Kazakhstan joins the Abraham Accords—and Hamas gets its answer

**Terrorism as Diplomatic Strategy Suffers Another Defeat: Kazakhstan Joins the Abraham Accords**

*By Bepi Pezzulli | American Thinker | November 8, 2025*

On Thursday, Kazakhstan became the first country in Donald Trump’s second term to join the Abraham Accords, formalizing a relationship with Israel that has existed since 1992. While the announcement came thirty-three years after diplomatic ties began—making it roughly as groundbreaking as celebrating a silver wedding—timing is everything. This particular development delivers a verdict on one of the most consequential gambles in recent Middle Eastern history.

Documents captured by the Israel Defense Forces (IDF) in Gaza reveal that Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar told his inner circle on October 2, 2023, that an “extraordinary act” was needed to derail Israel-Saudi normalization. He warned that the deal was “progressing significantly” and would “open the door for the majority of Arab and Islamic countries to follow the same path.”

Five days later, Hamas murdered 1,200 Israelis and abducted 250 others. The calculation was simple: spectacular violence would freeze regional peace, vindicate rejectionism, and prove that Palestinian suffering commands the Muslim world’s loyalty more than economic opportunity or strategic necessity.

Kazakhstan’s decision shows how that gamble worked out. The Central Asian nation of 20 million people—70 percent of whom are Sunni Muslim—joins the Accords not despite the events of October 7 but because the war that followed clarified what truly matters.

President Kassym-Jomart Tokayev announced the move during meetings with President Trump, who facilitated a call with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and framed Kazakhstan’s accession as evidence that “the Abraham Accords is a club that many countries want to be a member of.”

The official ceremony will take place soon, and more countries are expected to follow Kazakhstan’s lead. Hamas aimed to stop history—and instead accelerated it.

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*Read more at [American Thinker](https://americanthinker.com).*

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**Topics:** Foreign Affairs | Hamas | Israel | News/Current Events
**Keywords:** Abraham Accords | Hamas | Kazakhstan

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