Abraham Accords: Can They Transform the Middle East?

Abraham Accords: Can They Transform the Middle East?

THE SIGNAL

The third anniversary of landmark agreements between Israel, the United Arab Emirates, and Bahrain, known as the Abraham Accords, is approaching. Joint normalization between the Jewish state, Sudan, and Morocco later followed, growing the number of countries in the region that recognize Israel.
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Now is a good time to revisit the peace treaties to see how they have reshaped the trajectory of Middle East relations. 
Named after the father of three monotheistic religions founded in the Middle East — Judaism, Islam and Christianity — the U.S.-brokered Abraham Accords made history as the first time in more than two decades that any country in the Middle East and North Africa region normalized ties with the Jewish state.
In 1979, Egypt became the first country in the region to establish a peace treaty with Israel, followed by Jordan in 1994. 
Since the Abraham Accords were first penned al …

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