Overview

• At a White House press conference beside Benjamin Netanyahu, President Donald Trump said Iran could join the Abraham Accords and suggested Tehran might be open to the idea.
• Signed in 2020, the accords normalized relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Morocco and Sudan.
• The agreements broke with the prior Arab consensus that tied recognition of Israel to the establishment of a Palestinian state.
• Israel and the UAE have deepened trade and defense ties since 2020, though the UAE recently warned that West Bank annexation would cross a red line.
• Prospects for wider buy-in remain limited as Palestinian leaders denounce the framework, Saudi Arabia conditions normalization on statehood recognition, and the Gaza war has hardened regional positions.