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Proposed Sudan-Israel peace deal triggers protest in Khartoum

Sudanese demonstrators chant slogans as they step on Israeli flags during a rally against their country's signing of a deal normalizing relations with the Jewish state, in Sudan's capital Khartoum on January 17, 2021. [Courtesy of AFP]

Scores of Sudanese protested in the capital Monday against diplomatic relations with Israel, after last week's surprise visit by the Israeli foreign minister.

Dozens of Sudanese protesters chanted "no normalization" with Israel, as they held banners blaming Sudanese military leader Abdul Fattah al-Burhan for committing a "betrayal."

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