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U.S. NEWS Saturday 24 OctOber 2020

Trump: Sudan to join UAE, Bahrain in recognizing Israel

By DEB RIECHMANN and America, he said.
MATTHEW LEE In a separate but related
Associated Press development, Netanyahu
WASHINGTON (AP) — Presi- and Israeli Defense Minister
dent Donald Trump an- Benny Gantz announced
nounced Friday that Su- that Israel had consented
dan will start to normalize to American sales of "ad-
ties with Israel, making it vanced weapons" to the
the third Arab state to do UAE. The arms sales was
so as part of U.S.-brokered part of the deal the U.S.
deals in the run-up to Elec- earlier brokered between
tion Day. The announce- the Israel and UAE.
ment came after the North Gantz and Netanyahu said
African nation agreed to Defense Secretary Mark Es-
put $335 million in an es- per has assured Israel that
crow account to be used the U.S. would maintain
to compensate American Israel's qualitative military
victims of terror attacks. edge. Israel is currently the
The attacks include the only country in the Mideast
1998 bombings of the U.S. to possess the cutting-edge
embassies in Kenya and fighter jets. Gantz' office re-
Tanzania by the al-Qaida fused to identify the weap-
network while its leader, ons, but Trump has said
Osama bin Laden, was liv- President Donald Trump reacts after hanging up a phone call with the leaders of Sudan and Israel, that the UAE is interested in
ing in Sudan. In exchange, as Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin, second from left, Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, White buying F35 warplanes.
Trump notified Congress House senior adviser Jared Kushner, National Security Adviser Robert O'Brien, and others applaud The removal of the terror
in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Oct. 23, 2020, in Washington.
on Friday of his intent to re- Associated Press designation opens the door
move Sudan from the U.S. for Sudan's fragile transi-
list of state sponsors of ter- The Palestinians say the have lost their "veto" over called for no recognition, tional government to get
rorism. It was foreign policy recognitions amount to regional peace efforts. negotiations or peace with international loans and aid
achievement for Trump just betrayal. Palestinian Presi- Trump invited reporters to Israel. "Today, Khartoum is needed to revive its bat-
11 days before Election dent Mahmoud Abbas the Oval Office while still on saying yes to peace with tered economy and res-
Day. Previously, the Trump condemned and rejected the phone with Israeli and Israel, yes to recognition of cue the country's transition
administration engineered the agreement, saying a Sudanese leaders. Trump Israel and yes to normaliza- to democracy. A senior U.S.
diplomatic pacts between lasting peace in the region said Sudan had demon- tion with Israel," Netanyahu official said Sudan had bor-
Israel and the United Arab depends on ending the Is- strated its commitment in said. "This is a new era, an rowed the money needed
Emirates and Bahrain — the raeli occupation and cre- battling terrorism. era of true peace — peace to set up the escrow ac-
first since Jordan recog- ating a Palestinian state. "This is one of the great days that is proceeding and wid- count for terror victims.
nized Israel in the 1990s and Wasel Abu Yousef, a senior in the history of Sudan," ening with additional Arab Sudan is on a fragile path to
Egypt in the 1970s. Palestinian official, called Trump said, adding that Is- countries. Three in the last democracy after a popu-
The new recognitions of the agreement a "stab in rael and Sudan have been few weeks." lar uprising last year led the
Israel unify Arab nations the back" of the Palestinian in a state of hostilities for He said Israeli and Suda- military to overthrow the
around their common en- people and their cause. decades, even if they had nese teams will meet soon longtime autocrat, Omar
emy, Iran. They also upend The Islamic militant group not been in direct conflict. to discuss cooperation al-Bashir. Thousands have
the traditional Arab strat- Hamas, which rules Gaza, In a statement released in agriculture, trade and protested in the country's
egy of refusing to normalize also condemned the in Jerusalem, Netanyahu other areas. Sudan also is capital Khartoum and oth-
relations with Israel before agreement. noted that in 1967, Khar- opening its skies to Israeli er regions in recent days
an independent Palestin- Israel said the recognitions toum hosted a conference flights, which will shorten over dire economic condi-
ian state is created. signal that the Palestinians where the Arab League trips to Africa and South tions. q

Viewership for 2nd Trump-Biden

debate drops to 63 million

By J. LANDRUM Jr. ed at Belmont University in candidates together was
AP Entertainment Writer Nashville, Tennessee. 27.6 million.
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The The numbers were tallied The Biden town hall
final presidential debate between 15 networks that reached 14.1 million peo-
between President Donald aired the debate. ple, while Trump had 13.5
Trump and his Democratic Trump and Biden's first million.
opponent Joe Biden drew matchup last month On Thursday, the candi-
10 million fewer viewers was seen by 73.1 million dates debated mostly over
than their first meeting. people. The second de- health care, energy policy
An estimated 63 million bate was canceled after and how Trump handled People watch from their vehicle as President Donald Trump, on
viewers tuned into the de- Trump's coronavirus infec- the coronavirus pandem- left of video screen, and Democratic presidential candidate
bate featuring Trump and tion and replaced by du- ic. Both candidates also former Vice President Joe Biden speak during a Presidential
Biden Thursday night, the eling town halls on ABC had an exchange words Debate Watch Party at Fort Mason Center in San Francisco,
Nielsen company said Fri- and NBC — the viewership over the business endeav- Thursday, Oct. 22, 2020.
day. The debate was host- for both the presidential ors of Biden's son.q Associated Press