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| We need Israel’: Top official says Sudan will have some ties with Jerusalem |
| 2020-10-04 |
| [IsraelTimes] Deputy head of state Gen. Mohammad Hamdan Daglo suggests relations will stop short of full normalization, indicates split with civilian leaders. A senior Sudanese leader said Friday that his country would likely soon establish ties of some nature with Jerusalem, saying that Khartoum needed Israel and would benefit from relations. "Israel is developed. The entire world works with Israel. For development, for agriculture — we need Israel," Sudanese deputy head of state Gen. Mohammad Hamdan Daglo, known popularly as Hemedti, told Sudan24 TV in Juba. However, we can't all be heroes. Somebody has to sit on the curb and applaud when they go by... Daglo said the ties would fall short of full normalization, out of solidarity with the Paleostinians. "We’re not scared of anyone. But these will be relations, not normalization. Relations, not normalization. Okay? We’re following this line," Daglo said, without giving a timeframe or specifying what, exactly, the difference between relations and normalization would be. Daglo’s remarks come against the background of a United States-led efforts to pressure Sudan into normalizing ties with Israel in exchange for a commitment of financial aid and its removal from a US blacklist of state sponsors of terror; its position on the blacklist subjects it to crippling economic sanctions. |
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| #1 We like the gelt part. Legitimacy, not so much... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2020-10-04 08:19 |