28 | DECEMBER 3 • 2020
Arab nations are lining up to normalize
relations with Israel. Here’s what awaits
the Jewish state down the road.
DANA D. REGEV CONTRIBUTING WRITER
ERETZ
ON THE COVER
What’s Next
for Israel after
the Abraham
Accords?
T
his fall, the Abraham
Accords broke years of
Arab consensus that there
should be no relations with Israel
until it makes peace with the
Palestinians.
Brokered by outgoing President
Donald Trump and signed at the
White House, the Accords have
included three Arab nations to
date. Following the lead of the
United Arab Emirates, Bahrain
and Sudan have also agreed to
formally normalize ties with the
Jewish state. More agreements
seem likely to follow.
American Jews have celebrated
the Accords as a sign of thawing
tensions and a potential roadmap toward peace.
And delegates from the Arab world have made
overtures to the American Jewish community.
During the recent “virtual dinner” for the