CNN host Boris Sánchez on Monday argued that the Abraham Accords between Israel and several Arab countries, supported by former President Donald Trump, inspired Hamas to respond to the October 7, 2023 terrorist attack. He criticized former President Donald Trump.

Hamas attacks on Israel on October 7 left more than 1,200 people dead and hundreds kidnapped. Sanchez sought to deflect from former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy’s criticism of the Biden-Harris administration’s foreign policy, including touting that Trump brokered a peace deal. (Related: CNBC guest Kamala Harris says her comments about the Gaza war were “factually incorrect”)

“It is no exaggeration to say that analysts are pointing out that progress on the Abraham Accords and the possibility of Israel normalizing relations with Saudi Arabia ultimately led to the Hamas attack,” Sanchez told Ramaswamy. ” he said.

In 2020, President Trump brokered an agreement between Israel, Bahrain, and the United Arab Emirates. The Abraham Accords also included the removal of Sudan from the list of states sponsoring terrorism in exchange for normalizing relations with Israel.

Morocco also normalized diplomatic relations with Israel during the Trump administration.

At the beginning of this segment, Mr. Sanchez asked Mr. Ramaswamy about the deployment of U.S. missile defense forces to Israel.

“I think the problem is that the root cause of how we got to this point in the first place is weakness in the White House,” Ramaswamy said. “Look now, Americans are wondering the same thing that the rest of the world looks at the American White House and wonders: Who is really in charge? There are no clear answers. And when there is a lack of leadership, that’s when we see Russia invading Ukraine. Under President Trump’s leadership, we see chaos again in the Middle East. Consider where we are today, on the brink of a major regional war.

Ramaswamy linked multiple crises around the world to the Biden-Harris administration’s “weak leadership.” (Related: Israeli military rescues four hostages from Gaza, Israel Defense Forces announced)

“Kamala Harris, in her own words, owns those decisions, as the proverbial last person in the room when they were made. I think much of the disaster can be attributed to poor decision-making, including instability in the Middle East,” Ramaswamy said. “That’s why I think if you have to choose between the people running for president of the United States who will keep us out of World War III, Donald Trump is definitely the right answer. I think so.” Question. “

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