Sudan to Normalize Relations with Israel, Trump Announces

President Donald Trump announced Friday that Sudan would join Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates in normalizing relations with Israel. The same day, the White House announced that Trump had rescinded Sudan’s designation as a state sponsor of terrorism after Sudan transferred $335 million to victims of the 1998 al-Qaeda attacks on U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania. As a result, Sudan’s struggling economy will be able to receive aid from international financial institutions like the International Monetary Fund. The U.S. originally designated Sudan a state sponsor of terrorism in 1993 for harboring Osama bin Laden and others. Coverage was mostly balanced on all sides. Coverage in some right-rated outlets mentioned Trump’s past Nobel Peace Prize nominations; some reports from left-rated sources referenced on Palestine's apparent rejection of the move.