Pakistan’s mediator – U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham said Pakistan’s role as a mediator in the United States’ war with Iran is “more than problematic,” warning that Pakistan’s long-standing hostility toward Israel is shaping the process. Graham urged Islamabad to answer U.S. President
When U.S.-Iran tensions are already high, Senator Lindsey Graham has moved the focus to Pakistan’s place in the middle.
In a post on X. the Republican senator called Pakistan’s mediator role “more than problematic. ” adding that “Their animosity towards Israel is long standing.” The remark landed alongside a separate statement from Pakistan’s Defence Minister Khwaja Asif. who said he is not in favor of Islamabad joining the Abraham Accords—an agreement aimed at establishing diplomatic. economic and security ties between Israel and Arab nations.
Graham’s message was direct: he urged Pakistan to respond to U.S. President Donald Trump’s call to mediators in the U.S.-Iran war to join the Abraham Accords. “As to the defence minister’s comments about the Abraham Accords. saying that Pakistan would never join because they don’t trust Israel: The clip may be a year old. but I fear the sentiment is fresh. ” the South Carolina senator said.
He returned to Trump’s request with urgency. “In that regard, it is imperative that Pakistan give an answer now to President Trump’s call to join the Abraham Accords,” Graham added.
In the same pushback, Graham pointed to Pakistan’s military cooperation and public rhetoric toward Israel. He said it is “undeniable” that Iranian military aircraft were being housed on Pakistani air bases. and he described the past rhetoric from the highest Pakistani officials against Israel as “disturbing.”.
As the dispute tightens, Asif’s stance also remains clear. He said Pakistan does not support accepting Israel until a Palestinian state on the pre-1967 borders is established, with East Jerusalem as its capital.
The tension between Graham’s call for immediate alignment with the Abraham Accords and Pakistan’s stated conditions is now at the center of a broader argument about who can credibly mediate—and what any mediation can realistically achieve as Iran-related military concerns and Israel-policy disputes collide.
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