Pakistani defence minister says joining Abraham Accords ‘not acceptable’ 🚨
Pakistani Defence Minister Khawaja Asif has said that he does not believe that Islamabad should join the Abraham Accords, normalising relations with Israel, the ANI news agency reported.
“Personally, I don’t think that we should join any such accord that clashes with our fundamental ideologies,” Asif said in an interview with Samaa TV, according to ANI.
“We have a very clear stance that this is not acceptable to us,” he said, according to the report.
As we’ve been reporting, Trump has said that more countries should agree to normalise relations with Israel as part of an agreement to end the war on Iran.
In a post on Truth Social on Monday, Trump said he had told the leaders of Saudi Arabia, Bahrain, the UAE, Qatar, Pakistan, Turkiye, Egypt and Jordan that they should sign up to the accords.
“I am mandatorily requesting that all Countries immediately sign the Abraham Accords, and that, if Iran signs its Agreement with me, as President of the United States of America, it would be an Honor to have them also be part of this unparalleled World Coalition,” Trump said.
“The Middle East would be United, Powerful, and Economically Strong, like perhaps no other area, anywhere in the World!”
🇺🇸🇮🇷 HERE IS A US–IRAN DEAL PROPOSAL PER AL ARABIYA (UNCONFIRMED REPORT):
- 60-DAY CEASEFIRE EXTENSION, WITH AN OPTION TO EXTEND - REOPENING OF THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ - NO FEES OR TOLLS FOR PASSING THROUGH THE STRAIT - REMOVAL OF ALL MINES FROM THE STRAIT OF HORMUZ - LIFTING SANCTIONS ON IRANIAN OIL - CONTINUING NUCLEAR TALKS TO REACH LONG-TERM ARRANGEMENTS
NOW: President Trump reposted a brutal two-panel meme on Truth Social that perfectly encapsulates the complete triumph of his "peace through strength" methodology!!🦾🇺🇸
The genius meme drops as a direct victory lap while Trump holds absolute leverage over Tehran!!
Crushing naval blockade, forcing Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian to publicly surrender his nuclear ambitions on global television.✊
No more appeasement, no more pallets of cash. In the President’s second post, he highlighted that it was Obama who funded Iran and caused this war.
President Trump speaks the true language of a leader.👊
(President shared AI-generated memes from Your Daily Reminder and WomenForTrump, Truth Social users)
Oil prices drop nearly 7% as possible deal looms 🚨
Oil prices dropped significantly on Monday amid optimism that the U.S. and Iran might be getting closer to reaching a peace deal that would reopen the Stright of Hormuz.
Brent crude futures tumbled nearly 7%, at $96.30 a barrel by mid-afternoon Monday, a little more than three weeks after oil prices spiked to a four-year high
A draft proposal for an agreement stipulates that Iran would immediately reopen the vital waterway and take steps to ensure traffic returns to pre‑war conditions within 30 days, two regional officials with knowledge of the ongoing diplomacy.
Still, Iran's semi-official Fars News Agency said Saturday that even "in the event of a possible agreement, the Strait of Hormuz will still be under Iranian management."
Trump shifting focus to Abraham Accords amid stalled negotiations with Iran 🚨
Trump’s insistence on the “immediate signing” of the Abraham Accords to normalise ties with Israel is an attempt to add a new dimension to the negotiations with Iran, said Zeidon Alkinani, a Middle East political analyst and Founding Director of the Arab Perspectives Institute.
Similarly to how the Strait of Hormuz focused attention away from regime change in Iran and conversations around its nuclear programme, the Trump administration is now “adding another layer” that it can sell to the American public as a symbolic achievement.
“[It is also] adding another convincing point for the Israelis, who seem to be against [a deal],” the analyst added. “We are aware that the Trump administration isn’t only negotiating with the Iranians, it’s also negotiating simultaneously with the Israelis and trying to balance between the two.”
Seven killed in Israeli air strikes on southern Lebanon 😭
Lebanon’s state-run National News Agency (NNA) reports that Israeli air strikes across southern Lebanon have killed seven people and left several others wounded.
According to the agency, air attack targeting Machghara killed five people, left multiple people injured and forced rescue teams to evacuate survivors from beneath the rubble of targeted homes.
A separate air strike on Kouthariyeh el-Siyad killed two people and wounded two others.
Additionally, warplanes carried out two consecutive raids on the city of Nabatieh, alongside two further strikes targeting Chmait and Rachaf in the Bint Jbeil district.
🚨 TRUMP JUST PUBLISHED THE EXACT LIST OF COUNTRIES REQUIRED TO JOIN THE ABRAHAM ACCORDS AS THE PRICE OF ANY IRAN PEACE DEAL 💫
Not a suggestion. Not a request. MANDATORY. SIMULTANEOUS. NAMED NATIONS. Country by country.
🇸🇦 Saudi Arabia → sign Abraham Accords → normalize with Israel → or Iran deal collapses 🇶🇦 Qatar → sign Abraham Accords → the country hosting US Central Command headquarters 🇵🇰 Pakistan → sign Abraham Accords → a nuclear power with 240 million Muslims 🇹🇷 Türkiye → sign Abraham Accords → NATO ally whose president called Israel a "terrorist state" 🇪🇬 Egypt → sign Abraham Accords → 100 million people, spiritual capital of the Arab world 🇯🇴 Jordan → sign Abraham Accords → already has a peace treaty, but this demands public normalization 🇦🇪 UAE → already a Member → required to anchor the new expanded coalition 🇧🇭 Bahrain → already a Member → required to stand alongside every new signatory 🇮🇷 Iran → offered an "Honor" to join → meaning: recognize Israel or stay at war
💀 9 named nations 💀 1 condition: all sign simultaneously or the deal dies 💀 ZERO exceptions — Trump's words: "mandatory" 💀 $11,300,000,000,000 in market cap added since March 30 bottom — that's what peace is worth
Every nation on this list has official state policy refusing recognition of Israel. Some for decades. Some since 1948.
Trump's post is live. The calls to leaders have already happened. The list is published.
🚨 #BREAKING: 🇮🇱🇱🇧 Moments before the signing of a deal between the US and Iran, Benjamin Netanyahu announced that he would fully escalate the war against Hezbollah and target Beirut, in an apparent attempt to undermine the negotiations.
🇺🇸Trump at 9:00 AM: All Middle East countries should join the Abraham Accords as part of the Iran peace deal.
🇸🇦Saudi at 5:00 PM : We reject Trump’s demand and will only normalize relations with Israel if there is an irreversible pathway to an independent Palestinian state.
Looks like 🇮🇷 Iran played 6D chess here. They’re silently working to break the allies of the USA.