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Founding the Accordists
- Statement by Maajid Nawaz
Breaking: On 15th September 2025 - the occasion of the fifth anniversary of the signing of the Abraham Accords in President Trump’s first term - we launched our new campaign group the Accordists and our webpage Accordists.org, for peace and prosperity in the Middle East.
The purpose of the Accordists is to revive, consolidate and expand on the successes of the Abraham Accords.
As explained in the above press release, our exclusively commissioned polling of British opinion reveals the need for the Accordists.
This logic was explained by us in our launch interview on Nigel Farage’s GB News show with host Martin Daubney on the evening of 15th September 2025.
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Most Brits Want Peace — But Haven't Heard of the Abraham Accords
Maajid Nawaz on GB News with Martin Daubney: “And you'd be forgiven for not having heard of the fact that in President Trump's first term, those peace deals, the Abraham Accords, were signed. That didn't get the media attention then that it deserved, to the point where, again, the YouGov poll that we commissioned discovered that 87% of the British public have not heard of the Abraham Accords. So we find ourselves in this peculiar situation where the overwhelming majority of the British public who expressed an opinion, 91%, want better relations between Arabs and Israelis, but they don't know of the existing framework that's already in place, which acts as a vehicle to get those better relations. 87% of people haven't heard of the Abraham Accords. The purpose of the Accordists was founded to fill that void, where the public says, yes, they want better relations, and our point is, well, there exists a vehicle to get those better relations. That's the Abraham Accords. It's a regional, and a regionally negotiated approach, for peace in the Middle East. And that's what we're about.”
As we explained in that interview, the Israel / Palestine conflict is a regional problem and hence requires a regional solution.
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The Israel - Palestine Conflict Isn’t Just Bilateral
Maajid Nawaz on GB News with Martin Daubney: “This is not an Israel-Palestinian authority problem. It simply, frankly, isn't. And if we continue to try and approach it in that way, we're in danger of repeating the same thing, making the same mistake, which is the definition of madness. We've got to come to a realisation that this is, in fact, a regional problem, and therefore it must have a regional solution, a regionally negotiated solution. What do I mean by the fact that it's a regional problem?
Well, at the end of the day, it's Iran that funds - we know this - Iran funds the terrorist organisation Hamas in Gaza, Iran funds Hezbollah in Lebanon, arms and funds, and Iran arms and funds the Houthis in Yemen. So you've got one regional country there, Iran, clearly involved. On the other side, you've got Saudi Arabia that fought a bitter civil war with Iran, inside Yemen. It's tragic as it is, it's got nothing to do with Israel there. That’s a Saudi - Iranian war. So now we’ve introduced three different countries fighting each other. Israel, Iran and Saudi Arabia. All fighting each other in that region.
And we haven't even gotten to those other countries we named who are trying to make peace with Israel in the same region, such as the UAE, Morocco, and Bahrain. So that kind of demonstrates the multipolarity of this. It's a regional problem, and it must have a regional solution.”
Accordists will work towards reviving, consolidating on and expanding that regional approach.
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Maajid Nawaz on GB News with Martin Daubney: “Because the Abraham Accords, when they were signed five years ago under Trump's first term, they bumped up the number of countries that began to have relations with Israel and vice versa. And that significantly impacted the metric to a point where over the course of 70 years, the Arab-Israeli relations are better than they've ever been. Morocco, the Emirates, that's UAE, and Bahrain and Sudan all signed the Abraham Accords. Sudan is yet to ratify, but again, it's an Arab Muslim-majority country. And we find in those examples hope, if only people had heard of the Abraham Accords. And so our mission is to revive the sentiment for peace in the Middle East through the Abraham Accords, consolidate the gains we've already made, maybe have countries like Sudan ratify the accords that they signed. Syria, the new leader of Syria, Ahmed al-Shara - who has credibility among Sunni Muslims in the region because of the fact that he had a fighting background, he was involved in the overthrow of Assad - he's made overtures just in this last week, that the Syrian government may well make some form of security arrangement with Israel. So there is definitely hope. But again, that only comes if we can create a public mandate for it and then our governments work towards it as part of their foreign policy.”
As referenced in the above interview, our unique 70-year lifetime Recognition Index for the Middle East shows that despite the horrific short term circumstances, relations between Arabs and Israelis are in fact - using tangible, measurable metrics - at an historic high.
Syria may well be one of those new countries that decides to enter into some form of security arrangement with the Israelis next.
Roya News English reports 13th September 2025:
"There are ongoing negotiations for a security agreement to ensure Israel returns to its state before December 8."
There is hope for peace yet. We ask that you all support our efforts.
ACTIONS FOR YOU:
1) Register with the Accordists by clicking through to our website here.
2) Follow our social media, post a photo of yourself with the Accordists logo and tag us @Accordists on Instagram or Twitter.
The Accordists logo can be dowloaded for free here:
Here is our very first Accordists photo with Jacob Rees-Mogg and Martin Daubney, our hosts at GB News.
3) Share our first Accordists press release with friends and family:
A free PDF of our press release with our full YouGov survey results attached is here:
4) Watch and share the free Radical show podcast announcing our launch that is attached to this newszine.
5) Share our launch interview with Accordist founder Maajid Nawaz on Nigel Farage’s GB News show with Martin Daubney and Jacob-Rees Mogg. The full unedited video file from the above GB News interview on the Nigel Farage show with Martin Daubney is reproduced here.
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Martin Daubney, GB News: “Welcome back to GB News Tonight with me, your host, Martin Daubney. Now, Donald Trump will arrive in the UK tomorrow for his unprecedented second state visit, where they're expected to sign a nuclear energy deal. It just so happens that today marks the fifth anniversary of the signing of the historic Abraham Accords. Of course, that is the set of agreements that establish relationships between Israel and several Arab states. Well, my next guest today has launched a new think tank that's called the Accordists. And it's dedicated to the expansion of the Abraham Accords to bring peace and prosperity to the people across the Middle East. And along with this, we have some very interesting new YouGov polling, which reveals this: 75% of the British public think it is important for Israel and Arab nations to have good relations to ensure global peace and security. Perhaps equally fascinating, however, only 8% of the country consider the situation in Gaza to be an important election issue, with the most popular being immigration. So once again, showing the political class are in a completely different world. I'm delighted to join the studio by the founder of the Accordists, Maajid Nawaz. Maajid, superb to have you in the studio. What's taken so long? Fifth anniversary today. Tell us why the Abraham Accords are still vitally important?”
Maajid Nawaz, Accordists Founder: “Well, of course, thank you for having me, Martin. Of course, everybody sees on our airwaves the horrific news coming from war. All war is horrific, and the war in the Middle East is particularly so, because it's been dragging on for so long. Today is the fifth anniversary of the very first peace initiative since the assassination of Sadat, who was the president of Egypt in 1981. He was assassinated for seeking to make peace between Egypt and Israel. And that assassination stalled peace efforts up until the 90s, when a smaller country, the Kingdom of Jordan, attempted to make some form of approaches to negotiations with Israel. But nothing's happened since, until five years ago under President Trump's first term. Now, the key thing with those stats you mentioned is when you discount those who said that they didn't have an opinion, then that figure - of those who think that peace between Arabs and Israelis is important - goes up to 91%. And you'd be forgiven for not having heard of the fact that in President Trump's first term, those peace deals, the Abraham Accords, were signed. That didn't get the media attention then that it deserved, to the point where, again, the YouGov poll that we commissioned discovered that 87% of the British public have not heard of the Abraham Accords. So we find ourselves in this peculiar situation where the overwhelming majority of the British public who expressed an opinion, 91%, want better relations between Arabs and Israelis, but they don't know of the existing framework that's already in place, which acts as a vehicle to get those better relations. 87% of people haven't heard of the Abraham Accords. The purpose of the Accordists was founded to fill that void, where the public says, yes, they want better relations, and our point is, well, there exists a vehicle to get those better relations. That's the Abraham Accords. It's a regional, and a regionally negotiated approach, for peace in the Middle East. And that's what we're about.”
Martin Daubney: “Maajid Nawaz when we see October the 7th, when we see the complete breakdown of peace between Christian nations, Jewish nations, and increasingly poisonous Islamism, is there any hope for peace, or is this a forlorn attempt?”
Maajid Nawaz: “Well, I can understand why people would be very much in despair at the moment. The situation is beyond horrific. It's something which is the stuff of nightmares, to be honest. And war is the stuff of nightmares. Nobody should be encouraging war. But actually, what I'd say to you, Martin, is that that's the very reason why this is needed. If now is not the time to be calling for peace, when is? And the key thing is that on accordists.org, which is the website for the Accordists, we've put up a metric. For the first time, what we've managed to do is provide measurables for relations between Arabs and Israelis. And people may be surprised to know that in the long term, over the course of one lifetime, that's 70 years, in fact, with the measurables we've put on our metric on accordist.org, we find ourselves in a historic high in terms of relationships. Why?
Because the Abraham Accords, when they were signed five years ago under Trump's first term, they bumped up the number of countries that began to have relations with Israel and vice versa. And that significantly impacted the metric to a point where over the course of 70 years, the Arab-Israeli relations are better than they've ever been. Morocco, the Emirates, that's UAE, and Bahrain and Sudan all signed the Abraham Accords. Sudan is yet to ratify, but again, it's an Arab Muslim-majority country. And we find in those examples hope, if only people had heard of the Abraham Accords. And so our mission is to revive the sentiment for peace in the Middle East through the Abraham Accords, consolidate the gains we've already made, maybe have countries like Sudan ratify the accords that they signed. Syria, the new leader of Syria, Ahmed al-Shara - who has credibility among Sunni Muslims in the region because of the fact that he had a fighting background, he was involved in the overthrow of Assad - he's made overtures just in this last week, that the Syrian government may well make some form of security arrangement with Israel. So there is definitely hope. But again, that only comes if we can create a public mandate for it and then our governments work towards it as part of their foreign policy.”
Martin Daubney: “May I ask you, as well as laudable attempts at peace, is there sometimes a call for something else? The eradication, perhaps, of Hamas, of Hezbollah, maybe of the Ayatollahs. They won't sit down and talk peace any time soon, will they?”
Maajid Nawaz: “Well, this is why the regional approach, which is the Abraham Accords, is so important. I'm glad you asked that question, because it allows us to say, look, at the end of the day, this is not a bilateral problem. This is not an Israel-Palestinian authority problem. It simply, frankly, isn't. And if we continue to try and approach it in that way, we're in danger of repeating the same thing, making the same mistake, which is the definition of madness. We've got to come to a realisation that this is, in fact, a regional problem, and therefore it must have a regional solution, a regionally negotiated solution. What do I mean by the fact that it's a regional problem?
Well, at the end of the day, it's Iran that funds - we know this - Iran funds the terrorist organisation Hamas in Gaza, Iran funds Hezbollah in Lebanon, arms and funds, and Iran arms and funds the Houthis in Yemen. So you've got one regional country there, Iran, clearly involved. On the other side, you've got Saudi Arabia that fought a bitter civil war with Iran, inside Yemen. It's tragic as it is, it's got nothing to do with Israel there. That’s a Saudi - Iranian war. So now we’ve introduced three different countries fighting each other. Israel, Iran and Saudi Arabia. All fighting each other in that region.
And we haven't even gotten to those other countries we named who are trying to make peace with Israel in the same region, such as the UAE, Morocco, and Bahrain. So that kind of demonstrates the multipolarity of this. It's a regional problem, and it must have a regional solution.”
Martin Daubney: “Maajid Nawaz, a font of knowledge, such passion. It's great to see you back in the studio. Thank you very much indeed. Superb. And of course, the Accordists, people can go along and get involved in that. Thanks for coming in.”
Maajid Nawaz: “Thank you.”
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