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Robert Greenway, one of the original architects of the Abraham Accords, told Laura Ingraham that the fragile first phase of the Israel–Hamas peace plan could be the opening the Middle East needs for a far broader normalization of relations. His message was simple and unapologetic: when America leads with clarity and strength, old bargains can be remade and new partners can be brought into the circle of peace.
Conservative foreign-policy veterans like Greenway know the Accords were never about naive idealism; they were about pragmatic statecraft that produced tangible economic and security benefits for America and our allies. Heritage has even taken up the mantle to keep pushing that agenda forward, proving that conservative institutions remain committed to converting diplomatic wins into lasting stability.
What the world just witnessed was a first phase: a ceasefire, hostage releases, and a pause in a brutal conflict that had become a grinding disaster for innocents on both sides. That breakthrough didn’t happen by accident — regional players and savvy American diplomacy coalesced around a plan that finally forced movement after years of deadlock.
Patriots should also acknowledge who moved the needle: bold, unapologetic pressure and a willingness to leverage American influence, not endless moralizing, produced results where dithering would have failed. Conservatives have long warned that weakness emboldens terrorists and tyrants; this episode proved again that peace through strength is not a slogan but a strategy that works.
Greenway’s wider point — and the one every sensible American should embrace — is that the Abraham Accords are expandable. What began as a few courageous breakthroughs can and should draw in additional Sunni states that understand a stable Middle East serves their people’s prosperity and America’s security alike.
If we are serious about peace, Washington must follow through with muscle and money directed only through trusted partners, insisting on demilitarization of terror networks and real governance reforms in Gaza. The left’s reflex to hand the keys to international bureaucracies or moralize while sanctions and terror get softer will only squander this window and betray the hostages and victims who suffered so much.
Hardworking Americans deserve a foreign policy that protects our interests, rewards our friends, and punishes aggression. Greenway’s forecast is a clarion call: build on success, expand the circle of normalizing nations, and let America lead from strength — that is the conservative, common-sense path to a safer world.
