Abstract
Economics drive the Middle East, but this region has been a battle ground of several conflicts of indigenous nature,
for decades. Military conflict in Yemen at one end and at the other, Syrian civil war, Lebanese political instability,
and Palestinian-Israeli dispute, pose threats to regional peace. Israel is a democracy, looking for accreditation and
acceptance in a region mostly held by monarchs who practice a different religion (Islam). Also, Israel’s geostrategic location does not favor this smaller country; thus, it has built superior military to avoid dangers to its
integrity and has shown substantial economic growth and technological development to impact this politically
troubled region. Is it the perfect time for Israel to resize its spheres of influence? Can Israel normalize its diplomatic
relations with the Arab World in exchange of sharing industrial and technological advancement? In this paper, the
peace deals signed between Israel-UAE, and Israel-Bahrain, commonly known as the Abraham Accords (AA), are to
be analyzed in the light of these questions. This study aims to find out if the AA declaration has the potential to
become the basis of peace in the Middle East owing to its religious, and political implications.
Muhammad Rafi Khan, Sajid Mehmood Shahzad. (2021) The Abraham Accords: Israel resizing Spheres of Influence, Journal of the Research Society of Pakistan, Volume-58, Issue-2.
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