RIYADH, Saudi Arabia — President Trump called on Saudi Arabia to recognize Israel during a speech to the oil-rich kingdom’s leaders on Tuesday — saying “you’ll be greatly honoring me” by doing so. Trump frequently referred to Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman by name during his speech as the country’s de facto ruler watched from the front row.

President Donald Trump, speaking to Gulf leaders at the Gulf Cooperation Council, said he wanted to make a deal with Iran and called for adding more countries to the Abraham Accords.

"This survey serves as an urgent wake-up call to the Israeli government: enough with political intransigence—get on board the regional train now," said the Coalition for Regional Security.

The United States’ comments that an expansion of the Abraham Accords is near has led to whispers Saudi Arabia could be next to sign an agreement with Israel. (photo credit: Canva/Tim WATSON/AFP ...

If Saudi Arabia signs on, the Abraham Accords would serve as the foundation of a new Middle East order, as such a deal would project significant power against Iran and its proxies, and the Muslim ...

President Donald Trump spoke of a future for the Middle East steeped in prosperity, business deals and technological advances as he announced the U.S. would end sanctions against war-torn Syria and signed a $600 billion investment agreement with Saudi Arabia in his first visit to the region since his second term began.

I think it will be a tremendous tribute to your country, and it will be something that's really going to be very important for the future of the Middle East,' says US president - Anadolu Ajansı

This development would be a dramatic and unacceptable policy change that would drastically hamstring the Middle East peace process and undermine the successful Abraham Accords,’ they said