U.S. allies welcome Israel-Sudan deal:
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International Organisation
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28th Oct, 2020
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- Sudan and Israelhave agreed to normalise relations, in a U.S.-brokered deal to end decades of hostility.
- Sudan has been technically at war with Israel since its 1948 foundation.
- With this deal, Sudan became the third Arab country to forge diplomatic relations with Israel in the last two months.
- UAE and Bahrainhave signed this agreement.
- Palestinian leaders have strongly condemned the deal.
- The Israeli-Palestinian conflict dates back to the end of the nineteenth century, primarily as a conflict over territory.
- After the 1948 Arab-Israeli war,the Holy Land was divided into three parts: The State of Israel, the West Bank (of the Jordan River), and the Gaza Strip.
- The 1993 Oslo Accordsmediated the conflict, to set up a framework for two state solution. It recognized the Palestinian Authority tasked with limited self-governance of parts of the West Bank and Gaza Strip.
