• Annexation in West Bank would undermine spirit of normalisation accords with Israel, UAE envoy tells Reuters
  • UAE’s criticism touches on Israeli plans to build settlement dividing West Bank
  • Far-right Israeli minister says maps being drafted for annexing territory in West Bank

DUBAI, Sept 3 (Reuters) - The United Arab Emirates warned Israel on Wednesday that annexation in the occupied West Bank would constitute a “red line” for Abu Dhabi that would severely undermine the spirit of the Abraham Accords that normalised UAE-Israeli relations.

The comments by the UAE, the most prominent of the three Arab states that signed the accords with Israel when President Donald Trump was first in office, amounted to Abu Dhabi’s sharpest criticism of Israel since the Gaza war erupted in 2023, when Hamas launched its cross-border raid from the enclave.

  • Mrkawfee@lemmy.world
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    2 days ago

    Sure. The red line is they will only invest 1.99 billion instead of 2 billion in their genocidal economy

  • NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io
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    3 days ago

    Imagine being so shitty that even the Emirates are like “wtf dude.” On the other hand, given that this is still the Emirates (those guys are funding their own genocide in Sudan) I sincerely doubt this will lead to anything.

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      3 days ago

      I think Bin Zayed is starting to get cold feet that his people eventually could turn on him too. But the greed remains stronger as we see in continued dealings with Israel, the pillaging of Sudan, destabilizing Libya…