Trump envoy says US negotiating ‘multiple entries’ into Abraham Accords
Steve Witkoff, the US special envoy to the Middle East, has not offered concrete details about which countries are purportedly in talks to normalise relations with Israel as part of the so-called Abraham Accords.
“We are negotiating multiple entries into the Abraham peace accords because of your vision,” Witkoff told Trump before a cabinet meeting in Washington, DC, as he heaped praise on the US president.
During Trump’s first term in office, his administration brokered a series of deals that saw Arab states agree to normalise relations with Israel.
But efforts to reach further agreements have stalled amid the Israeli military’s deadly bombardment of the Gaza Strip, with countries saying they will not normalise relations with Israel until it ends its war on the territory.
Family urges pressure on Israel to release detained Palestinian American teen
The family of a Palestinian American teenager held in Israeli prison for six months without charge or trial have renewed their call for the US government to pressure Israel to release him.
Mohammed Ibrahim, a 16-year-old Palestinian American citizen from Florida, was arrested by Israeli forces in the occupied West Bank in February on stone-throwing accusations that he and his family deny.
“The prison that he’s in is notorious for torture and suffering,” Zeyad Kadur, the boy’s uncle, said during a news conference in Florida.
“He’s getting starved [and has] scabies from his feet to his fingertips, begging for ointment to treat him,” Kadur said. “Our politicians, from our city council members to the White House, need to do something about this.”
Mohammed Ibrahim was detained in February in the West Bank
War will end when US stops giving Israel weapons: US congressman
Democratic Congressman Ro Khanna has condemned the US government’s continued support for Israel a day after Trump said he thinks the Israeli war on Gaza will end within three weeks.
“Trump keeps saying the war in Gaza will end but gives Netanyahu a blank check,” Khanna wrote on X.
“The war ends when we stop giving Israel military weapons to kills [sic] civilians & when we, like 147 nations with France, Canada, UK, recognize a Palestinian state.”
The US has provided billions of dollars in military assistance to Israel since it began its war on Gaza. It also has blocked efforts at the UN and other international bodies to end the war and hold Israel accountable for abuses against Palestinians.
Trump keeps saying the war in Gaza will end but gives Netanyahu a blank check. Each day civilians are killed or starved. The war ends when we stop giving Israel military weapons to kills civilians & when we, like 147 nations with France, Canada, UK, recognize a Palestinian state. https://t.co/owsdGO4JyG
— Ro Khanna (@RoKhanna) August 26, 2025
