Which country will join Abraham Accords before 2027?

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Market context

The next accession would need a formal, publicly acknowledged normalisation agreement with Israel before the end of 2026, and the market’s 6% implied probability reflects how far the field still is from that threshold. Reuters has reported that Arab and Islamic leaders are gathering in Qatar as Gaza diplomacy and Israel’s airstrikes continue to shape the regional mood, which is a reminder that any new signing is likely to depend on a broader de-escalation rather than a standalone bilateral move.[10]

The closest historical guides are the original Abraham Accords signatories — the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain and Morocco — plus later additions such as Sudan and Kazakhstan, which show that breakthrough accessions have usually followed either a major geopolitical shift or a strong US push.[3][5][8][9] That makes the current price easier to read as a bet on an outlier event than on a base-case outcome. The odds also fit a market that has a front-runner, but no consensus: Paridesk notes that Somaliland is the heaviest-backed outcome, while Saudi Arabia, Lebanon, Azerbaijan, Syria, Oman and Kuwait remain in the mix, with volume spread across several candidates rather than concentrated in one clear path.[2]

The near-term catalyst is therefore not a routine diplomatic calendar item, but whether any announcement emerges from the current round of regional talks, especially anything tied to ceasefire arrangements or wider US-led bargaining over post-conflict settlement.[1][10] Traders are leaning on two distinct routes: a symbolic accession by a state with existing informal ties to Israel, which would face fewer political hurdles, or a larger Arab League breakthrough, which would likely require visible progress on Palestinian statehood and remains much harder to price in before 2027.[1][2]

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