How the Israel-Hamas War worsened challenges facing the Abraham Accords
The war is exactly what Iran wanted. It always knew that the peace and normalization deals were partly contingent on reducing violence in Gaza and the West Bank.
THEN-PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu, then-US president Donald Trump, Bahrain’s Foreign Minister Abdullatif Al Zayani and UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed wave from the White House balcony after a signing ceremony for the Abraham Accords, September 2020.(photo credit: TOM BRENNER/REUTERS)BySETH J. FRANTZMAN