Saudi Arabia will become part of the Abraham Accords, normalizing ties with Israel by the end of the year, U.S. President Donald Trump predicted in an interview about the Gaza ceasefire with Time magazine, the full transcript of which was published on Thursday.

“I think Saudi Arabia will lead the way toward the Abraham Accords,” said Trump in the interview, which was conducted on Oct. 15.

Removing the Iranian threat was the linchpin, he stressed, and now more countries will join the accords, signed initially between four Muslim states and Israel during his first term. “I think that the Abraham Accords are going to start filling up very quickly. I actually know it,” Trump said.

Part of the reason Riyadh was willing to become part of the Gaza ceasefire deal was that the threat from Tehr

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