Sudan’s National Umma Party Warns Govt. over Normalization with Israel

In a statement, the Umma Party threatened to withdraw support for the transitional government if it normalizes relations with the apartheid regime. 

The statement conveyed that the institutions of the transitional government are not qualified to make any decisions on such controversial issues as normalization, stressing that establishing relations with Israel “is similar to its establishment with apartheid South Africa before liberation,” Anadolu Agency reported.

The NUP’s leader, Sadiq al-Mahdi, stressed that “treason is not a viewpoint protected by freedom” and reiterated that “relations with the apartheid state, Israel, have no connection with peace. Rather, they will push towards more confrontations as there is no peace without justice.”

He urged the Sudanese Bar Association to take over the submission of reports and inquiries for violators of the Israeli boycott, emphasizing that the Umma Party’s lawyers will take part in this mission.

Sudan’s transitional government agreed to normalize ties with the Zionist regime of Israel after the US removed the African state from its terrorism blacklist and offered it financial aid in exchange.

President Donald Trump of the US sealed the normalization deal in a phone call on Friday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and Transitional Council Head Abdel Fattah al-Burhan.

A joint statement issued by the trio said the leaders had agreed “to the normalization of relations between Sudan and Israel and to end the state of belligerence” between the two sides.

An official signing ceremony is expected to be held at the White House in the weeks to come.