Five years ago this week, history was written in the South Gazon of the White House when Israel, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain signed the Abraham agreements. What many had long since rejected as an impossible dream became an unmistakable reality: Arab countries publicly embrace Peace with Israel, not as the by -product of endless negotiations, but as a result of American leadership.
I had the great privilege to work with President Donald Trump to make that day possible. The Abraham agreements were no coincidence of Wishful diplomacy or naive illusions.
They are born of a policy that is deeply rooted in reality: that power is the most certain guarantee that America must be unapologically with Israel, and that the Arab neighbors of Israel, with the right encouragement, could find a common cause with the Jewish state.
Joining President Donald Trump for the signing of the Abraham Accords Are, from Left, Israel Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Abdullatif bin Rashid Al Zayani, Bahrain’s Foreign Affairs Minister, and Sheikh Bin Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Af Sinca Minister, at the White House on Sept. 15, 2020. (Yuri Gripas/Abaca/Bloomberg via Getty images)
Five years later, their impact is unmistakable. The chords have retained peace among the signatories, who now include Morocco and Sudan, even by some of the darkest days in the modern history of Israel.
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When Hamas launched the barbaric terrorist attacks of 7 October 2023, which sent Israel in open warfare against Hamas-controlled Gaza, many feared that the young partnerships would collapse. Instead, ambassadors in Israel remained, the governments maintained ties and trade continued. In a region where alliances are often volatile, the resilience itself is historical.
And peace has been fertile. Trade between Israel and his new partners has risen billions.
Joint Commercial Ventures not only create jobs, but knitting together societies in ways that few have ever thought. Direct flights now connect Tel Aviv with Abu Dhabi, Dubai and Manama.
Israeli tourists now vacation in countries where Jews were forced to flee only tens of years ago. These human connections make future conflicts much less likely and permanent stability more achievable. History reminds us that nations that split together rarely wage war with each other.
With friends such as the one that insist to dismantle Trump’s Peace Deal in the middle, who needs enemies?
These achievements are even more remarkable in view of the fact that the Biden-Harris administration has done virtually nothing to expand the circle of the Accords peace. In fact, the earlier administration gave priority to concessions to malicious actors. The result is a peace that is stated but also stagnates, with unused potential to reform the middle -east forever.
Now America still has a chance to regain the momentum for peace that President Trump created in his first term, and the administration should increase the chords a top priority of foreign policy. The United States must re -confirm our IRONCLAD to the safety of Israel and our promise that every nation looking for a partnership with Israel will also find America a willing partner. In particular, Saudi Arabia’s access in the chords would be a huge step forward.
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Normalization of Riyad’s relations with Jerusalem would put an end to the long isolation of the Jewish state in the Arab world, which heralds a new era of safety, cooperation and economic growth that the region would bless for the coming generations.
The Abraham agreements have already written a new chapter in the story of the Middle East. They proved that true peace is not due to the soothing of terror, but of uniting those with the courage to oppose it.
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Because we commemorate their fifth birthday, America should not only retain what has been achieved, but expand the circle of peace until it all includes that desire for a future built in hope instead of hatred.
The dream of a middle -east defined by peace and prosperity is closer today than at some point in living memory. With strong leadership of the Trump government, it can still become a permanent reality.
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