese ports and territorial waters under the pretext of fighting terrorism, and modifying Sudanese educational curricula, as well as making Sudan an exile for those expelled by the United Arab Emirates, “Israel” and the United States.
On the other hand, the leader of the Sudanese Umma Party, Sadiq al-Mahdi, considered that normalization with the Israeli occupation is treason and has nothing to do with freedoms.
For his part, Idris Suleiman, leader of the Sudan People’s Congress Party, stated that “the Sudanese people of all sects reject normalization with the Israeli occupation.”
Sudanese Prime Minister Abdullah Hamdok confirmed that the issue of normalizing his country’s relations with “Israel” appears “complicated and needs social consensus”, refusing to link the normalization process to the issue of removing Sudan from the list of states sponsoring terrorism.
The head of the Sovereign Transitional Council of Sudan, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, met with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Uganda last February, where they agreed to initiate “joint cooperation” that would lead to the “normalization of relations between the two countries, “according to a statement issued. However, under the authority of the Israeli Prime Minister, the Sudanese government confirmed that it was not notified or consulted with him in the Cabinet about the meeting of the latter two.
At the time, Israeli media said the meeting between al-Burhan and Netanyahu lasted about two hours, explaining that they discussed “the possibility of allowing Israeli planes to fly over Sudanese airspace, to shorten the duration of flights to South America.”
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