{"id":112353,"date":"2026-05-13T18:50:10","date_gmt":"2026-05-13T18:50:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/112353\/"},"modified":"2026-05-13T18:50:10","modified_gmt":"2026-05-13T18:50:10","slug":"israels-netanyahu-made-secret-visit-to-uae-during-iran-war","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/112353\/","title":{"rendered":"Israel\u2019s Netanyahu made \u2018secret\u2019 visit to UAE during Iran war"},"content":{"rendered":"<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s office said on Wednesday that he secretly visited the United Arab Emirates during the Iran war and spoke to the Emirati president, in what would be their first confirmed meeting.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">According to the statement, the meeting resulted in a \u201chistoric breakthrough\u201d in relations between \u200cIsrael and the UAE.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">A source familiar with the meeting said Netanyahu and Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed (MBZ) met in Al-Ain, an oasis city by the Oman border, on March 26 and that their meeting lasted several hours.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">The source said that Mossad Chief Dedi Barnea made at least two visits to the UAE during \u2060the war with Iran to coordinate military actions. The intelligence chief\u2019s visit was first reported by \u200cThe Wall Street Journal.<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Especially after coming under attack during the Iran war, the UAE has strengthened its relationships with the United States \u200cand Israel, with which it opened ties in the 2020 Abraham Accords. It \u2060views the relationship \u2060with Israel as a lever for regional influence and a unique channel to Washington.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed attends a meeting in St Petersburg, Russia, in June 2023. Photo: Kremlin via dpa\" data-qa=\"BaseImage-handleRenderImage-StyledImage\" class=\"e1gf69pb2 css-6ikqhs e445x7d0\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/51ea442d-f3aa-4831-b456-9e061e6c4bbc_ea87f0e2.jpg\" title=\"UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed attends a meeting in St Petersburg, Russia, in June 2023. Photo: Kremlin via dpa\"\/>UAE President Mohammed bin Zayed attends a meeting in St Petersburg, Russia, in June 2023. Photo: Kremlin via dpa<\/p>\n<p datatype=\"p\" data-qa=\"Component-Component\" class=\"e8zc9q40 css-1c6uqr6 ec74h0k1\">Israel sent batteries for its \u200cIron Dome interception system and personnel to operate them to the UAE during the war, US Ambassador to Israel \u200cMike Huckabee \u200csaid on Tuesday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu\u2019s office said on Wednesday that he secretly visited the United Arab Emirates during&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":112354,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[33],"tags":[5291,38868,41,38867,714,34,2344,37,12760,2478,181,38869,101,709,51],"class_list":{"0":"post-112353","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-israel","8":"tag-abraham-accords","9":"tag-al-ain","10":"tag-benjamin-netanyahu","11":"tag-dedi-barnea","12":"tag-gulf-states","13":"tag-iran","14":"tag-iron-dome","15":"tag-israel","16":"tag-mike-huckabee","17":"tag-mossad","18":"tag-oman","19":"tag-sheikh-mohammed-bin-zayed","20":"tag-strait-of-hormuz","21":"tag-uae","22":"tag-united-states"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@iran\/116568773423122284","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112353","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=112353"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/112353\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/112354"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=112353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=112353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/iran\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=112353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}