When President Trump spoke in Israel on Monday to celebrate the cease-fire in Gaza, he declared that it was time to seek “the ultimate prize of peace and prosperity” for the entire region.
The moment carried strong echoes of another speech that Mr. Trump gave in 2020, announcing the Abraham Accords — a series of diplomatic deals that saw Israel establish relations with several Arab countries..
On Monday, Mr. Trump praised the accords, saying that his son-in-law, Jared Kushner, “did something very special” when he helped to broker them. He also hinted at his longstanding wish to expand them, suggesting that Israel could even make a deal with Iran, its archenemy in the region.
Though a comprehensive end to the war between Israel and Hamas has yet to be hammered out, Mr. Trump said the cease-fire meant “the historic dawn of a new Middle East.”
What are the Abraham Accords?
Signed in 2020 on the White House lawn, the first of the deals known as the Abraham Accords established diplomatic ties between Israel and two Gulf Arab states, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates. A similar agreement with Morocco soon followed.
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