- By Shubham Bajpai
- Mon, 25 May 2026 11:01 PM (IST)
- Source:JND
United States President Donald Trump, whom Iran has accused of making inconsistent demands, has yet again raised the stakes amid the ongoing peace talks. In a fresh post on Truth Social, he linked the deal with the Abraham Accords, saying that once it is reached, Islamic countries, including Saudi Arabia, Qatar and Pakistan, must sign the accords with Israel.
Trump's latest demand has put Pakistan, a mediator between the US and Iran and a member of Trump's Board of Peace for Gaza, in a fix as signing the Abraham Accords will formally recognise Israel as a country, which Islamabad has objected to since the days of the country's founder, Muhammad Ali Jinnah.
What did Trump say?
In a long post on Truth Social, Trump declared that the signing of the Abraham Accords should start with Saudi Arabia and Qatar.
"It should start with the immediate signing by Saudi Arabia and Qatar, and everybody else should follow suit," he wrote, adding that countries refusing to sign "should not be part of this Deal in that it shows bad intention".
Trum also mentioned his Saturday phone call to the leaders of the countries - Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Pakistan, Turkey, Egypt, Jordan, UAE and Bahrain - wherein he claimed to have conveyed his intentions.
Among the leaders of these countries, Trump mentioned Pakistan's Field Marshal Asim Munir, not PM Shahbaz Sharif, saying, "I stated that, after all the work done by the United States to try and pull this very complex puzzle together, it should be mandatory that all of these Countries, at a minimum, simultaneously sign onto the Abraham Accords."
Earlier, the US-based Axios news portal reported on the Saturday call, based on sources, suggesting several leaders of the Islamic countries were caught off guard by the demand.
Why is the Abraham Accords a headache for Pakistan?
Abraham Accords, a series of agreements signed with Israel by the UAE, Bahrain, Morocco and Sudan, bypass the Arab world's long-standing stance of prioritising the solution of the Israel-Palestine question before formalising relations with Tel Aviv.
The signing of the Abraham Accords is widely seen as pushing the Palestinian cause to the backseat for regional, economic and geopolitical gains. Among all the countries, Pakistan is inarguably in a paradox with Trump's move, as in its 78 years of history, it has never recognised Israel.
When Israel was formed out of a UN-proposed partition and military conquest, Jinnah was explicit in his rejection. He had called it "a dagger thrust into the heart of the Arab world."
The subsequent governments, either military or civil, have held the line as sacred. For Pakistan's majority population, the issue of Palestine has remained even more sensitive, a religious cause guided by "brotherhood."
Therefore, signing the Abraham Accords would not only be a tectonic foreign policy shift but also a domestic challenge, as it could instigate protests and widespread criticism.
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What's a bigger tension for Pakistan is Imran Khan's claim after he was ousted in 2020, which now haunts the Sharif government after 6 years. Calling Sharif's government "imported ", he had accused it of being "tasked with recognising Israel."
As Khan's imprisonment remains a massive undercurrent in the domestic politics, Trump's new move could put the Pakistani government's fate in jeopardy.