Abraham Accords, One Year Later: The Inside Story

"This would include maximum pressure on Iran and the defeat of ISIS."

"At each instance the Palestinians were nonplussed, as were countries such as Iran, Turkey and Qatar, part of a wider regional schism between Turkey and Qatar on the one hand and Saudi Arabia, the UAE and Egypt on the other."

"That means understanding the rising strength of Iran and its connections to Russia and China, for instance."

"The White House had pushed for a meeting in Warsaw in February 2019 which would be billed as addressing Middle East security but in fact was directed at confronting Iran."

"Greenway served in several positions on the National Security Council, focusing on Iran, and then a portfolio that included Iran, Iraq, Syria and Lebanon, before rising to assistant to the president and at the same time US National Security Council senior director on Middle East and North Africa Affairs."

"is that this is an open meeting with representatives of leading Arab countries, that are sitting down together with Israel in order to advance the common interest of combating Iran.""

"For many Trump administration officials, there was a sad point."

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"Trump lost the November election, just months after the Accords, and by January they were out of office.nn"

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"It also means US commitment to the Accords under the Biden administration is key."

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"The Trump administration was also pushing economic prosperity as underpiing the peace."

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"Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, U.S. President Donald Trump, Bahraini Foreign Minister Abdullatif Al Zayani, and UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed at the signing of the Abraham Accords, at the White House, September 15, 2020."

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"Palestinian rejection of the proposal would pave the way for Gulf normalization, as the Gulf countries could say they had backed the Trump peace plan and were now not avoiding the Palestinians but merely moving forward while the Palestinians refused to even talk to Israel.nn"

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"Today he looks back and notes that had Trump stayed in office, the momentum of the Accords might have continued to include more countries."

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"From its first days, the Trump administration put a priority on advancing peace between Israel and states in the region."

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"This idea, sometimes called an "Arab NATO," began to be discussed more seriously in 2018 and had its roots in Trump's Saudi Arabia trip in May 2017.nn"

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"Reports in June said the Biden team might tap former ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro for an envoy job linked to the Accords' countries.nn"

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