Netanyahu's office says he visited UAE secretly during the Iran war
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chiefmackdaddypuff@reddit
At this point anybody that denies that the UAE is a US/Israel proxy is basically sticking their heads in the sand.
Some of this applies to the wider GCC by extension, but UAE is still a standpoint for their staunch support for Israel (which isn’t recent considering what’s in the Epstein files).
meister2983@reddit
What evidence do you have that Israel is functionally running the UAE government? The article makes no Clark
chiefmackdaddypuff@reddit
https://harici.com.tr/en/unsealed-epstein-documents-reveal-deep-ties-to-uae-elites-and-israeli-intelligence/?amp=1
https://www.middleeastmonitor.com/20260203-newly-surfaced-epstein-email-ties-him-to-israel-uae-strategy-targeting-qatar/
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/12/israel-sent-iron-dome-anti-missile-batteries-and-personnel-to-uae-us-envoy
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/9/15/israel-uae-and-bahrain-sign-us-brokered-normalisation-deals
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2022/9/23/israel-to-supply-air-defence-system-to-the-uae
https://x.com/warfareanalysis/status/1984515633187324104?s=46&t=HftDW2lIW3dkOmKKtZOXMQ
The last one is pretty on point about how the monarchy thinks. There’s plenty more if you’d like to spend some time searching things up. They have no interest in aligning with the populace in the region, 90ish% of which sides with the Palestinian cause. The monarchs are all about self preservation and aligning with the US and Israel guarantees them their power/access/wealth.
meister2983@reddit
None of that shows they are a proxy; it shows they have an alliance. To be a proxy you would have to show that Israel is actually directing their government decisions.
chiefmackdaddypuff@reddit
“I have formed an opinion about something whilst being too ignorant about the topic, but I’m still going to try and argue about it.”
You clearly have no interest in reading further or looking into the matter beyond surface level. I don’t have time to entertain such pointless debates. Later.
meister2983@reddit
You provided zero evidence of your strong claim. You are showing the weaker claim that they are secret allies, which I already know.
Alpha_Majoris@reddit
Not so much a US proxy. This is what I read elsewhere - the UAE attacked Iran after the cease fire deal, to send a signal to the US that they follow their own agenda, and that the US should not forget about them when making a deal.
Source: https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/2026/05/13/de-emiraten-worden-steeds-vaker-gezien-als-israels-trojaanse-paard-in-de-arabische-wereld-a4927810
shineyink@reddit
Israelis weren't allowed to travel to dubai until 2020....
thebolts@reddit
They were doing business prior to that
chiefmackdaddypuff@reddit
That's the wrong metric to measure political and ideological alignment.
loggy_sci@reddit
Alignment doesn’t imply that one is the proxy of the other
chiefmackdaddypuff@reddit
It does when literally all foreign policy moves are in lock step with the other party coupled with an open declaration of support in military and economic terms.
Sarcasmed@reddit
A little get together to compare genocide notes and tips between Gaza and Sudan.
The UAE has gone fully towards becoming an Israeli proxy since the normalisation. Even Egypt and Jordan who have a longer standing peace agreement, haven't become this cosy with Israel. Between this and their above mentioned handiwork in Sudan - I wonder when the world's eyes will sour on places like Dubai and Abu Dhabi (probably never cause the vast majority of people who go there don't really care about such things).
meister2983@reddit
What evidence is there that the UAE acts as a proxy? They seem to be secret allies as they have mutual interests but I don't see any evidence Israel is directing the UAE
sulaymanf@reddit
Now that people feel too unsafe to travel to Dubai, the glamor is gone.
thebolts@reddit
It might be gone for mid level European influencers but Dubai became (and still is) popular among the global South communities that aren’t easily accepted into European or western countries.
sulaymanf@reddit
I find that hard to believe as South Asian communities suffer much more mistreatment and while Europeans can ignore it as someone else’s problem the desi influencers can’t. I’d imagine that group is first to go.
thebolts@reddit
You’d think. But the remittances to their home base makes a significant impact on their country’s GDP (Pakistan & India)
ma33a@reddit
Yeah but they have less money.
Old_Wallaby_7461@reddit
I don't think the UAE is an Israeli proxy. I think they simply have many interests (Iran, mostly) that coincide.
ZuluIsNumberOne@reddit
inversion
Anxious_Katz@reddit
Because despite being a kingdom like Jordan or a military dictatorship like Egypt, both countries have a proper native population that hates Israel with a passion. When the Jordanian Air Force ran cover for Israel and intercepted the Iranian attack last June, there were riots on the streets. You can only force unpopular politics so much before you have an uprising on your hands that could potentially overthrow your government that is already despised for being undemocratic.
The UAE doesn't really have that problem. Most UAE nationals already belong to the ruling family (well, tribe really, but I feel that's kinda chauvinistic) or are semi-aristocrats that profit from this move. The rest of the population are ~~slave~~ guest workers who have no say in anything at all.
Sarcasmed@reddit
Yeah true, and probably the only thing that has so far stopped MBS from having Saudi go exactly the same route. He seems to now be angling more down the Erdogan / Turkey route since that will play much better with the locals.
Anxious_Katz@reddit
Indeed. The UAE/Saudi relations were already frigid over key disagreements on Yemen and Sudan. This is just going to accelerate the rift. I guess low-key the Emirs also got too big for their breeches and see this as a golden opportunity to throw off the Saudi yoke and be more independent. That's why they left OPEC after all.
MBS is a much more cunning leader. He has calculated that getting involved in this shitstorm is only gonna hurt his bottom line. That's why there was so much propaganda about him wanting the war a few weeks ago. I think that was an attempt to push him into a more pronounced anti-Iran position.
HockeyHocki@reddit
Military tech sharing between Israel & ME neighbours, arab countries low key joining israel in war against a hostile muslim state. Times are changing
rattleandhum@reddit
Yeah, no wonder two countries who love genocide and engaging in the deaths of civilians abroad would find common cause.
Death cult supremacists and sheiks who like to shit on models, a match made in heaven.
Hyndis@reddit
Its the Sunni vs Shia civil war thats been raging for decades, and it looks like Iran may have finally bit off more than it can chew. Its proxies attacked too many people, and now Iran has been directly attacking every nearby country even those who remained neutral.
Reports were that oil states are furious at Iran and were on the verge of engaging in military strikes within Iran using their own air forces.
When you have Israeli, American, Saudi, Qatari, and UAE jets potentially all flying together side by side to bomb the same country, thats an incredible alliance. Iran pissed off everyone.
I do hope Iran gives up its proxy wars. If the funding stops we'll see Hamas, Hezbollah, Houthis, and western useful idiot sympathizers hopefully give it up. Once the money and organization stops there will be some fanatical loyalists remaining, but without resources they should be far less of a threat.
sergiotheleone@reddit
Iran bad everyone else good.
Clearly hasbara. And the ✌🏼irish✌🏼 guy you’re replying to is clearly your alt account. Give it up Hasbie
HockeyHocki@reddit
a palestinian claiming other peoples nationality are fake🤣
HockeyHocki@reddit
💯. Though I would say is wishful thinking Iran would give up on proxy war, not under that regime, destroying the zionist entity is baked in, fundamental to the idiology and their proxies are the front line.
have to wonder how different the middle east would be today if Iran hadnt metastasized so dreadfully in 1979.
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