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🚨 Trump demands Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Turkey, Egypt, Jordan, Pakistan sign Abraham Accords as condition of Iran deal President Trump posted on Truth Social Monday demanding that all countries involved in Iran negotiations simultaneously sign the Abraham Accords, describing it as a prerequisite for any deal and warning those who refuse would be excluded from the agreement. “It should be mandatory that all of these Countries, at a minimum, simultaneously, sign onto the Abraham Accords,” Trump wrote, naming Saudi Arabia, Qatar, Pakistan, Turkey, Egypt, Jordan, and Bahrain as targets. The UAE and Bahrain are already members. 🔸Trump warned: “If they don’t, they should not be part of this Deal in that it shows bad intention.” 🔸He said it “should start with the immediate signing by Saudi Arabia and Qatar, and everybody else should follow suit.” 🔸He also dangled Iran’s own potential membership, writing: “If Iran signs its Agreement with me… it would be an Honor to have them also be part of this unparalleled World Coalition.” 🔹The Abraham Accords, brokered during Trump’s first term, normalized relations between Israel and the UAE, Bahrain, Morocco, and Kazakhstan. Trump’s demand would require the mediating countries to recognize Israel and normalize relations as a condition of ending the Iran war — a significant ask given that Saudi Arabia has publicly conditioned any normalization on a credible and irreversible path to Palestinian statehood, a position shared in various forms by Turkey, Egypt, and others on the list. 🔹The demand comes as the U.S. has allowed Israel to continue the daily killing of Palestinians in Gaza for more than seven months since the October 2025 Trump-brokered ceasefire, with over 900 Palestinians killed since the agreement was approved by Israel. The U.S. and Israel are also deliberately blocking minimum levels of food, medicine, shelter, fuel, and reconstruction aid. 🔹President Trump has also removed sanctions on the most violent Israeli settlers in the occupied West Bank, where rampant state-backed settler violence to uproot Palestinian families has gone unchecked since the start of his second term. 🔹Trump closed his social media post with a warning: “It will only be a Great Deal for all or, no Deal at all — Back to the Battlefront and shooting, but bigger and stronger than ever before.”

⛵️ REPORT | Global Sumud Flotilla volunteers released testimony describing severe physical abuse, torture, and sexual violence following the interception of their vessel by Israeli forces. The flotilla says at least 12 sexual assaults were documented aboard the vessel alone, including anal rape and forcible penetration with a handgun. Participants said detainees were subjected to humiliating strip searches, sexual taunting, groping, and multiple people were raped. Many others described rubber bullets fired at close range, tasers used on the face and upper body, stun grenades thrown into groups of detainees, prolonged stress positions under permanent bright light, and hijabs forcibly removed. Much of the testimony of Israeli abuse came from what volunteers called the “torture boat,” described as an Israeli naval vessel outfitted with makeshift detention structures built from barbed wire and shipping containers. Detainees say they were taken one by one into dark containers where Israeli commandos beat and abused them. Yassine Benjelloun, who had previously participated in another flotilla mission, described hearing guards say “Welcome to Israel” before he was punched in the head and ribs, kicked to the ground, and left listening to other detainees screaming inside the darkened container. French participant Adrien Berthel said he was specifically targeted after soldiers saw his nail polish and mocked his perceived sexuality. Veronica Otero, who witnessed the processing of nearly all 180 detainees over three days, said volunteers emerged with broken ribs, fractures to the torso, shoulders, and back, adding that some “were not breathing” because of the severity of their injuries. Volunteers also reported being photographed during strip searches while guards laughed. According to the testimony, abuse continued after arrival at Ashdod port, where detainees described further beatings, sexual humiliation, prolonged interrogations, and torture. The organizers said the abuse they experienced over several days reflects what Palestinians in Israeli prisons “experience every single day… for decades,” noting that more than 9,000 Palestinians are currently imprisoned by Israel, including over 3,500 held without charge under administrative detention and more than 400 children. They also cited Save the Children reporting that 69% of detained Palestinian children reported experiencing sexual violence or sexual abuse.