The following statement is attributable to Daniel Rosen, President of the American Jewish Congress, and Jack Rosen, Chairman:
“President Trump’s proposal that major Arab-Muslim states helping manage the Iran crisis expand relations with Israel and join the Abraham Accords reflects a regional reality that is beginning to define the Middle East’s strategic direction: its most important states now face many of the same threats and share many of the same strategic interests.
It is not difficult to argue for such an outcome: an Arab-Muslim-Israel bloc working closely with the United States would strengthen regional deterrence, help prevent Iran from rebuilding capabilities, protect critical shipping lanes and energy infrastructure, and create a more stable framework for long-term economic growth and regional security.
If there is one thing that unites Israel with Saudi Arabia, United Arab Emirates, and Qatar, it is this: these are nations and leaders who value life, prosperity, and innovation. Together, they can help rewrite the Middle East’s future.
This is not theoretical. Some of this coordination already exists quietly across intelligence, defense, technology, maritime security, and crisis management channels. The current moment is exposing realities that many governments in the region already understand privately.
The argument that Arab-Israeli cooperation must wait for perfect conditions has repeatedly proven wrong. The Abraham Accords themselves were declared impossible by many before becoming one of the most important strategic breakthroughs in the modern Middle East.
In fact, Arab-Israeli breakthroughs never happened under ideal circumstances. They happened because regional leaders acted with initiative, realism, and strategic vision during periods of uncertainty, and always backed by robust American leadership.
Granted: the region remains deeply unsettled after Iran and its proxies unleashed the carnage of October 7 and the wider regional escalation that followed.
Let’s not exaggerate the differences between Israel and its Arab-Muslim partners. Yes, there are differing perspectives on some issues. But engagement is the best way to bridge the gap.
Failing to seize this moment would only prolong the instability, mistrust, and regional divisions that Iran and its proxies have spent decades exploiting.
But allowing Iranian-backed militancy and permanent regional instability to dictate the future of Arab-Israeli relations would only deepen the cycles of violence that have already harmed Israelis, Arabs, and Palestinians alike.
A stronger regional framework involving pragmatic Arab-Muslim states, Israel, and the United States may now represent the best chance in decades to weaken extremist movements, stabilize the region, strengthen moderate states, and create more serious conditions for eventual Palestinian reform and disarmament, institution-building, and long-term peace.
Preventing Iran from acquiring nuclear weapons capability while expanding the Abraham Accords would represent one of the most important strategic achievements in the modern history of the Middle East.
October 7 was intended in part to stop the region changing for the better. The strategic logic driving regional cooperation today suggests that the future Iran tried to derail may ultimately be built anyway.”
