Kazakhstan President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev is expected to announce during a meeting with President Trump on Thursday that his country will join the Abraham Accords, U.S. officials tell Axios.
Why it matters: While Kazakhstan and Israel have had full diplomatic relations for more than 30 years, the move is designed to reinvigorate the Abraham Accords as the U.S.-led framework for cooperation between Israel and the Arab and Muslim world, a senior U.S. official said.
The big picture: Trump told Axios last month that with Israel badly isolated by the Gaza war, one of his priorities would be to restore international support for the Jewish state once it was over. • U.S. officials say Thursday's announcement is meant as a first step in repairing Israel's standing in the Arab and Muslim world,

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