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Thursday, January 09, 2025

My proposal for making the Gaza an emirate of the UAE is getting a little closer to reality

Over a year ago, I proposed a "day after" scenario in Gaza that would bring peace and prosperity to the residents there, security to Israel and a huge boon to the entire region: turn Gaza into the eighth United Arab Emirate.The reasons it makes sense are:* Only a Gulf country has the resources to rebuild Gaza and realize its dream of becoming a Singapore.* Israel is at peace...

The Palestinian Authority rejected a UAE "day after" plan for Gaza that would lead to a Palestinian state. As they always do.

Palestinian Sada News gives details on a UAE plan presented to Antony Blinken about how to unify Gaza and the West Bank under a trusted, transparent and revamped Palestinian Authority, a move that would lead to a two state solution.Mahmoud Abbas rejected it, as he has rejected every single peace plan that has ever crossed his or his predecessor's desk.The plan includes:The...

Another reason Gaza should become "The Emirate of Palestine"

People keep talking about the necessity of a plan for governing Gaza, and none of the plans suggested have the slightest chance of being successful.The Palestinian Authority cannot govern themselves, let alone Gaza. Israel has tried empowering local clans as alternate rulers for years and it has never worked out because there are too many threats from armed Islamists and no...

The "Emirate of Palestine" - the UAE is the key for a lasting solution to the Gaza crisis

There are lots of articles about "the day after" in Gaza. Most of them envision some sort of Palestinian self-rule. The US, Saudi Arabia and others are pushing a "revitalized" Palestinian Authority.This is a recipe for disaster. Palestinians overwhelmingly support Hamas and destroying Israel, in survey after survey. If there are elections, the terror supporters...

The best solution for everyone: Turn Gaza into a new emirate for the UAE! (update)

There have been a number of articles about how to fill the vacuum that ill be left in Gaza after Israel destroys Hamas. It is a significant question: no one wants another Islamist group to take over.The US is pushing for the Palestinian Authority to reassert control, but the PA is trying to extort a state out of it, saying it doesn't want to gain power based on Israeli actions. But...

UAE Foreign Minister condemns Abbas' antisemitic statements

Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, UAE Minister of Foreign Affairs, met with the leaders of Jewish groups at the UN today.According to the Emirates WAM News Agency, "His Highness condemned the irresponsible statements made by Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas regarding the Jews and the Nazi Holocaust."The minister also said that the UAE rejects hate speech and extremism,...

The UAE both helped, and tried to hurt, Israel during UNIFIL resolution debates

The UN Security Council passed a resolution extending the mandate of UNIFIL in southern Lebanon for another year.There were some points of contention during the debates. The major issue was that the original proposed language from France copied language from last year's resolution that Hezbollah and Lebanon opposed that gives freedom of movement to UNIFIL and allows it to...

A surprising number of Arab youth in the UAE, Egypt and even Algeria(!) support normalization with Israel

From reading the media, the impression one gets is that while Arab governments are considering the benefits of closer relations with Israel, the populations are completely against it.It turns out that this is not exactly true.The 2023 Arab Youth Survey mentions that nearly 17% of Gulf citizens and 11% of North African youth now see Israel as a strong ally or somewhat...

Arab media painting "land bridge" idea between the Gulf and Haifa in antisemitic terms

Last week, YNet reported:Jerusalem and Washington are advancing a secret plan to establish a continuous land bridge connecting the United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Jordan and Israel, leading from the Persian Gulf straight to Israel's seaports. This is intended for the export of goods from the East to Europe through Israel, and later for tourist movement as well.The land...

The Saudis are emerging as the new superpower of the Middle East

The United States has left a leadership vacuum in the Middle east - and the Saudis filling it.For decades, there has been jockeying on who would be the leader of the Muslim world. Egypt filled the role under Nasser but since then it has been a free for all. Iran tried to position itself as that leader in the 2000s, but it could not overcome the antipathy from the Sunni...

More "Apartheid:" Israel helps free Israeli Arab anti-Zionist activist from UAE prison

From Times of Israel:An Israeli woman was released from prison in the United Arab Emirates on Saturday night and was flown back to Israel early Sunday, after UAE President Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan granted her amnesty as a personal gesture to President Isaac Herzog.Fidaa Kiwan was serving life in prison for drug smuggling. She was originally sentenced to death in April 2022,...

The most paranoid, antisemitic take on Dubai's "Abrahamic Family House" yet

As I've been reporting, ever since the Abraham Accords were announced, some Arab commentators have sounded the alarm, saying that this is the beginning of a new "Abrahamic" religion meant by Jews to destroy Islam.Those fears were multiplied by the opening of the multifaith Abrahamic Family House in Dubai.Now the head of the Egyptian Islamist Nour party is putting all the pieces...

Here's a new one: "Jews exterminated Native Americans"

It is rare to see a completely new antisemitic libel. Most of them are retreads of older ones. But thanks to a Houthi newspaper, we can see an entirely new accusation against Jews. The main part of the article in the news site 26Sep rails against Emirati normalization with Israel and warns that Israel will turn the UAE into a Zionist satellite nation. This is all standard...

Some Arabs very upset by a synagogue in Abu Dhabi

Last week, to much fanfare, the Maimonides synagogue was formally opened in Abu Dhabi as part of the Abrahamic Family House interfaith project spearheaded by the UAE royal family.Many reports say that this is the first synagogue in Abu Dhabi, but in fact there was a modest synagogue that had been operating quietly for years in a rented villa for Jewish businesspeople in the...

"Jewish settlers" taking over the UAE? US-based pan-Arab newspaper upset over a mezuzah

Watanserb is a popular US-based Arab news site. They have a new, breathless story based on a tweet by Israel in the Gulf showing UAE's Chabad Rabbi Levi Duchman:The tweet prompted one of Watanserb's top stories:In the manner of “soft settlement,” Jews residing in the United Arab Emirates continue to buy homes to live in, at a time when Israel is demolishing the homes of Palestinians...