Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says Saudi Arabia’s potential joining of the Abraham Accords would represent a “historic” step toward regional peace. In a statement posted by Netanyahu’s office on X, Israel links the prospect of expanded ties to recent US and Israeli actions against Iran. The office says joint American and Israeli military action and what it describes as Israel’s efforts to weaken an Iran-led “terror axis” have “created the possibility to expand the circle of peace.”
The statement adds that, as President Donald Trump has said, Saudi Arabia’s joining of the Abraham Accords would be an “historic leap forward for peace in the Middle East.” Channel NewsAsia reports the remarks follow a US announcement of a civilian nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia, which has increased attention on potential Saudi-Israeli normalization under the Abraham Accords framework.
Across the two reports, the core point is that Netanyahu frames Saudi recognition as a major diplomatic advance for the region, while the timing and context are tied to broader US-Israel-Iran developments and the reported US-Saudi nuclear agreement.
