Republican Senator Lindsey Graham has issued a stark warning to Saudi Arabia and other US allies in the Middle East, saying they would face severe repercussions if they refuse to join the Abraham Accords with Israel as part of a potential US-Iran deal.
According to a report made by the Middle East Monitor on Tuesday, 26 May, 2026, the United States of America Republican Senator, Senator Lindsey Graham in a post made Via his official X account, argued that normalizing relations between Israel and major Arab powers would transform the region and effectively end the Arab-Israeli conflict.
He also said “If in fact as a result of these negotiations to end the Iranian conflict, our Arab and Muslim allies in the region agreed to join the Abraham Accords, it would make this agreement one of the most consequential in the history of the Middle East,” singling out Saudi Arabia, Qatar, and Pakistan as countries whose participation would be beyond transformative for the region and world, calling the push a brilliant move by President Donald Trump.
Graham also said “Now is the time to be bold for the future of a new Middle East,” adding that he expects the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to follow the path President Donald Trump has suggested, effectively ending the Arab-Israeli conflict, further reflecting a growing expectation in the American Government that any diplomatic resolution to the ongoing US-Iran war will be leveraged to secure broader Arab-Israeli normalization, a long-standing foreign policy goal of the Trump administration.
The South Carolina lawmaker, Graham went further to made clear that refusal would carry significant costs, saying “If you refuse to go down this path as suggested by President Trump, it will have severe repercussions for our future relationships and make this peace proposal unacceptable. Further, it would be seen by history as a major miscalculation.”
He also urged President Donald Trump to remain committed to securing a favorable agreement with the Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran under the leadership of the Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution, Ayatollah Seyyed Mojtaba Khamenei, while insisting that Saudi Arabia and other nations join the accords as part of the broader diplomatic package…..See More
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