{
  "id": 15643544,
  "title": "Netanyahu map shows RSF 'friendly' to Israel and UAE, backing for separatist movements",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/10/19/netanyahu-map-shows-rsf-friendly-to-israel-and-uae-backing-for-15643544",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-10-19T18:29:46.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Middle East Eye",
    "slug": "middle-east-eye",
    "url": "https://www.middleeasteye.net/news/netanyahu-map-shows-rsf-friendly-israel-and-uae-backing-separatist-movements"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": "Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu presented a map at a national security presentation on October 18, 2026, which showed his country and the United Arab Emirates aligned with paramilitary groups and separatist movements in various countries. The map, published by the Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Institute, displayed Greece, Ethiopia, parts of India, Sudan, Libya, Yemen, and Somaliland as friendly towards Israel and the UAE. The Rapid Support Forces (RSF), a paramilitary group accused of committing genocide in Darfur, was marked as friendly to Israel and the UAE. The RSF controls southwestern Sudan and is led by Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, a former Janjaweed leader. The United Nations and media reports have revealed extensive Emirati support for the RSF, but the UAE has officially denied this. The map also showed Israel aligned with secessionist groups, while framing its Arab treaty partners, Egypt and Jordan, as not being friendly. This presentation could raise concerns about Israel's support for secessionist groups and the partition of fragile states.",
  "summary": "Netanyahu map shows RSF 'friendly' to Israel and UAE, backing for separatist movements Submitted by MEE staff on Mon, 10/19/2026 - 17:42 Israeli leader broke the Middle East into competing blocks in new security presentation showing Ethiopia and Greece as 'friendly' states A map published by Friedrich-Ebert-Stiftung Institute and displayed by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at a…",
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        "outlet": "Middle East Eye",
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  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
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