What are Abraham Accords, which Trump wants Muslim nations to join?

Abraham Accords, first unveiled in 2020 under US mediation, remained a controversial diplomatic arrangement in modern Middle Eastern history, and a recent statement on it by US President Donald Trump made global headlines. Originally designed to normalize relations between Israel and Arab and Muslim-majority countries, the Abraham Accords ended decades of regional political consensus that had conditioned recognition of Israel on the resolution of the Palestinian question and the creation of a Palestinian state. That long-standing position started to unravel in mid 2020, when Israel, UAE, and Bahrain signed normalization agreements at the White House. Named after Abraham, a key figure revered across Judaism, Christianity, and Islam, the accords were framed as a symbolic bridge of coexistence between faiths, reality is different, as Tel Aviv continues aggression, and it has even led to one of the major conflicts in recent history. Abraham Accords were said to be a major development in Arab-Israeli diplomatic ties since Israel’s peace treaties with Egypt in 1979 and Jordan in 90s. However, unlike those earlier agreements, which were rooted largely in ending direct military conflict, this new wave of normalization was driven by a mix of economic ambition, technological cooperation, and shared security concerns, particularly growing anxieties over Iran’s regional influence, but this version of Washington contradicts ground facts. Behind closed doors, shared interests in advanced defense systems, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, and trade diversification played a decisive role in bringing states together. Gulf countries seeking to reduce dependence on oil found Israel’s tech sector, especially in innovation, water technology, agriculture, and defense, highly attractive. The results were immediate and highly visible. Embassies opened, direct flights began connecting previously disconnected cities, and tourism surged across newly linked destinations. Multibillion-dol