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Another

“Abraham

Accord” as

Sudan-Israel Prime Minister is Abdalla Humdok and his Israel counterpart Netanyahu (FILE PHTOS)

sign peace having normalized their relations in of Sudan, said that Sudan had taken a

step in the wrong direction.
1994. Before that, Israel had signed a
deal peace agreement with Egypt in 1979. As part of the agreement, the removal
Netanyahu has made it a priority
of Sudan from the U.S list of State
to forge ties with formerly hostile sponsors of Terrorism list — which has
countries in Africa and the Arab world for decades hindered the impoverished
udan became the third Arab state in the absence of any progress with the nation’s attempts to gain access to
Sto normalize ties with Israel in Palestinian question during his more foreign financing and debt relief. This
another historic peace deal brokered than a decade in office. The deal also is therefore gives the country a window to
by the United States; this is after UAE aimed at unifying Arab countries against resuscitate it battered economy.
and Bahrain, which signed similar their common adversary, Iran. Furthermore, “The United States and
agreements early August. Like in the case Hailing the agreement as a “huge win” Israel also committed to working with
of the 2 Middle Eastern countries, the Trump claimed that more countries their partners to support the people of
Sudan-Israel agreement was brokered would follow. He also posted a joint Sudan in strengthening their democracy,
President Trump. statement issued on behalf of all three improving food security, countering
The deal follows the Trump countries. terrorism and extremism, and tapping
administration’s decision to remove the “The Sudanese government has into their economic potential.”
North African nation from the list of demonstrated its courage and But the deal with Sudan is arguably more
state sponsors of terrorism after it agreed commitment to combating terrorism, significant. The UAE and Bahrain weren’t
to pay $335 million in compensation to building its democratic institutions, at war with Israel when they signed their
American victims of terror attacks, with and improving its relations with its agreements; Sudan and Israel were. That
Secretary of State Mike Pompeo praising neighbors,” the statement said, adding means while the first two pacts were
their new civilian-led government on that the agreement would “improve normalization deals, this one with Sudan
“We have many countries wanting to regional security.” could potentially be described more
come in,” Trump told reporters in the The Sudan-Israel agreement was accurately as a peace deal.
Oval Office of his Middle East peace negotiated on the U.S. side by Trump’s Sudan’s moralization of relations with
plans, saying he believed the rogue senior adviser Jared Kushner, Middle Israel comes following the removal of
regime of Iran would come to the table East envoy Avi Berkowitz, national former president Omar Bashir through a
eventually. security adviser Robert O’Brien, popular revolution, leading to a military
The Trump administration’s brokering Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and takeover that installed a military Junta to
of the deals as it works toward a Middle national security official Miguel Correa. run the country. A civil push to have the
East peace deal has earned him multiple Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas military return to the barracks evolved
Nobel Peace Prize nominations. said in a statement that he rejected and into a settlement, where the junta agreed
It also delivered a foreign policy condemned Sudan’s move.”No one has to share power with the civilian.
achievement for Trump less than two the right to speak in the name of the The current Prime Minister is Abdalla
weeks before the U.S. election and Palestinian people and in the name of Humdok, who was appointed to the
adds another notch to his promise of the Palestinian cause,” the statement position by the Sovereign Council for
delivering peace in the region, which he said. a transitional period. The Chairman of
has described as the “ultimate deal.” Fawzi Barhoum, a spokesman of the the Sovereign Council is General Abdel
Sudan joins Arab Emirates, Bahrain Islamist group Hamas, a traditional ally Fattah al-Burhan, who is technically the
and Jordan recognized Israel, the latter Head of State.

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