# The Illusion of Peace: Analyzing the Legacy of the Abraham Accords

Five years on, analysts question the effectiveness of the Abraham Accords, uncovering their failure to address the Israeli-Palestinian conflict amid rampant violence across the region.

In a recent nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lauded the Abraham Accords, agreements made during President Trump's tenure for normalizing relations between Israel and several Arab nations, including the UAE, Bahrain, and Morocco. Netanyahu described these 2020 deals as “breakthroughs” that would bolster peace and stability across the Middle East. However, contrary to these declarations, the situation in the region remains dire.

As Netanyahu casually praises these agreements in Washington, military operations persist unabated. Israel continues its extensive bombings in Gaza, while civil strife rages in Sudan and the Houthis launch attacks in the Red Sea. The narrative surrounding the Accords appears increasingly detached from reality, as the stark contrast between diplomatic platitudes and the tangible turmoil further illustrates the ongoing chaos.

Experts suggest that referring to the Abraham Accords as peace deals masks their fundamental oversight regarding the escalating violence between Israel and the Palestinians. There has not been direct military conflict between Israel and the UAE or Bahrain, an absence of war that some interpret as evidence of peace; however, it merely highlights that the agreements have skirted the very issues of contention they purported to address.

Moreover, Morocco's historical disassociation from Arab-Israeli conflicts shows that the Accords' significance is overstated, as it has largely remained uninvolved except for its symbolic participation in conflicts from decades past. Thus, the peace portrayed within the Accords exists largely on paper, failing to yield real-world solutions to ongoing strife in Gaza and beyond.

In light of this, the Abraham Accords may well serve as a politically expedient framework for leaders, yet they provide little in real progress towards a cohesive and peaceful Middle East. Analysts argue that without addressing the core disputes, particularly the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, any claims of advancing towards regional harmony remain unfounded, leaving many uncertain about the future trajectory for peace in this persistently volatile area.