Regional peace disruptor: The glow of missiles as Israeli air defences in Ashkelon, Israel, work to defend from a retaliatory missile attack from Iran. The Abraham Accords were premised on the notion of Arab-Israeli cooperation but Israel waged a brief war on Iran in June. — Saher Alghorra/The New York Times
IN a letter in July nominating President Donald Trump for a Nobel Peace Prize, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel heaped praise on the diplomatic deals known as the Abraham Accords, establishing diplomatic relations between his country and three Arab states.
In his letter to the Norwegian Nobel Committee, Netanyahu called the 2020 accords, brokered by Trump, “breakthroughs” that had “reshaped the Middle East,” making a “historic advance toward peace, security and regional stability.”
