After Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu suggested that the United Arab Emirates would assist a post-war administration in Gaza, the UAE responded on Saturday.
The prominent Gulf state has maintained official diplomatic relations with Israel throughout Israel’s almost six-month Gaza conflict and despite tensions.
In an interview, the Israeli leader suggested that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) and other Middle Eastern countries may become involved in a civilian administration of Palestinian land.
“The UAE denounced the Israeli leader’s comments,” Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs, in an early morning post on X, said.
In an interview that aired on Thursday, Mr. Netanyahu’s has discussed the possible future of Gaza with Dr. Phil McGraw, a host of an American talk show.
Even after the fighting ends, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said that Israel must maintain security control of Gaza, and because some of his cabinet ministers are strongly against the establishment of a Palestinian state.
Following Hamas’s defeat so McGraw questioned the Israeli Prime Minister about the fate of Gaza.
“We probably will have to have some kind of civilian government, some civil administration by Gazans that are not committed to our destruction, possibly with the aid of the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia and other countries that, I think, want to see stability and peace,” Mr Netanyahu responded.
A UN expert expressed scepticism about Israel’s expectations for the UAE to have a role in the future administration of Gaza.
“Knowing the region, I cannot see any circumstances under which the UAE and perhaps others would agree to join an interim Gaza civilian administration at Israel’s request,”Nickolay Mladenov, a former UN special co-ordinator in Iraq, said.
Because of the fact that diplomatic links allowed it to send supplies into Gaza and the UAE has criticised Israel for the conflict and the high civilian fatality toll.
The UAE president has asked international leaders to end the Palastine-Israel conflict.
