Abraham Accords under Trump ‘didn’t contain any step forward for Palestinians’ — Biden offical

By Jacob Magid

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8 December 2023, 1:13 am

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Jacob Magid is The Times of Israel's US bureau chief

In this September 15, 2020 photo, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, left, US President Donald Trump, Bahrain Foreign Minister Abdullatif al-Zayani and United Arab Emirates Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed al-Nahyan pose for a photo on the Blue Room Balcony after signing the Abraham Accords during a ceremony on the South Lawn of the White House in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

US Deputy National Security Council Adviser Jon Finer acknowledges the importance of the Abraham Accords and stresses the Biden administration’s plans to build on those normalization agreements between Israel and its Arab neighbors.

However, Finer knocks the Trump administration’s strategy concerning the Abraham Accords, saying “they did not contain anything that amounted to a step forward for Palestinians.”

“We think that is an important part of Israeli-Saudi normalization. We think the Saudis would support that too, especially in light of the current conflict that has broken out. That will have to be a piece of the puzzle going forward,” Finer says.