09.02.2011 05.Adar l, 5771
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Israel hopes to attain a new African ally in S. Sudan
With world's newest country poised to gain independence, oil-rich region has signaled it would forge ties with Jerusalem.
Officials and analysts in Israel are beginning to weigh the ramifications of secession by Southern Sudan after Monday’s final tally from the recent Sudanese referendum showed that 98 percent of the voters favored a split with the North, which has been accused of decades of systematic discrimination against the South.
Dr. Irit Back, an East Africa expert at Tel Aviv University and the Open University, said the odds of the nascent state establishing ties with Israel were “very good.”…