Netanyahu and the Sudanese leader meet to discuss peace
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Barak Ravid
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6 \ Flashback: Sudanese soldiers fought against Israel in the 1948 and 1967 wars. The country also used to host Hamas headquarters, and was used by Iran's Revolutionary Guards Corps as a logistical hub for arms smuggling to Gaza
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5 \ Why it matters: Today's meeting follows years of hostility from Sudan toward Israel and signals a diplomatic opening under the joint civilian-military government that replaced long-time dictator Omar al-Bashir last year

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4 \ Netanyahu agreed and raised the issue with Secretary of State Mike Pompeo last week in Washington. Last night before Netanyahu left for Uganda, Pompeo called al-Burhan and invited him for meetings in Washington next week

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3 \ In talks leading up to the meeting, the Sudanese asked Israel to help open doors in Washington and encourage the Trump administration to change Sudan's designation as a state sponsor of terror, Israeli officials told me

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2 \ Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni hosted the meeting and mediated between the two. The meeting lasted 2 hours and one of the issues discussed was opening Sudanese airspace to Israeli airlines
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1 \ The planned meeting between Netanyahu and the Sudanese leader was kept under an Israeli military censor gag order for several days and it was lifted only after the meeting ended and press reports emerged in Sudan


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#BREAKING: Israeli PM Netanyahu met Sudan's leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan today in Uganda

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