US push for Arab-Israel ties divides Sudanese leaders

Washington's push for Sudan-Israel ties is part of a campaign to score foreign policy achievements ahead of the US presidential election in November.Sudan seemed like a natural target for the pressure campaign because of US leverage - Khartoum's desperate efforts to be removed from a US list of states sponsoring terrorism. Sudan can only get the international loans and aid that are essential for reviving its battered economy once that stain is removed.

Such comments would have been unthinkable until recently in a country where public hostility toward Israel remains strong. The officials said military leaders seek a quick US-Sudan deal, including normalisation with Israel, in exchange for an aid package. The officials said the military fears incentives being offered now could be withdrawn after the US election.One sticking point is the size of future aid to Sudan. A meeting in Abu Dhabi last month - attended by Sudanese, US and Emirati officials - ended without agreement.

Sudan, a Muslim-majority African country, has long said it supports the Palestinian people in their calls for an independent state. The designation of Sudan as a “state sponsor of terrorism” dates to the 1990s, when the nation briefly hosted Osama bin Laden and other wanted militants. Sudan was also believed to have served as a pipeline for Iran to supply weapons to Palestinian militants in the Gaza Strip.Osman Mirghani, a Sudanese analyst and editor of the daily newspaper al-Tayar, said Sudanese leaders don't have unlimited time to decide.

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