The US has suspended aid to Sudan’s post-coup government, including assistance awarded to Sudan for agreeing to normalize with Israel as part of US-brokered deals known as the Abraham Accords.
“The United States is not moving forward at this time with assistance originally committed to Sudan’s civilian-led transitional government in connection with its efforts to improve Sudan’s bilateral relationship with Israel,” a State Department spokesman told The Times of Israel.
The spokesman said that other aid not related to the Israeli normalization deal was also suspended and said the US wants Israel to call for a restoration of democracy in Sudan. “We strongly encourage the State of Israel to join us and the broader international community in vocally pressing for Sudan’s military leaders to cede power to a credible civilian-led transitional government,” he said.
Since the military coup in Sudan that took place last fall, Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan has run the country. Israel and Sudan agreed to normalize relations in October 2020, but full diplomatic relations haven’t yet been established.
While the US wants Israel to call for democracy in Sudan, the other countries Israel normalized with under the Abraham Accords — the UAE and Bahrain — are monarchies. Israel has also had diplomatic relations with Egypt for decades, which is led by Abdel Fattah el-Sisi, who came to power after a coup in 2013. Despite the coup in Egypt, Cairo is still one of the top recipients of US military aid.
Wait a second! Wasnt the deal for normalization brokered by USA?Isnt the normalization is a permanent feature ?
Now that is achived,Sudan is being informed the quid pro quo is no longer valid. Boden says Sudan has to do something more . Next government might ask to wipe the IDF ‘s butt to reinstate the deal. Nice gravy train that keeps on giving . Another JCOPA.
There should never have been any aid or any Netanyahu Accords.
I know a woman from South Sudan. I asked her about Sudan, which of course they still have a lot of contact with. She said people are mellow about it. They’ll have a general ruling for a while, then there’ll be elections where the general restyles himself as a politician. Things go back to the same. It’s always like this in Africa.
I note that they all prefer the U.S. system where each region gets a “representative,” designed to make sure only two big parties can get any votes, with any opposition on the Left or Right side of the fence made virtually impossible. You can’t get any real party infrastructure in place because voters won’t support a party that maybe can win two decades from now. When a general has set up his party as the only viable party on his side of the fence, it’s the ticket to a cushy life.
The “representatives” are of course loyal to their party, not their region. You can’t call them and say, “Hey, I didn’t vote for you so I tried to end your political career, but I live in the same region as you so you are MY member of parliament, so now you should vote the way I want, not the way your party wants.”
Severing relations with IsraHell is a GOOD thing.