Intensive Report on Sudan, Israel Normalization Deal

The Sudanese Foreign Ministry announced today, Sunday, that Khartoum and Israel reached an agreement to end the state of hostility and normalize relations between them.

According to a foreign ministry statement, the agreement will ensure the start of economic and commercial dealings between the two countries, with an initial focus on agriculture for the benefit of Khartoum and Tel Aviv.

Meanwhile, the Sudanese Baath Party announced, on Saturday, that it had withdrawn its support for the transitional authority, against the backdrop of the tripartite declaration to end the state of hostility between Khartoum and Tel Aviv.

US Secretary of State for Foreign Affairs Mike Pompeo said in a tweet Sunday, that Washington has allocated 81 million dollars as "humanitarian aid to the Sudanese people affected by the crisis the country is going through."

"The United States announces $81 million in humanitarian aid to support the Sudanese people affected by the crisis," Pompeo said in the tweet.

The Israeli army revealed that Khartoum's government agreed to return to Tel Aviv the Sudanese nationals who entered the Jewish state during the past years by illegal means.

A local Israeli newspaper reported that thousands of Sudanese have entered the territory of the Hebrew state during the past 15 years.

On the other hand, Israeli Intelligence Minister Eli Cohen revealed the details of the normalization process between Israel and Khartoum, stressing that "a Sudanese delegation will visit Tel Aviv soon, and that he will travel later to Khartoum, heading an Israeli delegation."

In an interview with Al-Sudani newspaper, Cohen stressed that "Israel will cooperate with Khartoum in several fields," expecting the establishment of security cooperation between the two countries, and an exchange of goods and investments.

Meanwhile, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu praised Sunday in a speech a series of agreements to normalize diplomatic relations that his country had recently concluded with three Arab countries, namely Sudan, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain.

Using maps, Netanyahu said that Israel has broken its isolation and is now able to reach anywhere in the world in less time and at an affordable cost.

He considered that his country was "changing the map of the Middle East," and confirmed that many countries would soon join this agreement.

In this context, the Israeli government approved, Sunday, the peace agreement concluded with the Kingdom of Bahrain, pending approval by the Israeli parliament, "the Knesset."