Which country will join Abraham Accords before 2027?

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Market context

The real-world event is a **formal normalisation agreement** with Israel being signed and publicly tied to the Abraham Accords framework before the settlement deadline. At a crowd-implied **6%** chance, the market is pricing this as a low-probability diplomatic breakthrough rather than a routine policy event.

The historical pattern argues for caution with overconfident pricing. The Abraham Accords have been expanded only intermittently: the original 2020 wave brought the UAE and Bahrain in first, then Morocco and Sudan followed through separate agreements, showing that each accession has required its own bilateral political deal and public signature rather than a broad regional announcement[5][8][9]. More recent reporting says Kazakhstan has already been announced as joining, which matters because it shows the framework is still active, but also because it highlights how rare formal additions remain after the initial rush[1][4][6]. For a programme that tracks this market mechanically, the key distinction is not rhetoric about “joining” but whether a signed, government-stated accord explicitly lands inside the Abraham Accords umbrella.

The main catalysts to watch are high-level White House or foreign-ministry announcements, scheduled visits, and any statement that names both the country and the accord framework in formal terms. Recent coverage suggests US diplomacy is still trying to widen the map, with Trump publicly pushing for further entries and linking broader regional talks to the accords, while other reporting says near-term expansion is still considered unlikely[2][4][7]. For conditional-order logic, the useful triggers are not rumours or exploratory talks; they are documentable steps such as an official signing ceremony, joint communiqués, or explicit government confirmation that the agreement is part of the Abraham Accords or its continuation.

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