South Sudan resists pressure to cut ties with Israel

South Sudanese President Salva Kiir told Israeli MK Danny Danon on Monday that South Sudan will uphold its diplomatic relations with Israel, despite pressure from Abu Mazen and Ismail Haniyeh to break relations. "I told them that I see Israeli embassies in Jordan and Egypt, and South Sudan is not an Arab state," Kiir explained to Danon, who flew to the world's youngest country on a visit