The rebels, who are combating the systematic murder and expulsion of non-Arabs from the region, claim the Sudanese official is simply trying to rally Arab support for his country's atrocities.
Addressing reporters in Cairo before a meeting of Arab Foreign Ministers regarding the situation in Darfur, the top Sudanese Foreign Minister said, “the days to come will reveal close contacts between Israel and the rebels,” according to a Reuters report.
Ismail said that the fact that Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations started his speech during a discussion on Israel’s separation fence with a reference to "Arab atrocities – moving the Jewish community to spread what is being said about Darfur," proved that Israel was taking an active role against the Sudanese government.
Ismael added that his government had "information that confirms media reports of Israeli support." He said that some leaders of the rebel Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) had split from the group over ties between its leadership and Israel, though JEM Secretary-General Bahar Idriss denied having any links with the Jewish state, saying the Foreign Minister was simply trying to rally support from the Islamic world.
Ismael told Reuters that those who had broken away from the group "confirmed that the leadership of the movement make regular visits to Israel".
The Sudanese minister’s words were comforting to some activists working to combat Arab abuses throughout the Middle East and Africa. After hearing Ismael quoted, insisting that Israel had "recently become active in entering the Darfur issue from different sides, whether through its active presence in Eritrea, or through its active diplomatic missions," one activist told INN’s Ezra HaLevi that he hoped the Sudanese minister was not lying. “It would be an incredible kiddush HaShem [sanctification of God’s name –ed.] if Israel intervened on behalf of another group being targeted in this ‘global Jihad’,” said E. “The atrocities that are being committed in Darfur go unnoticed by the world because Arabs are committing them. Only the Jewish state can intervene for what is right rather than how their actions will affect the price of oil.”
Responding to the verdict of the International Court of Justice, Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Dan Gillerman, opened his address with the following words: “Those enraged when Israel seeks to protect itself under extremely difficult conditions, [are] unable to muster a word of condemnation for the systematic and shocking ethnic cleansing underway in the Sudan, or the violations of basic rights and freedoms in their own countries.”
The United Nations now has labeled the 16-month-old conflict the worst humanitarian crisis currently occurring. As many as 50,000 people have been killed by Muslim militias and over one million non-Arabs have been driven from their homes and villages.
IslamOnline reported that the Sudan is seeking help from Egypt and wider Arab world to combat what the Foreign Minister termed: “stereotypes created by western media on Darfur.”
The U.N. Security Council has threatened Sudan with sanctions if the Sudanese government fails to restore order to Darfur by August 30.
Addressing reporters in Cairo before a meeting of Arab Foreign Ministers regarding the situation in Darfur, the top Sudanese Foreign Minister said, “the days to come will reveal close contacts between Israel and the rebels,” according to a Reuters report.
Ismail said that the fact that Israel’s ambassador to the United Nations started his speech during a discussion on Israel’s separation fence with a reference to "Arab atrocities – moving the Jewish community to spread what is being said about Darfur," proved that Israel was taking an active role against the Sudanese government.
Ismael added that his government had "information that confirms media reports of Israeli support." He said that some leaders of the rebel Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) had split from the group over ties between its leadership and Israel, though JEM Secretary-General Bahar Idriss denied having any links with the Jewish state, saying the Foreign Minister was simply trying to rally support from the Islamic world.
Ismael told Reuters that those who had broken away from the group "confirmed that the leadership of the movement make regular visits to Israel".
The Sudanese minister’s words were comforting to some activists working to combat Arab abuses throughout the Middle East and Africa. After hearing Ismael quoted, insisting that Israel had "recently become active in entering the Darfur issue from different sides, whether through its active presence in Eritrea, or through its active diplomatic missions," one activist told INN’s Ezra HaLevi that he hoped the Sudanese minister was not lying. “It would be an incredible kiddush HaShem [sanctification of God’s name –ed.] if Israel intervened on behalf of another group being targeted in this ‘global Jihad’,” said E. “The atrocities that are being committed in Darfur go unnoticed by the world because Arabs are committing them. Only the Jewish state can intervene for what is right rather than how their actions will affect the price of oil.”
Responding to the verdict of the International Court of Justice, Israel’s Ambassador to the United Nations, Dan Gillerman, opened his address with the following words: “Those enraged when Israel seeks to protect itself under extremely difficult conditions, [are] unable to muster a word of condemnation for the systematic and shocking ethnic cleansing underway in the Sudan, or the violations of basic rights and freedoms in their own countries.”
The United Nations now has labeled the 16-month-old conflict the worst humanitarian crisis currently occurring. As many as 50,000 people have been killed by Muslim militias and over one million non-Arabs have been driven from their homes and villages.
IslamOnline reported that the Sudan is seeking help from Egypt and wider Arab world to combat what the Foreign Minister termed: “stereotypes created by western media on Darfur.”
The U.N. Security Council has threatened Sudan with sanctions if the Sudanese government fails to restore order to Darfur by August 30.