Sudan: Jews behind Darfur conflict
Sudanese defense minister says '24 Jewish organizations fueling conflict in
Darfur'
Yaakov Lappin
Sudan's defense minister, Abdel Rahim Mohamed Hussein, has accused "24 Jewish
organizations" of "fueling the conflict in Darfur" last week in an interview
with a Saudi newspaper.
Hussein was interviewed during an official state visit to the Saudi kingdom
last week.
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A journalist from Saudi Arabia's Okaz newspaper asked Hussein: "Some people are
talking about the penetration of Jewish organizations in Darfur and that there
is no conflict there?"
"The Darfur issue is being fuelled by 24 Jewish organizations, who are making
the largest amount of noise over the issue, and using the Holocaust in their
campaigning," the Sudanese defense minister replied.
Hussein added that the Darfur conflict was driven by "friction between farmers
and herders and shepherds. Among the biggest problems is that of water, which
is used to exploit the differences and fuel the conflict."
"Are these Jewish groups supporting (the rebels) financially?," the interviewer
from Okaz asked Hussein.
"Yes, they provide political and material support through their control over
the media and across American and British circles," Hussein said, adding that
Jewish groups were using "all means to fuel these conflicts."
He added that Western reports of 200,000 people dying in Sudan were false, and
said: "We talk about 9,000 dead as a result of either government or rebel
actions."
'We came to Israel to look for a better place'
Several days ago, Sudan's Interior Minister, Zubair Bashir Taha, lashed out at
Sudanese refuees who had sought asylum in Israel, and accused "Isaeli
authorities of encouraging the Sudanese refugees to come to their country."
He added that his ministry was "very confused" by Sudanese citizens who came to
Israel."
The Sudan Tribune quoted a Sudanese refugee as telling al-Jazeera television:
"We were surprised when we came here. We met good people, who welcomed us and
gave us food. We feel that we are extremely happy. We hope that the Israeli
government would find a solution for us and our children. We came here to look
for a better place."
Meanwhile, in the US, a number of Jewish organizations have attempted to raise
awareness over the plight of Sudanese citizens who face mass killings and
ethnic cleansing from the Sudanese government. Some 20 Jewish organizations
joined the 'Save Darfur Coalition,' along with other religious communities and
American civil rights groups.
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