Trump called on countries involved in efforts to end the Iran conflict to sign up to the Abraham Accords. He linked an anticipated peace deal with Iran to a broader wave of normalization with Israel. He named Iran, Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Pakistan, Turkey, Egypt, and Jordan as targets for joining, while noting that the UAE and Bahrain were already members. The Abraham Accords previously established diplomatic recognition between Israel, the UAE, and Bahrain, announced in September 2020. Morocco and Sudan later joined, and Kazakhstan was announced as a future member. The move is framed as ambitious given regional conditions and the symbolic significance of Arab recognition of Israel.
"Trump called on countries involved in the Iran war - or attempts to end it − to sign up to the Abraham Accords. He suggested that the imminent peace deal he hopes to strike with the Islamic Republic would prefigure a mass sign-up to the accords. He named Iran itself, as well as Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Pakistan, Turkey, Egypt and Jordan as countries he wanted to join the pact, acknowledging that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Bahrain were already members."
"Mr Trump wrote: "This will be the most important Deal that any of these Great, but always in Conflict Countries, will ever sign. Nothing in the past, or in the future, will surpass it." Given the situation in the region at the moment, it is a bold move. The principal foreign policy achievement of Mr Trump's first administration, the Abraham Accords established diplomatic recognition between Israel, the UAE and Bahrain."
"The deal, brokered by Mr Trump's son-in-law Jared Kushner, was announced in September 2020. Morocco and Sudan signed up soon afterwards, and in November last year it was announced that Kazakhstan would become a member. A formal rapprochement between Israel and Saudi Arabia was his most cherished goal. It was a huge moment for the Middle East."
"Although neither the UAE nor Bahrain has ever been at war with Israel, the mere fact of these Arab monarchies recognising the legitimacy of a Jewish state in the Holy Land was deeply symbolic. It is true that Egypt and Jordan had recognised Israel for decades by that stage. But that was born out of pragmatism rather than friendship − the result of painstakingly negotiated peace deals designed to end an era of traumatising wars."
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