The British newspaper The Guardian published an article whose writer believed that the US blackmail of Sudan for the sake of normalization with Israel amounts to bullying a country with which Israel is not expected to establish many commercial or diplomatic relations.
In an article entitled "Sudan is rewarded for its revolution by blackmail," the Sudanese journalist, Nisreen Malik, said that, behind this step, America is seeking to increase the number of printing countries, and to give greater impetus to normalization with Israel in the Arab world that enables more important regional countries such as the Arab Kingdom to persuade. Saudi Arabia to normalize relations with Tel Aviv.
Punish the people
According to the article, the economic sanctions imposed by America on Sudan during the rule of former President Omar al-Bashir did not succeed in undermining him or his government, for he remained in power for many years, and he and his vast network of friends had ways to circumvent them, and find ways to continue their business and enrich themselves.
But the Sudanese people, whom the international community and human rights organizations were ostensibly supporting, suffered as a result of these sanctions isolation, poverty, and the absence of basic health care facilities.
The article pointed out that despite this suffering, the Sudanese people were able to topple al-Bashir in an epic revolution, the cost of which was exorbitant, in which many unarmed citizens were killed during confrontations with the security forces, and the economy was already deteriorating to the brink of the abyss.
Exploitation and extortion
Nisreen Malik said that the United States, which saw the success of the Sudanese revolution, decided to blackmail the country in exchange for removing it from the list of states sponsoring terrorism and reintegrating it into the international financial and commercial system.
US President Donald Trump made it clear last week that Sudan should pay $ 335 million in compensation for the terrorist attacks that took place under the old regime, and America is forcing the new fragile interim government - which is struggling to maintain its mandate amid deteriorating economic conditions and security challenges - to recognize With regard to Israel and the normalization of relations with it, which is an unpopular move for the Sudanese, about which they were not consulted.
She added that this blatant American exploitation of a country that has been weakened but still creeping towards freedom is difficult to bear. The Sudanese government has limited two options, either risking an economic collapse and the re-emergence of the old powers, that is, aborting the revolution, or accepting all the conditions of the United States.
The author pointed out that the United States' behavior towards Sudan is the most prominent example that the ethical framework on the basis of which a human rights law is formulated and is enforced was not set in order to ensure the safety and security of people who suffer under the rule of tyrants nor to change those systems, but rather was set to take advantage of the suffering Those victims to promote other interests.