Sudanese Justice Minister Nasredeen Abdulbari met Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Idan Roll and Regional Cooperation Minister Esawi Frej in Abu Dhabi Oct. 13 in a rare public encounter for Israeli and Sudanese officials.... So what changed this week? It seems that the Biden administration has been laboring to convince both sides to accelerate efforts towards normalization... former ambassador to Egypt and Israel’s first ambassador to South Sudan.... Talking to Al-(Haim) Koren said ... "They see rapprochement and normalization as a highly Sudanese interest, mostly an economic one... Normalization is clearly [likely] to materialize in the near future."