Good morning.

We have a special episode for you today.

Axios Today host Naila Boodoo will be discussing the new season of how it happened with

Axios Tel Aviv reporter Barack Ravid.

If you haven't listened to the new season of how it happened, I highly recommend listening.

You'll hear from Nailen, Barack, after the break.

In late 2020, the Trump administration brokered the historic Abraham Accords, which normalized diplomatic relations between Israel and four Arab nations.

The agreements were the biggest breakthrough in the Middle East in a quarter century.

And according to reporting in a new book and podcast from Axios Middle East correspondent Barack Ravid,

the achievement was accidental.

Hi, Barack.

Hey, Naila.

How important was the relationship between former President Trump and former

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu when it comes to achieving the Abraham Accords?

It's actually pretty amazing that they were at the lowest point of their relationship

dealing with the real clash between Israel and the U.S. at the time, and they managed to turn

this huge potential crisis into a historic diplomatic breakthrough.

It was never planned like that, because it built on a lot of frustration Trump had about Netanyahu starting with the

launch of his peace plan in January 2020 at the White House as one former White House

official told me that Netanyahu gave his speech and turned Trump into a potted plant

and Trump really didn't like it.

Like at the end of this event, he went back to the Oval Office

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