Common claims about the Abraham Accords checked against sources.
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What the evidence shows: The State Department says Kazakhstan joined and that the US and Kazakhstan 'intend to hold a signing ceremony to officially mark this significant decision'. We describe it as: announced its intention to join (6 Nov 2025); signing pending.
Verdict: Missing context
What the evidence shows: Sudan signed the Abraham Accords Declaration in Khartoum on 6 January 2021, and the State Department publishes the signed document.
Verdict: False
Sources: AP via PBS NewsHour, 6 Jan 2021; US State Department: Sudan's signed Declaration.
What the evidence shows: The signed texts cover trade, civil aviation, tourism, visas, finance, telecommunications, agriculture, water and energy, and the Declaration promotes interfaith dialogue. Security cooperation exists, but it is one strand among several.
Verdict: Misleading
Sources: US State Department: The Abraham Accords; White House (archived) joint statement, 19 Oct 2020; US State Department, Joint Declaration (TIAS 20-1222).
What the evidence shows: UAE MOFA reports goods trade of $3.254bn in 2024 and $3.209bn in 2025, which it calls broadly stable.
Verdict: False
Sources: UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
What the evidence shows: UAE MOFA reports about 1.53 million passengers in 2025 (up from about 892,000 in 2024) and a record 136 weekly direct flights.
Verdict: False
Sources: UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
What the evidence shows: The definition states that 'criticism of Israel similar to that leveled against any other country cannot be regarded as antisemitic'. It is also described as non-legally binding.
Verdict: False
Sources: IHRA working definition.
What the evidence shows: The 22 December 2020 Joint Declaration commits to reopening the liaison offices in Rabat and Tel Aviv and establishing full relations. The text does not open embassies. (We have not verified the current status of the missions.)
Verdict: Misleading
Sources: US State Department, Joint Declaration (TIAS 20-1222).
What the evidence shows: The designations by Egypt (2013), Saudi Arabia (2014), the UAE (2014) and the US (Lebanese Muslim Brotherhood, 2026) name specific organisations. Britannica describes the Muslim Brotherhood as a religio-political organisation founded in 1928. It is a movement, not a faith or a people.
Verdict: Misleading
Sources: BBC News, 25 Dec 2013; Saudi Interior Ministry statement (Asharq Al-Awsat archive); WAM, 15 Nov 2014; Federal Register, 14 Jan 2026; Encyclopaedia Britannica.
What the evidence shows: The Abrahamic Family House in Abu Dhabi has three separate houses of worship (a mosque, a church and a synagogue), and its leadership has publicly rejected the idea of merging faiths. The Accords text speaks of dialogue 'among the three Abrahamic religions', not a new one.
Verdict: False
Where it’s spreading: The National (Jan 2022) describes the 'Abrahamic Religion' narrative spreading on websites and social media; Khaleej Times (2023): UAE official refutes claims about the Abrahamic Family House
Sources: The National, 22 Jan 2022; Khaleej Times, Feb 2023; US State Department (2021-2025 archive): The Abraham Accords.
What the evidence shows: On 2 Nov 2023 Bahrain's lower house said ambassadors had left and economic ties were halted. The government confirmed the ambassadors' departure and suspended flights, but did not confirm severing economic ties or ending diplomatic relations; Israel said relations were stable.
Verdict: Misleading
Where it’s spreading: Bahrain parliament statement as reported by The National, 2 Nov 2023 (headline: 'suspends economic ties')
Sources: The National, 2 Nov 2023; Reuters, 2 Nov 2023 link being re-checked.
Background explainer
What the evidence shows: The UAE Cabinet listed 'The Muslim Brotherhood (MB) organisation and groups' and the UAE Muslim Brotherhood as terrorist organisations in November 2014 (Cabinet Resolution No. 41 of 2014), almost six years before the Accords were signed in September 2020.
Verdict: False
Sources: WAM (Emirates News Agency), 15 Nov 2014; Khaleej Times, Nov 2014; UAE Executive Office for Control & Non-Proliferation: Cabinet Resolution No. 41 of 2014 (PDF, Arabic/English).
Background explainer
What the evidence shows: The 13 Aug 2020 joint statement said Israel would suspend declaring sovereignty over areas in its annexation plans, and the UN Secretary-General welcomed that suspension. Critics note it was a suspension, not a permanent commitment.
Verdict: False
Sources: UN Secretary-General press release (UNISPAL), Aug 2020; BBC News, 13 Aug 2020.
Background explainer
What the evidence shows: The White House announcement of 10–11 Dec 2020 paired Morocco–Israel normalisation with US recognition of Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara, formalised in Presidential Proclamation 10126.
Verdict: False
Sources: White House (archived) fact sheet, 11 Dec 2020; BBC News, 10 Dec 2020; Federal Register: Proclamation recognizing Moroccan sovereignty over Western Sahara, 15 Dec 2020.
Background explainer
What the evidence shows: The US rescinded Sudan's state sponsor of terrorism designation effective 14 December 2020, as published in the Federal Register on 18 December 2020.
Verdict: False
Sources: Federal Register: Rescission of Determination Regarding Sudan, 18 Dec 2020; GovInfo: Federal Register Vol. 85 No. 244 (official text).
What the evidence shows: The Holocaust is among the most thoroughly documented crimes in history. The UN General Assembly, by consensus in resolution 76/250 (20 Jan 2022), rejects and condemns any denial or distortion of it.
Verdict: False
Where it’s spreading: UN News, 20 Jan 2022: UN acts against Holocaust denial and distortion, including online; USHMM: Holocaust deniers and public misinformation
Sources: UN General Assembly resolution A/RES/76/250 (PDF); UN News, 20 Jan 2022; USHMM Holocaust Encyclopedia: Introduction to the Holocaust.
What the evidence shows: The Protocols is a forgery. The Times exposed it in August 1921 as largely plagiarised from Maurice Joly's 1864 satire, which has nothing to do with Jews.
Verdict: False
Where it’s spreading: USHMM: the Protocols continues to be circulated and published
Sources: USHMM Holocaust Encyclopedia: The Protocols of the Elders of Zion; USHMM: The Times, 17 Aug 1921; Internet Archive: 'The Truth About The Protocols: A Literary Forgery' (The Times, Aug 1921).
What the evidence shows: This is an old antisemitic trope. The Catholic Church's Nostra Aetate (1965) states that Christ's passion 'cannot be charged against all the Jews, without distinction, then alive, nor against the Jews of today'.
Verdict: False
Where it’s spreading: USHMM: history of antisemitism, including the deicide charge
Sources: Vatican: Nostra Aetate, 28 Oct 1965; USHMM: Why the Jews? History of Antisemitism.
What the evidence shows: Sudan signed the Abraham Accords Declaration in January 2021, and in February 2023 Israel said a bilateral text was final. It was to be signed after a civilian transition, but war broke out in April 2023 and no agreement has been signed; there are no embassies.
Verdict: False
Sources: CNN, 2 Feb 2023; Washington Institute.
What the evidence shows: Israel's Ministry of Defense reported that Abraham Accords countries took 24% of its defence export deals in 2022, 3% in 2023 and 12% in 2024. The share fell sharply but did not drop to zero.
Verdict: False
Sources: Israel MOD 2022; Israel MOD 2023; Israel MOD 2024.
What the evidence shows: Kazakhstan has had diplomatic relations with Israel since 1992, and Air Astana ran direct Almaty–Tel Aviv flights from September 2023 until it suspended them after October 2023.
Verdict: False
Sources: AP via NPR, 7 Nov 2025; Air Astana.
What the evidence shows: Universities, hospitals and faith bodies have signed their own agreements, such as Bahrain's King Hamad Global Centre with the Hebrew University (2020) and the University of Haifa (2022), and Morocco's 2023 health memorandum with Israel.
Verdict: False
Sources: Hebrew University; University of Haifa; Anadolu Agency.
Figures and dates were checked against the linked sources on 27 October 2026.
