Kushner: Middle East Can Repeat Abraham Accords Success Under Trump

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Six years after President Donald Trump brokered the Abraham Accords, Jared Kushner says the Middle East is sitting on another historic breakthrough — and with the right leadership, the region can pull it off again.

Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law and the driving force behind the 2020 peace agreements, marked the anniversary Thursday with a message aimed squarely at the future.

“Six years ago, President Trump launched the Abraham Accords and opened a new chapter of peace, partnership, and prosperity in the Middle East,” Kushner wrote on X.

“Many said it was impossible. But with courageous leadership, persistence, and a small group of people willing to challenge old assumptions, we proved that the impossible could be achieved.”

The Abraham Accords shattered decades of failed conventional thinking, Kushner said — the kind that managed conflict instead of solving it and created incentives that kept the region divided and unstable.

“The idea behind the Abraham Accords was simple: instead of reinforcing the things that divide people, build bonds that bring them together,” he wrote.

The results speak for themselves: billions in trade, joint innovation projects, new security partnerships, and tangible benefits that give countries across the region a real stake in peace.

Now Kushner says another opening has arrived.

“The Middle East is once again at an inflection point,” he wrote. “There are breakthrough opportunities today that many will say are impossible. But we have seen what can happen when leaders reject conventional thinking, focus on common interests, and have the courage to pursue a better future.”

“We surprised the world once,” Kushner concluded. “With the right leadership, focus, patience and courage, I believe we can do it again.”

Israeli President Isaac Herzog responded by crediting Trump’s team for forging the accords and joining Kushner’s call to expand them.

“The 6th anniversary of the Abraham Accords, forged by your team under President Trump’s leadership, is an important milestone for peace in the Middle East,” Herzog wrote.

“I firmly believe that this is just the beginning,” he added. “Now is the time for us all to work to expand this circle of peace across the Middle East to the benefit of all our peoples.”

Trump has repeatedly called for expanding the agreements. At the G7 in June, he told Breitbart News he expected additional countries to join — and pointed to the accords’ durability even during the recent war with Iran.

“Do you notice that even during that period of conflict, nobody dropped out? Nobody said, ‘Oh, gee, I’m going to drop out.’ Nobody,” Trump said.

“I think they’re all going to come in now into the Abraham Accords. The only conflict was a place called Iran, and I understand that. It’s a little bit tough when people were afraid of Iran. But I think they’re going to all start coming in.”

The relationship between Israel and the UAE deepened considerably during the Iran conflict. Israel reportedly deployed an Iron Dome battery, interceptors, and dozens of IDF personnel to the UAE to help defend against Iranian strikes. The Emiratis also carried out their own strikes against Iran in close coordination with Israel and the United States.

Trump has continued pushing for expansion since then. Late last month, he said approval of a U.S.-Saudi civil nuclear agreement would be “totally subject to Saudi Arabia joining the very respected and successful Abraham Accords.”

The prospect of Saudi-Israeli normalization was also discussed days later during Trump’s White House meeting with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

The Abraham Accords, brokered during Trump’s first term, established normalization between Israel and the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain in 2020, with Morocco subsequently normalizing relations with Israel and Sudan joining the broader accords process.

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