On Its 75th Birthday, Israel’s Survival Remains a Miracle
A nation unlike any other.
April 26, 2023
Even as Jerusalem offers to mediate.
In the past few weeks, the fragile political compromise that has held Sudan together since the ouster of the Islamist dictator Omar al-Bashir in 2019 has come apart, leading to fighting between rival factions that has left hundreds dead. The current conflict pits the head of the military and de-facto ruler Abdul Fattah al-Burhan against the forces of Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, better known as Hemedti. Monday, the press reported that Jerusalem has reached out to both sides to offer to mediate. Ehud Yaari provides a history of Israel’s relations with Sudan from the 1950s to the present, and considers how the current situation might affect the country’s accession to the Abraham Accords in 2020:
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Even as Jerusalem offers to mediate.
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