US EditionAbraham Accords Promised a New Middle East — that Changed
The Abraham Accords have sustained peace among signatories despite regional conflicts, with trade reaching billions and hopes to expand the pact to include more Middle Eastern nations.
- Marking five years since the signing of the Abraham Accords, Israel and its Middle Eastern allies maintain their collaboration despite the challenges posed by the Hamas attacks on October 7, 2023, and the resulting conflict in Gaza.
- The accords originated from the September 15, 2020 White House signing, driven by U.S. leadership to reshape regional integration and counter longstanding conflicts.
- Signatories maintained diplomatic ties, trade surged into the billions, direct flights connected capitals, and human connections strengthened despite pressures from ongoing violence and calls for annexation.
- Israeli Deputy Foreign Minister Sharren Haskel affirmed the accords' durability and predicted their expansion, emphasizing trust built as an ‘insurance policy’ amid conflict challenges.
- Post-War, reviving and expanding frameworks like the Negev Forum will be critical for regional stability, economic growth, and realizing the accords’ long-term vision of integration and peace.
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Israeli Deputy FM Touts Abraham Accords in UAE as Gaza, Qatar Tensions Loom
Last week, Israel's Deputy Foreign Minister MK Sharren Haskel departed for Abu Dhabi with an official delegation to meet with senior Emirati officials as part of the five-year anniversary of the signing of the Abraham Accords. The Foreign Ministry said that Haskel's visit was meant to "continue strengthening and deepening relations between Israel and the UAE, expand cooperation in the economic, political and security spheres, and advance the ex…
The Abraham Accords at five
On the fifth anniversary of the UAE, Bahrain, and Israel normalizing relations, American, Bahraini, Emirati, Israeli, and Moroccan authors reflect on the transformational change and “warm peace” envisioned by the Abraham Accords—a long-term, generational project.
Abraham Accords shakier than ever on fifth anniversary
The SceneLast year’s anniversary of the Abraham Accords passed in silence. This year, the mood is openly frigid.Israel is planning a new offensive to fully occupy Gaza in its effort to end Hamas’ control of the enclave and free its remaining hostages. It is also signaling plans to annex 82% of the West Bank, and is framing a global movement to recognize a Palestinian state — which has been key to Israel’s recognition among Arab and Muslim countr…
FORMER VICE PRESIDENT MIKE PENCE: Five years on, the Abraham Accords still point the way to peace
Five years ago this week, history was made on the South Lawn of the White House when Israel, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain signed the Abraham Accords. What many had long dismissed as an impossible dream became an undeniable reality: Arab nations publicly embracing peace with Israel not as the byproduct of endless negotiations, but as the result of American leadership. I had the great privilege of working alongside President Donald Trump t…
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