Israel, Sudan to normalize ties? Not so fast - Al-Monitor: The Middle Eastʼs leading independent news source since 2012

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Feb 3, 2023

Shlomi Amsalem/GPO — Israel's Foreign Minister Eli Cohen meets with Sudan's military leader Abdul Fattah al-Burhan in Khartoum, Sudan, Feb. 2, 2023. — Shlomi Amsalem/GPO

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Sudanese businessman Abu al-Qassem Bortoum speaks during an inter-faith event to promote religious tolerance in Sudan's capital, Khartoum, on Feb. 6, 2021. The Sudanese businessman defended hosting the event in the Muslim-majority country that also included Jews, Christians and Hindus. Critics from an Islamist group had argued such events would heighten tensions a month after Sudan's landmark decision to normalize ties with Israel in a US-brokered deal.

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