A leaked document reveals details of the planned support for the Zionists through UAE’s military bases around the Red Sea
The United Arab Emirates was considering a proposal to use UAE bases in the Red Sea to provide direct military intelligence and logistical support to Israel throughout its genocide, according to a document leaked through EmirateLeaks.
Drafted in October 2023 by Hamdan bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, Representative of the Al-Dhafra Region and Chairman of the UAE Red Crescent Authority, it is addressed to the Joint Operations Command of the UAE Armed Forces. It was written by Hamdan bin Zayed Al-Nahyan, Representative of the Al-Dhafra Region and Chairman of the UAE Red Crescent Authority.
“We need to strengthen and support Israel until the terrorists are defeated, the document reads. It also calls for “close, cohesive, and integrated” cooperation in “counterterrorism, intelligence sharing, and military technology, and “confirms the provision of intelligence equipment and devices to Israel worth one billion dollars.”
“With the [7 October] terrorist … attacks on the sister state of Israel, and based on the historic agreement stipulating cooperation between the two countries … and in implementation of the order issued by the UAE Joint Operations Command to support the State of Israel through military bases in the southern Red Sea region – Al-Mokha on Yemen’s western coast, as well as Massawa and Assab in Eritrea and Somalia – swift preparations and readiness were undertaken to provide our military bases in the southern Red Sea, especially in Yemen, with everything necessary to support the State of Israel,” the document reads.
“There is ample room to cite our previous ties with the State of Israel, which obligate us to cooperate with it and come to its aid, to rally in its support in times of adversity and prosperity alike. The United Arab Emirates and the State of Israel are linked by close cultural, diplomatic, economic, and security relations, and these relations have intensified since the historic agreement of 2020,” it says.
The UAE officially normalized ties with Israel in 2020, when the US-brokered Abraham Accords were signed. Washington and Tel Aviv have been pushing for Saudi Arabia and other Arab states to join the Abraham Accords.
The document goes on to call out Qatar for its support for Hamas, claiming that Kuwait was acting in concert with Qatar to provide massive financial support to fighting groups in Palestine.
It goes on to criticize Qatari support for Hamas, while also accusing Kuwait of acting “alongside Qatar” in “providing massive financial support to fighting groups in Palestine,” while calling this a “clear contradiction to our state’s policies and to the agreements between our state and Kuwait”.