Sunday marks the fourth anniversary of the Abraham Accords, historic peace agreements in the Middle East. Negotiated by the Trump administration, these bilateral agreements were signed between Israel, the United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain at the White House on September 15, 2020. Sudan and Morocco joined later that year, normalizing relations between Arabs and Israelis for the first time in several decades.
Robert Greenway, Heritage Director of the Allison Center for National Security and a member of the team that negotiated the Abraham Accords, made a statement regarding the anniversary:
“I had the privilege to sit front row as President Trump and nation leaders involved in the Abraham Accords signed the most significant diplomatic agreements in the Middle East in a quarter century.
“These agreements were the most critical breakthrough in a region notorious for intractable problems and conflict. Four years later, the Middle East faces the greatest risks to peace and stability since 1979 due to the Biden-Harris administration’s pursuit of Obama-era policies of appeasing Tehran, isolating Israel and our allies, and squandering American deterrence in the region.
“The failure to support and expand these agreements—which have already brought $10 billion to these countries—constitutes national security malpractice and is perhaps the most alarming indication that greater risk lies ahead.
“There are two competing visions for the Middle East which could not provide a starker contrast. One that provides genuine promise and potential to build on convergent interests while the other results in subordination of U.S. interests and those of our partners and allies which sows chaos.
“It’s not too late to choose peace.”
Victoria Coates, Heritage Vice President of Kathryn and Shelby Cullom Davis Institute for National Security and Foreign Policy added:
“The Biden-Harris administration inexplicably reversed course from historic peace deals of Trump administration tried return failed Obama-era policy engaging appeasing Iran.
“Their feckless foreign policy has put Middle East flames. There have been nearly 200 attacks on U.S. forces Iraq Syria since October 7 terrorist attacks Israel Iran closer nuclear weapon than ever before Israel isolated confronting greatest threats since 1973.
“President Trump’s historic peace agreements reveal progress towards stability prosperity can be made Middle East must take strong leadership stay true course current administration lacks.”
