United States President Donald Trump has proposed a sweeping expansion of the Abraham Accords, demanding that key Muslim-majority countries including Saudi Arabia, Pakistan, Turkey and Qatar normalize relations with Israel as a condition for joining a broader regional agreement involving Iran. The proposal, announced after a call with regional leaders, surprised diplomats and prompted immediate resistance from Pakistan and unease in Gulf capitals.

Trump’s plan would link Arab-Israeli normalization to ongoing negotiations with Iran, inserting one of the most sensitive political issues in the Islamic world into already fragile talks over security and nuclear tensions. Saudi Arabia has reiterated that recognition of Israel depends on an irreversible pathway toward a Palestinian state with East Jerusalem as its capital, while Pakistani officials and commentators rejected the proposal outright, citing public opposition and the war in Gaza.

Despite skepticism, Trump suggested even Iran could eventually join the normalization framework, a notion met with disbelief in diplomatic circles. Supporters in Washington praised the initiative as transformative, but analysts warned that merging Iran diplomacy, regional security, normalization with Israel and Palestinian statehood into a single grand bargain risks overreach amid heightened tensions across the region.