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Intel: Sudan's Ministerial Council weighs in on Israel normalization

Sudan's leaders anticipate economic benefits from the agreement, which is opposed by opposition parties.

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This combination of pictures created on Oct. 23, 2020, shows (L to R) an Israeli flag during a rally in the coastal city of Tel Aviv on Sept. 19, 2020, and a Sudanese flag during a gathering east of the capital, Khartoum, on June 3, 2020. Sudan and Israel agreed Oct. 23 to normalize relations. — JACK GUEZ,ASHRAF SHAZLY/AFP via Getty Images

Sudan’s Council of Ministers released a statement on Sunday about the country’s moves to normalize relations with Israel, the interim body’s first acknowledgment since US President Donald Trump announced on Friday that Sudan would be the latest country in the region to recognize the Jewish state.

The statement was careful to emphasize the economic benefits that would come to Sudan as a result of the Trump administration removing Khartoum from the US state sponsors of terror list.

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