Bipartisan House bill would expedite arms sales to Abraham Accords partners

Bipartisan House bill would expedite arms sales to Abraham Accords partners

Rep. Mike Lawler (R-NY) introduced bipartisan legislation on Thursday that would expedite arms sales to U.S. partners that normalize relations with Israel and work with the U.S. in its efforts to counter Iran and its terrorist proxies.The Abraham Accords Defense Against Terror Act would “narrow the timeline for congressional consideration after arms sales are accepted, while maintaining existing eligibility criteria for arms sales themselves,” a…

The Abraham Accords: Urgent Need For Recasting – Analysis

The Abraham Accords: An Introduction The Abraham Accords, signed on September 15, 2020, in Washington, mark a historic turning point in contemporary Middle Eastern geopolitics. These diplomatic normalization agreements between Israel and several Arab states—initially the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain, then extended to Morocco and Sudan—break with decades of Arab consensus on the isolation of Israel. This essay analyzes the motivations, implic…