UAE official reportedly warns Netanyahu about potential damage to Abraham Accords
Khaldoon Al Mubarak met with Netanyahu this week, telling him that the direction of the government "goes completely against the accords."
A senior official from the United Arab Emirates has warned Prime Minister Netanyahu that his government’s actions “endanger” ties with UAE and other Arab countries.
According to KAN Public Broadcaster, Khaldoon Al Mubarak met with Netanyahu this week, telling him that the direction of the government “goes completely against the Abraham Accords.”
Mubarak also reportedly warned that the government’s actions “endanger any potential advance” of relations with the UAE and other Arab countries.
“Some politicians are even supporting violence. This goes against the spirit of the Abraham Accords and the current practice, and endangers regional stability,” he said.
Tensions between Israelis and Palestinians have risen drastically since Netanyahu took office, with several of his coalition partners making inflammatory and violent remarks about the Palestinians.
Finance Minister Betzalel Smotrich said earlier this month that the Palestinian town of Huwara should be “wiped out” after violent settlers carried out a pogrom there.
During his visit to Paris this week, Smotrich made another inflammatory remark, saying: “There is no such thing as a Palestinian people.” His comments on Huwara and the Palestinians have been widely condemned, including by the UAE.
Mubarak’s reported warning to Netanyahu comes after Transportation Minister Miri Regev made a controversial remark about the UAE, saying: “I’ve been to Dubai. I won’t be going back. I don’t like the place.” Regev visited UAE in 2018 when she was culture and sports minister.
Netanyahu visit to UAE in January was canceled after National Security Minister Itamar Ben-Gvir visited the Temple Mount, causing the UAE to call an emergency meeting at the United Nations Security Council.
Ben-Gvir’s visit was seen as highly provocative due to his remarks in recent years that Jews should be allowed to pray at the Temple Mount, where the Al-Aqsa mosque is located. Jews are currently only allowed to visit and not pray there as per the status-quo agreement between Israel and Jordan from 1967.
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