Sudan to normalise relations with Israel

Khartoum is set to sign a formal peace deal with Israel in a highly symbolic move - the city was the venue for the 1967 Arab League declaration that denied recognition of the Jewish state


ISRAEL AND THE ARAB LEAGUE
1948 Arab League invades newly-formed State of Israel
1964 Formation of Palestine National Council and PLO
1967 Khartoum Resolution: “No peace with Israel, no recognition of Israel, no negotiations”


PEACE DEALS WITH ISRAEL

Mauritania
Algeria
Tunisia
Libya
Israel
Lebanon
Syria
Iraq
Saudi Arabia
Yemen
Oman
Kuwait
Djibouti
Somalia
1 2 3 4 5 6

2020 									
Morocco								
Trade: $63.9m			

1979
Egypt
$300m in 2021

2023
Sudan

1994
Jordan
$885m first half of 2022

2020
Bahrain
$7.5m in 2021

2020
UAE
$2.56bn


Palestinian Authority: Peace deal in 1994, intermittent security and civil co-operation. Wars broke out in 2002, 2008, 2012, 2014


INFORMAL AND STRATEGIC RELATIONS 

Oman: Backs Egypt’s peace deal in 1979

Saudi Arabia: Covert strategic co-operation over Iran 

Tunisia: Severs relations in 2020

Qatar: Trade relations since 1996, post-Oslo Accords

Iraq: Trade relations with autonomous Kurdish region 

Mauritania: Suspends relations in 2009


Source: Middle East Institute, BBC, Arab News
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