{"id":4734,"date":"2026-07-22T23:37:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-22T23:37:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=4734"},"modified":"2026-07-22T23:37:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-22T23:37:21","slug":"former-u-s-ambassadors-to-israel-tell-congress-that-iran-war-hasnt-weakened-abraham-accords","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=4734","title":{"rendered":"Former U.S. ambassadors to Israel tell Congress that Iran war hasn\u2019t weakened Abraham Accords"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div>\n<div>\n<p>President Trump\u2019s envoy to Israel during his first administration dismissed accusations from Democrats on Wednesday that the war with Iran has strained the Abraham Accords \u2014 the U.S.-brokered normalization agreements between Israel and several of its Arab neighbors.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=4732\">House approves GOP\u2019s stock trading ban, voter ID bill in mostly partisan vote<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Former Ambassador David Friedman, who served from March 2017 to January 2021, told the House Foreign Affairs Committee that he doesn\u2019t believe any of the signatories view Washington\u2019s conflict with Tehran as a \u201cstrategic blunder\u201d and a reason to back away from the accords.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hope that when the war ends successfully and victoriously for the United States \u2014 as we all hope, pray, and believe that it will \u2014 the moderates will be back in the lead and the Abraham Accords will have a bright future,\u201d Mr. Friedman said.<\/p>\n<p>The hearing came a day after Mr. Trump attempted to bring Lebanon into the normalization agreement with Israel during an Oval Office visit by Lebanese President Joseph Aoun.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Abraham Accords have been, I think, a tremendous success. I think you\u2019re going to see a lot of countries joining,\u201d Mr. Trump told reporters at the White House.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Friedman played a key role in negotiating and formulating the agreement. Analysts say Mr. Friedman was one of the key Middle East strategists who built trust with regional leaders that allowed the agreement to move forward.<\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p><strong><\/p>\n<p>    SEE ALSO: U.S., Saudi Arabia sign historic nuclear cooperation deal<\/p>\n<p>  <\/strong><\/p>\n<hr\/>\n<p>\u201cWe were able to get there in the first Trump administration by doing two things \u2014 by degrading the extremists and by standing shoulder-to-shoulder with Israel,\u201d he said. \u201cIt\u2019s a simple, basic and highly moral formula.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Trump achieved the deal by restoring \u201cbackbreaking\u201d sanctions on Iran and cutting off funding for UNRWA, the U.N. relief agency for Palestine, which he said provided military, financial and propaganda support to Hamas.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen the Biden administration took up the accords, it added a condition that was not present in any of the other successful deals \u2014 the requirement for a Palestinian state,\u201d Mr. Friedman said. \u201cSuch a condition was a guarantee of failure then, and it continues to guarantee failure today.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=4730\">GAO report finds surge in gig workers receiving federal poverty assistance<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Rep. Michael Lawler of New York, the Republican chairman of the House Foreign Affairs Committee\u2019s Middle East and North Africa subcommittee, said the Abraham Accords \u201cfundamentally change\u201d the trajectory of the Middle East.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey demonstrated that peace and cooperation are possible when countries choose shared interests over open divisions,\u201d Mr. Lawler said. The agreement \u201copened the door to a new era of diplomatic engagement, economic integration, technological innovation, and security cooperation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Abraham Accords shouldn\u2019t be viewed as a finished product, but as a foundation upon which a stronger regional security architecture in the Middle East could be built, he said.<\/p>\n<p><strong><\/p>\n<p>      SEE ALSO: U.S.-Iran diplomacy faces headwinds as Trump threatens civilian targets, Tehran vows counterattack<\/p>\n<p>    <\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Ambassador Daniel Shapiro, the U.S. envoy to Israel during the Obama administration, called the accords a \u201claudable diplomatic achievement\u201d of the first Trump administration that formalized the first Arab-Israeli relationships in a generation.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cHamas\u2019 brutal Oct. 7 terrorist attacks and the war that followed have delayed many of the follow-on integration efforts, but they did not extinguish the Abraham Accords themselves,\u201d he said. \u201cThese bilateral relations established between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Morocco have withstood the enormous pressures of the last three years, and that gives us a solid base to build on.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>But convincing additional Arab countries to sign the Abraham Accords is a challenge today, chiefly because of the destruction caused by the war in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cArab publics have turned sharply negative toward normalization with Israel. The ceasefire and hostage release deal signed last October has provided some respite to Palestinians in Gaza,\u201d Mr. Shapiro said. \u201cThe stalled implementation of President Trump\u2019s 20-point plan, caused by Hamas\u2019 refusal to disarm but also by Israeli actions and sluggishness by Arab states, leaves the issue woefully unsettled.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Read more <a href=\"https:\/\/homebuyerrelocation.com\/?p=4728\">Hegseth\u2019s new testosterone standard for troops could undercut military\u2019s transgender ban, judge says<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>President Trump&#8217;s envoy to Israel during his first administration dismissed accusations from Democrats on Wednesday that the war with Iran has strained the Abraham Accords &#8212; the U.S.-brokered normalization agreements between Israel and several of its Arab neighbors.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":4733,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,62],"tags":[410,2736,14,32],"class_list":["post-4734","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","category-world","tag-abraham-accords","tag-david-friedman","tag-donald-trump","tag-israel"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - 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