OCTOBER 7 • 2021 | 11

Abraham Accords were 
the progressive and liberal 
intellectuals, as well as some 
so-called experts. 
One would think that 
those who criticized Israel 
for “creating obstacles” 
to peace for so many 
years would embrace the 
Abraham Accords for 
creating unprecedented 
agreements in the region. 
Rather, these naysayers 
were worried that their 
darlings, the Palestinians, 
were being sidelined, so 
they created all manner 
of excuses to slam the 
agreements. First, they 
tried to attack promises the 
United States made to the 
Arab side of the agreements, 
like the sale of F-35 fighter 
jets to the UAE, taking 
Sudan off the sanctions list 
and recognizing Morocco’s 
control of the Western 
Sahara. Then they tried to 
attack the very nature of 
these states as autocratic 
and undemocratic — while 
ignoring their own long-
standing, full-throated 
support for kleptocrat 
Abbas. 
Nonetheless, it’s clear 
that the Abraham Accords 
are flourishing despite 
pockets of opposition. 
While momentum has 
certainly diminished — 
largely a result of America’s 
disengagement — the train 
has already left the station. 
Perhaps this explains 
Blinken’s recent lip 
service, albeit low-key, 
in acknowledging the 
agreement’s anniversary: 
“This administration will 
continue to build on the 
successful efforts of the 
last administration to keep 

normalization marching 
forward.” 
 
TIME FOR ACTION 
It’s time for Biden and 
Blinken to put these words 
into action. The United 
States should press for 
more Arab countries to join 
the Accords, starting with 
Saudi Arabia and Oman, 
two countries that were 
reportedly on the verge 
of agreement before the 
Trump administration was 
voted out of office. They 
should also be pushing 
for other American allies, 
like Indonesia, the largest 
populated Muslim country 
in the world, to join 
the circle of peace and 
cooperation with Israel. 
All such movement would 
support U.S. interests.
Clearly, those who oppose 
the Abraham Accords are 
enemies of Israel and peace. 
The United States has to 
pick a side — by putting its 
full diplomatic weight into 
continuing the momentum 
built by (in Blinken’s words) 
“the last administration.” 
Such a strategy would be 
good for the United States, 
good for peace and security 
and good for the U.S.-Israel 
relationship. It is a simple 
win-win situation, and on 
its one-year anniversary, 
there is no better time to 
reverse policy, put politics 
aside and insert U.S. 
diplomacy firmly back into 
this successful process. 

James Sinkinson is president of 

Facts and Logic About the Middle 

East (FLAME), which publishes 

educational messages to correct 

lies and misperceptions about Israel 

and its relationship to the United 

States.

Bring
Danny Home!

The Detroit Jewish News 
urges the community to fight 
for the release of Huntington 
Woods native Danny Fenster 
— a journalist who has been 
held without cause and 
without specified charges for
137 days

by a military junta in 
a gruesome prison in 
Myanmar (Burma).

The family is looking for people to create 
portraits of Danny that can be shared 
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Portrait by Matt Jaffe

