Normalization of Sudanese and Israeli Relations: From Hostility to Pragmatic Conciliation

Year 2022, Volume: 6 Issue: 1, 327 - 343, 31.05.2022

Abdulgani Bozkurt , Mayada Kamal Eldeen

https://doi.org/10.33709/ictimaiyat.1101690

Abstract

Bu çalışma son dönem Sudan-İsrail ilişkilerinin daha iyi anlaşılabilmesi amacıyla, ülkenin bağımsızlığından Ömer el Beşir döneminin sonuna kadar geçen sürede taraflar arasında yaşanan gelişmelere de atıfla, bir perspektif sunmaktadır. Bu kapsamda, Sudan’ın bağımsızlık öncesi İsrail’le kurduğu irtibat ve bağımsızlık sonrasında ilişkilerin koptuğu Abboud ve üstü örtülü devam ettirildiği Numeyri dönemlerinin kırılmaları mercek altına alınmaktadır. 1989’da İslamcıların iktidara gelmesiyle başka bir boyut kazanan ilişkilerde taraflar arasında yaşanan gerilimlerin sebepleri izah edilmekte ve Beşir sonrası dönemin belirleyici özelikleri üzerinde durulmaktadır. Çalışma, Beşir’in Nisan 2019’da iktidarı kaybetmesiyle başlayan Sudan-İsrail normalleşme sürecinin dış politikada her ne kadar bir değişim olarak görülse de aslında süreklilik olduğu tezini ileri sürmektedir. Çalışmada Sudan’ın İsrail’le bağımsızlığından günümüze kadar geçen sürede yaşadığı önemli kırılmalar ve süreklilikler süreç takibi yöntemiyle incelemektedir.

Keywords

Sudan, İsrail, Ömer el Beşir, Darbe, Normalleşme

Normalization of Sudanese and Israeli Relations: From Hostility to Pragmatic Conciliation

Abstract

This article investigates the elements of continuity and rupture in the relations between Sudan and Israel from the time of Sudan’s independence until the end of Omar al-Bashir's rule in order to better understand the recent normalization of ties between these two countries. Through process tracing, the study examines, first, the period before independence when Sudan established contacts with Israel, followed by the Abboud regime that severed ties, and later the rule of Nimeiry when relations continued implicitly. The article explains the reasons for the tensions in the relationship between Sudan and Israel after Islamists came to power in 1989 as well as the defining features of the post-Bashir period. Although the so-called Sudan’s normalization of relations with Israel that started after Bashir was ousted from power in April 2019 is viewed as a dramatic change in Sudan’s foreign policy by many analysts, this study argues that to the contrary, the recent developments actually point to the continuities.

Keywords

Sudan, Israel, Omar al-Bashir, Coup, Normalization

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