Although subsumed by the final week of election campaigning, we congratulate Sudan, Israel, and the United States on another landmark diplomatic agreement.
The exchange of full diplomatic relations between Sudan and Israel is the third such Israeli-Arab agreement in two months.
In a recent interview, Sudan's transitional government leader, Abdel-Fattah Burhan, pushed back against the idea Sudan had been pressured into recognizing Israel.
"We were not blackmailed over normalization," Burhan said, adding that the deal was "In the interest of Sudan." He noted that by recognizing Israel and winning removal from the U.S. sponsors-of-terrorism list, Sudan will "Return to the international community. We will benefit economically and get technology."
This understanding is the critical foundation behind all the peace deals that Israel has recently reached.
Sudan's top export is energy supplies, and Israel has need of just that.
These are real and significant diplomatic triumphs for which the Trump administration deserves much credit.
Sunday, November 1, 2020
The Trump administration scores another win for peace
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