On Monday, President Donald Trump called on several Muslim-majority nations with long histories of hostility toward Israel to join the Abraham Accords and make peace with the Jewish state.
In a Truth Social post, Trump said ongoing negotiations with Iran were “proceeding nicely” before revealing he had spoken with the leaders of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Qatar, Pakistan, Turkey, Egypt, Jordan, and Bahrain.
“After all the work done by the United States to try and pull this very complex puzzle together, it should be mandatory that all of these Countries, at a minimum, simultaneously, sign onto the Abraham Accords,” Trump posted.
He specifically singled out Saudi Arabia and Qatar, arguing their participation should commence right now.
“It should start with the immediate signing by Saudi Arabia and Qatar, and everybody else should follow suit,” he insisted. “If they don’t, they should not be part of this Deal in that it shows bad intention.”
He claimed the aforementioned countries would be “honored, as soon as our Document is signed, to have the Islamic Republic of Iran as part of the Abraham Accords.” Trump also floated the possibility of Iran eventually joining the accords if Tehran reaches a formal agreement with the United States.
“If Iran signs its Agreement with me, as President of the United States of America, it would be an Honor to have them also be part of this unparalleled World Coalition,” he wrote.
Brokered by the United States during Trump’s first term, the Abraham Accords are normalization agreements between Israel and several nations. On September 15, 2020, the UAE and Bahrain signed the initial treaties at the White House alongside Israel and the United States; on December 22, 2020: Morocco joined in exchange for U.S. recognition of its Western Sahara sovereignty; on January 6, 2021: Sudan signed the declaration for terrorism-list removal, though domestic conflict stalled full ratification, and on November 6, 2025: Kazakhstan formally joined the framework, expanding the agreement beyond the Arab world to deepen strategic and economic ties.
Trump’s proposal would dramatically expand the accords to include countries that have historically fought wars against Israel or backed groups hostile to the Jewish state.
Egypt led the main southern assault against the newly declared state of Israel in 1948, warred against the Jewish state consistently between 1967 and 1970, and launched a surprise joint offensive on the holiest day of the Jewish year, Yom Kippur, in 1973, with Syria to reclaim the Sinai Peninsula.
Jordan warred against Israel in 1948; its Arab Legion invaded and took control of the Biblical areas of Judea, Samaria, and East Jerusalem, joined Egypt in 1967, only for Israel to take back those areas. Jordan signed a formal peace treaty with Israel in 1994.
Saudi Arabia sent a dedicated military formation that fought directly against Israeli forces in 1948, which operated under Egyptian command and deployed an expeditionary force (around 3,000 soldiers) to the Syrian front to fight Israeli forces during the Yom Kippur War. The Saudis have also reportedly indicated they would not join any accord until a Palestinian state is established.
Saudi Arabia will only normalize relations with Israel once there is an irreversible pathway to a Palestinian state, CNN reports citing a Saudi source, after U.S. President Trump said Middle Eastern states would be required to recognize Israel once an Iran deal is reached.
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The Pakistan Air Force sent volunteer military pilots to assist Arab nations in 1967 and 1973.
Qatar has harbored the leaders of the terrorist group Hamas; Turkey has formally petitioned to join South Africa’s genocide lawsuit against Israel at the International Court of Justice (ICJ) and Turkish prosecutors have filed sweeping indictments against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and 34 other top Israeli officials, seeking symbolic prison sentences of up to 4,500 years for “genocide” and “crimes against humanity.”
