Tom Friedman with a friend who also believes in the 2-state thing. If the Abraham Accords grow to include normalization between Israel and Saudi Arabia, it would prove that Israel can expand settlements, control the Palestinians and have great relations with Arab states â all at once, warned Thomas L. Friedman in Tuesday’s NY Times ( “Biden needs to move fast, though. Among the Israeli groups aggressively reaching out to the Gulf Arabs to come visit are right-wing Jewish settlers. They want to prove that Israel can expand settlements, control the Palestinians and have great relations with Arab states â all at once. It is called âAbraham Accords washing,â using the new ties with Arabs to mask Israelâs West Bank occupation.”