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What does Sudan get out of this?
A White House statement on the deal said the two countries agreed to start economic and trade relations, which could help Sudan revive an economy on the brink of collapse
There's got to have been some incentive offered or some promise made.
The United Arab Emirates, which also recently made peace with Israel and which has close ties to Sudan’s military, hosted talks between Khartoum and the U.S., including on economic assistance. What clinched the deal, however, was a decision by the Trump administration to make the normalization of ties with Israel a precondition for removing Sudan from the list of states the U.S. considers sponsors of terrorism.
www.wsj.com...
originally posted by: AaarghZombies
a reply to: musicismagic
I'm looking at this and I'm asking myself "What is Israel offering in return".
Israel and Sudan aren't natural allies, or enemies. They don't have a lot of interests in common and there isn't much scope for them to have a trade alliance or a military alliance since they move in very different circles.
Having international recognition is very important for Israel from a psychological perspective, as it affirms their right to exist, and the politicians who get countries to recognize it will use this in order to gain an advantage over their rivals. Though as I mentioned above, there isn't all that much scope for any economic or military gains as Sudan isn't really a player in either of these areas as far as the wider Israeli issue is concerned as Sudan generally looks towards its Southern and Western neighbors as far as alliesenemies go.
What does Sudan get out of this?
It's got to be something good in order to outweigh the diplomatic problems that this is going to bring it from countries that remain opposed to Israel.
Simply "being on the winning side" doesn't seem enough. There's got to have been some incentive offered or some promise made.