avatarAndalusian Horseman

Free AI web copilot to create summaries, insights and extended knowledge, download it at here

1842

Abstract

even more. Despite the fact that flags are banned in the holy mosque, consficating the flags is having an opposite effect because they view this as the Saudi authorities clamping down on their freedom.</p><p id="2eb2" type="7">And the UAE has come to the realization that they cannot suppress the public anger any longer, so they were searching for an opportunity where they can still have relations with the US and criticise Israel to appease the domestic public.</p><p id="f882">Because the whole point of normalization with Israel was to get access to the power corridors in Washington, which is why they put up with Netanyahu despite the fact that they preferred Benny Gantz, because he is a moderate compared to Netanyahu.</p><p id="3fbd">They’re regretting betting on Israel, because by association they’re also getting the flak world-wide. Supporting a genocidal state is bad for business, it’s bad for business even more so because they’ve built up a soft image to attract tourism and investment.</p><p id="5e8d">The backlash they received over issuing statements in which they supported Israel, and condemned the resistance has invited ire from all over the Middle East and that’s bad for business.</p><p id="2133">So, when Chuck Schumer condemned Netanyahu, they received the green light to criticize Israel publicly, who they have been supporting behind the scenes with a land route that allows food and supplies into Israel.</p><p id="56e5">I was surprised when I saw their statement where they criticized Israel for starving the Gazan’s and threatened them that they would stop the land route. Because it wasn’t like them at all, then I connected the dots with Schumer’s speech and realized, yep, they got a green signal from Washington to go ahead.</p><p id="c647">They also, and this is just speculation here, could’ve been pr

Options

essured by the Egyptians to release a statement to condemn Israel. If you’d remember the 150 billion which was given to Egypt. It was an extortionate amount of money.</p><p id="8d02">1. <i>Because the Island they’re developing in the west of Alexandria (Ras Al Hekama) isn’t worth that much.</i></p><p id="3581">2. <i>It won’t cost 150 billion for them to develop it.</i></p><p id="9864">It was an obscene amount they had invested in Egypt, for which there was a logical explanation why they invested that much and funnily it gave Egypt enough funds to start purchasing military equipment (buying drones from Turkey) and modernizing their armed forces.</p><p id="71e5">Now the question is what will the UAE do from now on? Well, the UAE needs to improve its image. For the past 5 months and probably even before its image has taken a huge nosedive and they’re dealing with a population at home, a Muslim population who is angry and upset at their King’s ties with Israel.</p><p id="462d">If the US plans for an early election succeeds and Netanyahu is deposed, then the UAE will most likely endorse Benny Gantz for leadership, along with other nations in the Middle East.</p><p id="db2c">It won’t completely sever its ties to Israel, because they still need to rely on Washington to help them in the power struggle against Saudi Arabia.</p><p id="46bf">But they’ll be more willing to do business with Benny Gantz than they will do with Netanyahu.</p><p id="5bd9">But their biggest fear is that if Netanyahu does succeed in starving Gaza’s population and if millions die, the backlash of that will be so extreme across the middle east that it’ll set fire to the region, possibly igniting the chances of a 2nd Arab Spring and this time it’ll be the Gulf Countries who’ll be the victims.</p><p id="61b1">Thanks for reading.</p></article></body>

UAE is regretting betting on Israel after the green light from Washington.

Chuck Schumer speech basically changed the whole game.

MBZ

At one point UAE and Israel were long lost besties who suddenly found each other. They were hosting parties and clubs with the Emiratis dancing with their Israeli counterparts in the halls of the Sultan’s Palace.

Gaza changed the whole dynamics in the past 5 months. At first the Gulf Monarchies didn’t care what happened in Gaza, but then public backlash came and they had to dish out statements condemning the attack on Gaza but assuring their Israelis counterparts and Blinken that it will change nothing in their relationship.

Then fast forward 5 months later, they’ve all changed their stance. After the havoc Israel has wrecked in Gaza it has become untenable to continue to support them. Public backlash and the fact that they’ve taken this case to the ICJ proves that the Emirates are double-thinking their position on the entire relationship.

Companies from all around the world are breaking ties with Israeli companies because they can’t do business with another entity that has the genocide tag attached to them. It’s bad business.

And the same situation lies in front of Gulf Monarchies. Normalization for them is impossible now because of what Israel has done. They’re trying to suppress the public anger, but it’s igniting it even more. Add global public ire as and it’s a melting pot of emotions right now.

The scenes from Makkah where authorities are confiscating Palestinian flags are inflaming people even more. Despite the fact that flags are banned in the holy mosque, consficating the flags is having an opposite effect because they view this as the Saudi authorities clamping down on their freedom.

And the UAE has come to the realization that they cannot suppress the public anger any longer, so they were searching for an opportunity where they can still have relations with the US and criticise Israel to appease the domestic public.

Because the whole point of normalization with Israel was to get access to the power corridors in Washington, which is why they put up with Netanyahu despite the fact that they preferred Benny Gantz, because he is a moderate compared to Netanyahu.

They’re regretting betting on Israel, because by association they’re also getting the flak world-wide. Supporting a genocidal state is bad for business, it’s bad for business even more so because they’ve built up a soft image to attract tourism and investment.

The backlash they received over issuing statements in which they supported Israel, and condemned the resistance has invited ire from all over the Middle East and that’s bad for business.

So, when Chuck Schumer condemned Netanyahu, they received the green light to criticize Israel publicly, who they have been supporting behind the scenes with a land route that allows food and supplies into Israel.

I was surprised when I saw their statement where they criticized Israel for starving the Gazan’s and threatened them that they would stop the land route. Because it wasn’t like them at all, then I connected the dots with Schumer’s speech and realized, yep, they got a green signal from Washington to go ahead.

They also, and this is just speculation here, could’ve been pressured by the Egyptians to release a statement to condemn Israel. If you’d remember the $150 billion which was given to Egypt. It was an extortionate amount of money.

1. Because the Island they’re developing in the west of Alexandria (Ras Al Hekama) isn’t worth that much.

2. It won’t cost $150 billion for them to develop it.

It was an obscene amount they had invested in Egypt, for which there was a logical explanation why they invested that much and funnily it gave Egypt enough funds to start purchasing military equipment (buying drones from Turkey) and modernizing their armed forces.

Now the question is what will the UAE do from now on? Well, the UAE needs to improve its image. For the past 5 months and probably even before its image has taken a huge nosedive and they’re dealing with a population at home, a Muslim population who is angry and upset at their King’s ties with Israel.

If the US plans for an early election succeeds and Netanyahu is deposed, then the UAE will most likely endorse Benny Gantz for leadership, along with other nations in the Middle East.

It won’t completely sever its ties to Israel, because they still need to rely on Washington to help them in the power struggle against Saudi Arabia.

But they’ll be more willing to do business with Benny Gantz than they will do with Netanyahu.

But their biggest fear is that if Netanyahu does succeed in starving Gaza’s population and if millions die, the backlash of that will be so extreme across the middle east that it’ll set fire to the region, possibly igniting the chances of a 2nd Arab Spring and this time it’ll be the Gulf Countries who’ll be the victims.

Thanks for reading.

Uae
America
Middle East
Recommended from ReadMedium