When the Abraham Accords were signed in September 2020, they were hailed as the most consequential diplomatic breakthrough in the Middle East since the Egypt-Israel peace treaty of 1979. The United Arab Emirates and Bahrain agreed to normalize relations with Israel — not in secret backrooms, but in a sunlit White House ceremony, cameras rolling, flags flying. Morocco and Sudan followed shortly after. The deal shattered a taboo that had calcified over decades: Arab governments simply did not recognize Israel while the Palestinian question remained unresolved.
The accords said otherwise. And the question of whether that gamble actually paid off — and what Trump is now trying to do with it — is more urgent than ever.
