Trump's Sudan 'Peace' Push: More About Israel Than Khartoum?
The New Arab correctly points out Trump's Sudan 'peace' push was likely doomed to fail, given the fractured Quad mediation. But the deeper failure here wasn't just diplomatic incompetence; it was a cynical rebranding of geopolitical maneuvering. Remember, Trump's 2020 normalization efforts with Sudan were explicitly tied to the Abraham Accords and their demands for recognition of Israel. Sudan was
pressured to recognize Israel to get off the US state sponsors of terrorism list – a list they’d been on since 1993, long before a new 'peace initiative' emerged. This wasn't a selfless quest for Sudanese tranquility; it was leveraged diplomacy to serve another nation's foreign policy goals. One might wonder if the US truly prioritizes 'peace' when it's packaged with deliverables for an ally. The
mainstream narrative often reframes coercion as diplomacy, and strategic influence as humanitarian engagement. The 'doomed to fail' prophecy for Sudan's peace was perhaps less about the warring factions and more about the disingenuous, conditional nature of the offer itself.