Witkoff teases that Abraham agreements are growing like expansion of Trump’s eyes

Jerusalem – The signature agreement of the Middle East of President Donald Trump – the Abraham agreements – which standardized relations between the Israel states and the Sunni Gulf and the North African countries, could absorb new candidates, according to Steve Witkoff, special envoy of Trump in the Middle East.

“We believe that we will have very big announcements on the countries entering the Abraham agreements,” Witkoff in CNBC told an interview on Wednesday.

One of the biggest Hebrew language outlets, Israel Hayom, On Tuesday, Tzachi Hanegbi’s Israeli Councilor of National Security Tuesday believes that these countries are Syria and Lebanon as the best states in the Middle East that could join the Abraham agreements.

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US SPECIAL sent to the Middle East Steve Witkoff, on the left, pronounces remarks alongside President Donald Trump during the oath for American interim lawyer for Washington, DC Jeanine Pirro in the Oval Blank Office on May 28, 2025 in Washington, DC, (Images Andrew Harnik / Getty)

According to Israel Hayom, Hanegbi revealed during a classified meeting with the Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee that Israel maintains a direct dialogue with the new Syrian government led by Ahmed Al-Sharaa, a former member of the terrorist movements designated by the United States, the Islamic State and Al-Qaeda.

The expert in the Middle East, Eugene Kontorovich, principal researcher at the Heritage Foundation of Washington, DC, told Fox News Digital: “With humiliated Iran, Lebanon and Syria are quite realistic, but I would be impressed if it was early as in the months. Trump’s term. “

He added that “Syria could be possible simply because the new government has so much to gain, because it seeks legitimacy”.

Witkoff’s teasing of an expansion of the Abraham agreements have electrified the Israeli media and veterans observers of the Middle East.

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The signing ceremony of the Abraham agreements at the White House on September 13, 2020. (Getty)

In May, Trump asked the Syrian president Al-Sharaa to fully normalize relations with Israel in exchange for relief of sanctions.

“The obstacles to the entry to extend the Abraham agreements are incredibly low. This will not surprise me if President Trump extends the agreements in his second mandate,” said Robert Greenway, former principal director of the Security Council And the key architect of the Abraham agreements, told Maria Bartiromo, on “Mornings with Maria” On Fox Business.

After the completion of the Abraham agreements, which normalized diplomatic relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, Morocco and Sudan in 2020, there was an increasing expectation among American officials and the Middle East experts that Saudi Arabia would follow the plunge.

From left to right, the Prime Minister of Israel Benjamin Netanyahu, President Donald Trump, the Minister of Foreign Affairs of Bahrain Abdullative Bin Rashid Al Zayani and Foreign Affairs of the United Arab Emirates Abdullah Bin Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahyan Wave of the Blank Truman Bank after the signing ceremony Grants the White Chamber after the signature ceremony of the Signing of the Abrahama 15, 2020 ceremony in Washington, DC (Photo of Alex Wong / Getty Images)

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In February, Fox News Digital reported that Trump administration officials said the White House was looking for an expansion of the Abraham agreements.

The Biden administration was faced with criticisms for having failed to extend the Abraham agreements and to have chosen fights with states that have made peace with Israel as part of the historic agreement.

Fox News Digital contacted the State Department, the United States Ambassador Mike Huckabee, the Israeli Prime Minister’s office and the country’s foreign ministry.

Morgan Phillips of Fox News Digital contributed to this report.