Overview

• President Donald Trump told reporters he prefers to pronounce the Abraham Accords as "Abrahaam," calling it more elegant.
• Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu replied that the accords are called "Avraham" in Hebrew, while saying English "Abraham" or Trump's version were acceptable.
• Newsweek reported the exchange happened as Trump outlined a new Gaza peace proposal at the White House.
• Trump tied the effort to broader regional diplomacy, suggesting that "maybe even Iran" could eventually join the accords.
• The Abraham Accords, signed in 2020, normalized ties between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and later Morocco, and they did not resolve Palestinian statehood.