Trump Demands Key Arab, Muslim Nations Join Abraham Accords as Part of Iran Deal
“It should start with the immediate signing by Saudi Arabia and Qatar, and everybody else should follow suit.”
President Donald Trump has urged several Arab and Muslim states to join the Abraham Accords as part of an upcoming Iran deal.
Mentioning Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Turkey, and Pakistan, President Trump suggested that it should be “mandatory” for countries involved in the Iran negotiations to endorse the Abraham Accords, a series of U.S.-brokered agreements designed to normalize trade and diplomatic relations between Israel and Arab states.
Writing on Truth Social, he said that “it should be mandatory that all of these Countries, at a minimum, simultaneously sign onto the Abraham Accords.”
According to President Trump, refusal to join the accord would be seen as a sign of “bad intention” on the part of these states. “It should start with the immediate signing by Saudi Arabia and Qatar, and everybody else should follow suit. If they don’t, they should not be part of this Deal in that it shows bad intention,” he continued.
“By copy of this TRUTH, I am asking my Representatives to begin, and successfully complete, the process of signing these Countries into the already Historic Abraham Accords,” the president concluded.
President Trump did not rule out Iran joining the accord, adding that it would be ‘something special’ if they followed suit.”
He also named Egypt and Jordan as possible entrants, though these countries already have longstanding diplomatic agreements with Israel.
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This is President Trump’s most ambitious effort to broaden the accords established during his first term. It is worth noting that many of these countries are hostile to Israel, and some do not even recognize the Jewish State. Turkey and Qatar have been supporting Palestinian jihadist groups such as Hamas, while Iran and Pakistan have elevated hatred of Israel to their state doctrine.
The Trump White House was working behind the scenes to expand the accords’ reach. “The US president held phone calls with the leaders of Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Pakistan, Turkey, Egypt and Jordan, encouraging them to join the Abraham Accords, a 2020 agreement establishing diplomacy between Israel and Arab states,” The Daily Telegraph reported.
Pakistan rejects the offer to join the accords
Shortly after President Trump’s post, Pakistan refused to join the accords. “Pakistan rejected the proposal,” Reuters reported. “Trump’s statement reflected an attempt to use Iran ceasefire diplomacy for a wider push around the Abraham Accords, according to a Pakistani source familiar with the matter, who also said the two issues were ‘not interlinked and cannot be made so.'”
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Maybe it’s just me, but I don’t think that making the process even MORE complicated is the best way to get to a solution.
Agreed. Attempting to make joining the Abraham Accords a precondition on Iran negotiations seems unnecessary and provides excuses for regional Nations to step back from their current support of US military action v Iran.
Trump wants Nations that don’t really agree to sign a peace deal that doesn’t really exist.
IRGC certainly does not think Iran is a defeated nation. They just announced they will cancel the talks and that the nuclear commitments are off the table. The IRGC thinks its winning by delaying, that domestic pressure on the US and world economy will get the US to backtrack. Wish I thought they were wrong. Finish. The. Job.
We haven’t finished the job since Korea.
Trump is trying to make a comprehensive solution to the Middle East’s problems. God bless, ‘im, but he may be biting off more than anyone can chew. However, some headway (getting more countries onboard with Abraham Accords) would be welcome progress.
I believe it was a mistake to say “regime change” wasn’t the objective of US attacks on Iran. I think it’s obvious by now that leaving the wrong people in charge makes any settlement with them of questionable value. The IRGC, if anything, is even less reliable than the Mullahs. We shouldn’t even be pretending that we can make a deal with an untrustworthy party. Doing so would only push the problem off a few years, at which point we’d have to deal with it again (either with regime change or with a nuclear exchange). Let’s just do the “regime change” option now.
Can’t be done without the army going in and rooting out the entire IRGC and their supporters. It would take a long time and result in American casualties. Trump campaigned on not doing that and he would have zero support to do it anyway. If we equip the Kurds to do it, it will take even longer and then we would have to support a Kurdish state, which would entail carving out a section of Iraq, which means another middle east war.
What is the value of one or more American cities that may be saved from a nuclear strike? Would such a “save” be worth sacrifices such as the country endured during WW II?
WW II was fought at a very high cost in spite of the fact that our enemies didn’t pose a serious threat to the mainland United States. Iran, however, has a weapons program that they say will be used against the United States and the results of such a strike would be catastrophic. Should we wait for millions to die before we risk the lives of tens of thousands? (If you make the argument that Germany and Japan were serious threats to the mainland, then you’re making the argument to give Iran the same treatment – a complete trouncing, followed by unconditional surrender and regime change.)
My understanding is that we DID equip the Kurds to do it, and then they said, “So long, suckers, and thanks for all the fins!”
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