Abraham Accords
Topic: India's External Relations, 1947-1999: Non-alignment, Wars and Nuclear Policy · NCERT: Beyond NCERT
Meaning
The Abraham Accords are a set of agreements made in 2020 through US mediation. Under them, Israel and some Arab states, such as the UAE and Bahrain, agreed to normalise relations, which means opening full, regular diplomatic ties. They are not part of the Indian Constitution or any Indian law. They matter because they are today's version of US-brokered Arab–Israeli peace-making, which began with the Camp David Accords of 1978. Like Camp David, they made peace between particular states. They did not settle the Palestinian question, which is the main issue in the conflict.
Example
India's links with West Asia grew after the Accords. The I2U2 group brings India, Israel, the UAE and the US together. The IMEC (India–Middle East–Europe Economic Corridor) is a planned trade route through the same region. Both are possible because Israel and Gulf Arab states now deal with each other openly.
Don't confuse with
- Camp David Accords (1978): US President Carter mediated 13 days of talks between Egypt and Israel. This led to the Egypt–Israel Peace Treaty of 26 March 1979, and Egypt became the first Arab state to formally recognise Israel. The Abraham Accords came in 2020 and brought in other Arab states.