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        "id": 1775033,
        "msgid": "why-muslim-leaders-are-snubbing-trumps-israel-normalisation-push-1780293477",
        "date": "2026-05-31 06:24:12",
        "title": "Why Muslim Leaders Are Snubbing Trump\u2019s Israel Normalisation Push",
        "author": "Fitriyan Zamzami",
        "source": "REPUBLIKA",
        "tags": "",
        "topic": "Politics",
        "summary": "US President Donald Trump's push for Muslim-majority nations to normalise ties with Israel as part of Iran nuclear talks has met with resistance, with Pakistan outright rejecting the proposal and others remaining silent. Experts cite regional tensions and Trump's pressure to surpass the 2015 nuclear deal as complicating factors, while Pakistan and Qatar highlight ideological and diplomatic hurdles in engaging with Israel.",
        "content": "<p>WASHINGTON \u2013 President Donald Trump\u2019s surprising request for Gulf and\nArab nations to normalise relations with Israel as part of Iran peace\ntalks has clashed with the complex realities of the Middle East. None of\nthe countries Trump approached have expressed willingness to join the\nAbraham Accords. Pakistan, which is mediating talks between the US and\nIran, immediately rejected the idea of joining the Abraham Accords,\nwhile other nations remained silent. The Hill analysis suggests experts\nfind the request confusing and highly unlikely given regional tensions.\nTrump is under pressure from Israel and his hardline supporters to\nsecure a deal beyond the 2015 Obama-era nuclear agreement with Iran,\nknown as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), which did not\naddress Iran\u2019s ballistic missile programme, support for armed proxy\ngroups across the region, or global terrorist attacks. The expansion of\nthe Abraham Accords could theoretically blunt Iran\u2019s regional threat by\nnormalising relations with its rivals, while fulfilling one of Trump\u2019s\nkey foreign policy priorities for a second term. \u2018I think part of this\nwar is being waged as an attempt at regional transformation,\u2019 said David\nSchenker, senior fellow at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy\nand former Assistant Secretary of State for Near Eastern Affairs during\nTrump\u2019s first term. Trump first raised the proposal to expand the accord\nvia phone calls with leaders of Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates\n(UAE), Qatar, Turkey, Pakistan, Egypt, Jordan, and Bahrain. Axios\nreported that Trump\u2019s proposal received no response, prompting him to\nquestion whether the leaders were still connected. For Pakistan and\nQatar, mediating ties with Israel is no simple matter. On Monday,\nPakistan\u2019s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif described joining the accord as\ncontrary to their \u2018fundamental ideology\u2019 in a local TV interview. \u2018We\nhave not taken any initiative on this matter, and no one has asked us,\u2019\nhe said. For Qatar, there is deep animosity towards Netanyahu, who has\nlabelled the country a terrorist state and conducted strikes in Doha\ntargeting Hamas officials, despite the US and Israel using Qatar as a\nmediator with Hamas. Yaakov Amidror, a retired Israeli major general and\nformer national security adviser to Netanyahu, described Qatar as an\n\u2018enemy of Israel.\u2019<\/p>",
        "url": "https:\/\/jawawa.id\/newsitem\/why-muslim-leaders-are-snubbing-trumps-israel-normalisation-push-1780293477",
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    "sponsor": "Okusi Associates",
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