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| Sudanese official said to be in Israel on secret visit |
| 2022-02-10 |
| [IsraelTimes] Unidentified official seeking to advance relations between the countries, according to Kan news. A top official of the current Sudanese military government is currently in Israel for a secret visit, Rooters and Kan news reported Wednesday. The unidentified government representative was seeking to advance relations between the countries, the reports said, with Rooters saying he’d arrived at the beginning of the week. The Kan report was unsourced, while Rooters cited an unnamed official with knowledge of the visit. There was no immediate confirmation from Israeli or Sudanese government officials. Sudan’s top general, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, who seized power in a coup last year, has said that "Sudan’s relationship with Israel may eventually take a natural form." In an interview with the Al Arabiya network published in December, he said that normalization with Israel was "necessary to return Sudan to the international community." It was the military, not the civilian leadership, in Sudan that has played a more active role in advancing normalization with Israel. al-Burhan had been the more prominent player leading normalization efforts in Israel. Israeli delegations have reportedly visited Sudan several times in recent months. Sudan and Israel agreed to normalize ties in 2020, although progress has been slow amid Sudanese government instability and anti-Israel sentiment among the Sudanese public. Al-Burhan seized power and detained Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok on October 25, 2021, but after international condemnation and mass protests he reinstated the premier nearly a month later, in a deal that many in the pro-democracy movement opposed. However, ars longa, vita brevis... Hamdok announced his resignation as prime minister last month amid an ongoing political deadlock. "I have tried my best to stop the country from sliding towards disaster," Hamdok said, addressing the nation. "In view of the fragmentation of the political forces and conflicts between the (military and civilian) components of the transition... despite everything that has been done to reach a consensus... it has not happened," he said. Sudan "is crossing a dangerous turning point that threatens its whole survival," he added. Hamdok’s resignation has left the military in sole command of the country, with some analysts saying this may lead to even more bloodshed and repressive policies, following months of street protests and |
| Posted by:trailing wife |
| #2 Telling one person, in strictest confidence. :-) |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2022-02-10 10:03 |
| #1 What is the half-life of a secret? |
| Posted by: Whiskey Mike 2022-02-10 08:26 |