UAE emerges as the United States and Israel’s best Arab friend

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With Arab leaders gathering in Cairo later this month for an emergency summit on Gaza, the United Arab Emirates has emerged as the United States and Israel’s best Arab friend.

Almost alone among Arab states, the UAE has called for engaging with US President Donald J. Trump on his Gaza resettlement plan that calls for moving out the majority of the Strip’s 2.3 million Palestinian residents and turning it into a high-end beachfront real estate development.

Instead of rejecting the plan outright, the UAE has suggested that the Arab summit focus on its rejection of the resettlement aspect of the plan while reiterating that the creation of an independent Palestinian state alongside Israel is the only way of achieving sustainable Israeli-Palestinian peace.