U.S. President Donald Trump told leaders of Arab and Muslim states that, following a peace deal with Iran, he would like their countries to join the Abraham Accords.
The news was first shared by Axios, and was later confirmed by Trump in a post on Truth Social.
President Trump wrote that negotiations with Iran “are proceeding nicely.” He also renewed threats of possible military action, writing, “It will only be a Great Deal for all or, no Deal at all – Back to the Battlefront and shooting, but bigger and stronger than ever before – And nobody wants that!”
During his phone call with the leaders of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Qatar, Pakistan, Egypt, Jordan, and Turkey, Trump said he believes that those countries should join the Abraham Accords.
“After all the work done by the United States to try and pull this very complex puzzle together, it should be mandatory that all of these Countries, at a minimum, simultaneously sign onto the Abraham Accords,” he wrote.
President Trump said that the countries that have joined the Abraham Accords, the UAE, Bahrain, Morocco, Sudan, and Kazakhstan, have seen “a Financial, Economic, and Social BOOM, even during this time of Conflict and War.”
He even expressed his hope that the Islamic Republic of Iran would eventually sign the Abraham Accords. The president wrote that he considers his Truth Social post to be a formal invitation for the listed countries “to begin, and successfully complete, the process of signing these Countries into the already Historic Abraham Accords.”
Trump’s social media post was shared by former Israeli government spokesman Eylon Levy, who wrote, “If President Trump can get Qatar and Pakistan to sign the Abraham Accords, he shouldn’t get a Nobel Prize – the prize should be renamed after him.”
However, Eyal Ofer, an Israeli writer and open-source intelligence analyst, argued that America’s failure to stand by its Gulf allies – especially after the ceasefire was declared and Iran continued launching attacks against the UAE, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia – could lead to the formation of a “Shia-Sunni alliance,” which he referred to as “The Muhammad Accords.
Ofer noted that, more than most Gulf states, the UAE’s economy is based on “being a business hub for Western companies” rather than oil. He argued that the Iranian regime recognized the UAE’s alignment with the West, including Israel, and launched more ballistic missiles and drone attacks against it than against any other country, including Israel.
The Iranian regime reportedly targeted UAE power stations and oil facilities, even after Trump backed away from threats to strike similar facilities in Iran. When the same UAE facilities were reportedly hit again following the ceasefire, Trump did not publicly characterize the attacks as ceasefire violations. Critics argued this signaled to the UAE that the United States would not intervene directly on behalf of its partner, despite the UAE reportedly participating in several strikes against Iran during the conflict and risking further retaliation as a result.
Ofer expressed concern that if Trump’s peace plan does not place limits on Iran’s military capabilities, Tehran could rebuild its armed forces and eventually align with a broader Shia-Sunni axis involving Turkey, Pakistan, Egypt, and Saudi Arabia – which he warned would “make life in the State of Israel extremely difficult.”
