Netanyahu confirmed last night that after the breakthrough in relations with the state, a flight departing from Israel went over it • "We are accelerating normalization processes" • "We reduced the flight time by three hours"

• Sudan leader worked for Fatah al-Burhan and Prime Minister Netanyahu // Photos: Reuters, Alex Kolomoisky

Political history occurred last night (first) with new news in the relationship between Israel and Sudan. For the first time, an Israeli flight that departed from Ben Gurion Airport yesterday passed through the skies of Sudan, Africa. This flight actually signaled the opening of a new aviation route that would shorten flight times to some of South Africa's destinations.

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed last night at the Conference of Presidents of Jewish Organizations in the US and confirmed this. "The first Israeli aircraft flew in the sky in Sudan yesterday. The Israeli mochilars travel to South America to hike there. We have currently reduced their flight time by three hours. "

As mentioned, the prime minister referred to shortening flight times that will now be possible thanks to a new aviation route: "They no longer have to fly to Spain and encompass Africa. They can now fly directly over Sudan to Brazil or Argentina," the PM said, adding that "they can also Stop in another country on the way, in Chad, who also recently renewed our relationship with us. "

Later in the conference, Netanyahu referred to the strenuous activity that is being done in the political arena to strengthen Israel's relations in the world in general and with the countries of the Arab world in particular. "I develop relations with Arab and Muslim countries, and I can tell you that there are very few Arab and Muslim countries with whom we do not have close relations. Sometimes this is also widely known. About a year ago, I visited Oman. Two weeks ago we had an exciting visit with the chairman of the Sudanese sovereign council. "A Muslim state, an Arabic-speaking country, hosted the Khartoum Conference, in which all the Levi have set their sights on Israel. The bottom line - not Israel. And now, we are talking about accelerated normalization processes."

As we recall, earlier this month on March 3, a historic breakthrough occurred in Africa. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu met in Sudan, Uganda, with Sudan's public head Abdel Fattah al-Burhan. Two days later, on April 5, Al-Burhan said, "We have agreed that international flights from Tel Aviv to the world will now be allowed to fly within our airspace."

Regarding cooperation between the two countries, the Sudanese leader added: "I have agreed with Netanyahu on future cooperation between the countries. "Mediation with Washington to remove Sudan from the US list of terrorist sponsors. The contacts with Netanyahu and Pompeo began three months ago and we brought them benefits from Sudan."

On the issue of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, the Sudanese leader said: "Our proximity to Israel may be helpful in helping the Palestinians to solve their problems. We have not contacted the Palestinian Authority, nor have they contacted them. The authority itself recognizes Israel."