The Abraham Accords is the normalization deal signed between Israel, the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain on September 15, 2020.
It also led to a further normalization agreement with Morocco and with Sudan slated to follow suit.
The deal was mediated by the administration of US president Donald Trump and was a watershed moment in Israeli history.
The accords are credited with changing the geopolitical landscape of the Middle East, aligning Israel with newfound allies against Iran.
It has also led to numerous medical, business and scientific agreements signed between the Israel, Morocco, Bahrain and the UAE.
We should stress to the Palestinians that we have a choice: to continue the status quo, which offers more negatives, or find a way to work together to achieve the positives
It was not the love of Tel Aviv that the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Jordan, Egypt, Morocco, and -- unofficially -- Saudi Arabia together with Israel, but rather a fear and hatred of Tehran.
The problem Israel was faced with in solving this conflict was that the Palestinians refused to make the compromises necessary to sign a peace agreement with Israel.
Normalization between the two countries had been planned but untimely sidelined after the breakout of the ongoing war.
In general, analysts assess that the effect of the Gaza conflict will be to slow, rather than halt, Israel’s continuing normalization with Abraham Accord states.
Further normalization with the Arab world and opening a path for two states is the only way forward.
This private sector-oriented club, whose members are entrepreneurs and businesspeople, aspires to emulate the accords and implement them in the business sector as well.
Eisenkot asked for the outline to be formed after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu published his plan for after the war.
One of the first things anyone who has traveled to an Arab country learns is that one of the worst social faux pas you can make is to offend your host.
A religiously based discussion, based on honesty and truth, and which directly addresses points of conflict, is the path forward.