ISRAEL RECEIVES OVERTURE FROM SUDAN / WEAPON EXPORT

21 March 2016 – Akiva Eldar examines the origins and possible consequences of Sudan’s overture to Israel. Israel, Eldar writes, “is following the messages from Sudan with curiosity, but is careful not to get too close. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Defense Minister Moshe Ya’alon are quietly awaiting a signal from the United States in regard to relations with Khartoum. … Israel is known in Sudan as a supplier of weaponry and surveillance equipment to South Sudan. Sudanese generals who crossed the blurred lines between the various militias and ethnic groups brought with them as dowries made-in-Israel rifles and surveillance tools. Khartoum’s signals of rapprochement to Israel, along with reconciliation moves between the Muslim state and the Christian neighbor to the south headed by dictator Salva Kiir, will enable international arms industry and weapons traders, including those of Israel, when the time comes, to enjoy the best of both netherworlds: those of war criminals and genociders in Sudan and of murderers from South Sudan. It will happen the day the Western world decides to lift the barrier of sanctions.” Read more: http://www.al-monitor.com/pulse/originals/2016/03/turkey-pkk-terrorism-iran-israel-sudan-weapons-jihadist.html#ixzz43Y6IbjN6