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Quote: Sudanese businessman plans 'ice-breaker' tour to Israeli24NEWS - AFPOctober 16, 2020, 11:18 AMclock 2 min readSudanese businessman Abu al-Qassem Bartoum speaks during an interview with AFP, at his mansion in the Sudanese capital Khartoum on October 13, 2020.ASHRAF SHAZLY / AFPSudanese businessman Abu al-Qassem Bartoum speaks during an interview with AFP, at his mansion in the Sudanese capital Khartoum on October 13, 2020.I see that our hostility towards the Jewish state has hurt us,' Abu al-Qassem Bortoum cited as sayingSudanese businessman Abu al-Qassem Bortoum is organizing an "ice-breaker" tour to Israel for a group of 40 Sudanese from all walks of life, AFP reported Friday.Besides the businessman himself, the group will include "university professors, workers and farmers, singers, athletes and even Sufis," he told the agency in an interview.According to Bortoum, the five-day trip had been slated for November with a price tag of some $160,000; the businessman told the agency that members of the Israeli civil society were involved in setting up the trip.ReplayMuteCurrent Time 2:54/Duration 2:54 ShareFullscreenBortoum told the agency that while travel restrictions were no longer in place, the Sudanese are still in no rush to visit Israel: "There is a psychological blockage on the part of ordinary people, because of the intellectuals imbued with Islamist ideology, the left, or Arab nationalists." "I care about the interests of my country, and I see that our hostility towards the Jewish state has hurt us," said Bortoum, adding: "An agreement with Israel will open the doors to Western technological investment for us."A former member of parliament, Bortoum was suspended in 2015 after he sparked fury from the Islamist regime then in power, when he called for the abolition of Islamic law and for relations with Israel.Play VideoIn recent months, the prospect of Israeli-Sudanese rapprochement has made headlines a number of times, including after a surprise meeting between Israel's Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Sudan's Sovereignty Council chief Abdul Fattah al-Burhan in February.Earlier this week, a source close to Sudanese leadership told i24NEWS that Sudan had decided to normalize its ties with Israel.

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