Saudi Arabia Must Rethink the Abraham Accords—Now

Saudi Arabia should resist pressure to join the Abraham Accords and champion an inclusive Makkah Defense Agreement to strengthen Muslim unity, regional sovereignty, and collective security against external hegemony.

The Abraham Accords and the Risks of Strategic Realignment

Another major implication of any such move will be intra-Muslim clashes, with Israel and Zionists in the background. This would be detrimental to the interests of the Arab-Muslim world in the long run. Washington and Tel Aviv believe that if KSA joins the Abraham Accords, it would encourage many Muslim and Arab states to sign the accords and recognize Israel. However, any such development would further polarize and destabilize the Muslim world, ultimately providing strategic leverage to non-state actors and terrorist organizations to exploit territorial, regional, and sectarian fault lines.

The Limits of the US-Israeli Security Umbrella

The recent failure of the US-led Western alliance and the US-Israel defense architecture in the recent Gulf War has already exposed the limits of the US-Israel and other Western powers. This has made the Arab states extremely wary of joining the Abraham Accords, especially for gaining defense protection, suggesting Iran has broken several myths and false perceptions of Israel and the US security and defense architecture being........

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