The Far-Reaching Potential of Sudan’s Entry into the Abraham Accords
Khartoum is now saying “yes,” and we dare not say “no.”
February 24, 2023
The Far-Reaching Potential of Sudan’s Entry into the Abraham Accords
Khartoum is now saying “yes,” and we dare not say “no.”
On February 2, Israel and Sudan agreed on the text of a normalization agreement, finalizing a process that was set in motion in the fall of 2020 but subsequently frozen. The symbolic significance of Africa’s third-largest country joining the Abraham Accords is great, writes Yechiel Leiter, as it was in its capital, Khartoum, that after the Six-Day War the Arab League issued its famous declaration of: “no peace with Israel, no recognition of Israel, no negotiations with it.” But, Leiter explains, the consequences go far beyond symbolism, and Israeli-Sudanese cooperation can have positive repercussions for Israel’s security, Sudan’s political and economic development, East Africa as a whole, and global great-power competition. Among them:
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