Emirates attacks Netanyahu: “He does not have legal capacity” to administer Gaza
The United Arab Emirates (UAE), which recognized Israel in 2020, has denounced some “statements” by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in which he claims that he called on the Arab country to participate in the administration of Gaza after the war, and considered that the Israeli “does not have the legal capacity to do so.” “The UAE denounces the statements of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on a call for the (Arab) country to participate in the civil administration of the Gaza Strip, which is under Israeli occupation,” said Emirati Foreign Minister Abdala. bin Zayed, in his official account on X.
Zayed has stressed that “the Emirates refuses to get involved in any plan aimed at covering the Israeli presence in Gaza,” according to his message, also reproduced by the official Emirati news agency, WAM. He has also stressed that his country “will be fully prepared to provide all forms of support (…) when a Palestinian Government is formed that meets the hopes and aspirations of the brother Palestinian people and enjoys integrity, competence and independence.” .
The Emirates is one of the key allies of the United States in the Persian Gulf, and while it does not have good relations with the Palestinian Islamist group Hamas, which expelled the Palestinian National Authority (PNA) from Gaza in 2007, it signed peace with Israel in 2020. thanks to the “Abraham Accords”. Since that date, the United Arab Emirates has taken important steps towards rapprochement with the Jewish State, especially in the economic and commercial spheres, although its ties have cooled due to the Israeli war in Gaza, with more than 35,000 inhabitants of the strip. killed by Israeli attacks.
Bin Zayed received the leader of the Israeli opposition, Yair Lapid, in Abu Dhabi on May 2, to whom he stressed the need to promote “a serious political horizon” to resolve the conflict in the Middle East, and give priority to a ceasefire. in Gaza, at a time when internal and external pressures on Netanyahu are growing. (Efe)
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