While some have claimed that the designation of the term Abraham Accords was a last-minute decision, evidence suggests otherwise.

US President Donald Trump has made the expansion of the Abraham Accords to include Saudi Arabia as a significant priority in his vision for the Middle East. 

The primary impetus for the 2020 Abraham Accords with the UAE and Bahrain – and later to include Morocco and Sudan – were political and economic, and catalyzed by Israel’s agreement to desist or at least delay its imposition of sovereignty on portions of Judea and Samaria.

However, the cultural dimensions of the Accords and their Abrahamic theme should not be overlooked.

While some have claimed that the designation of the term Abraham Accords was a last-minute decision, as opposed to merely labeling it the UAE-Israel normalization accords, evidence suggests otherwise.

Its preamble refers to the “Arab and Jewish peoples as descendants of a common ancestor Abraham” and “in that spirit to foster in the Middle East a reality in which Muslims, Jews and Christians… live and are committed to a spirit of coexistence, mutual understanding and mutual respect.”

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