Oct 10, 2022
In late 2020, an unexpected series of peace deals
between Israel and four Arab countries shocked the world and seemed
to inaugurate a happy new chapter in international politics. Robert
Nicholson is a fan. But critics say the "Abraham Accords" are
flawed at best, oppressive at worst, and will actually make the
Near East more volatile in the long run by empowering autocrats and
suppressing the will of the people.
One such critic is Shadi Hamid, who joins Robert in studio to make
the case against the Abraham Accords and explain why the Islamic
world needs to make peace with Israel on its own terms -- or, quite
possibly, not at all.
Shadi Hamid is a Senior Fellow at Brookings Institution, a Research
Professor at Fuller Seminary, and a contributing author at The
Atlantic. He is also the author of Islamic
Exceptionalism, a book about how Islam’s “exceptionalism”
influences politics and the future of the Middle East. His new
book, The Problem of Democracy, is being released on
October 15th.