{"id":70619,"date":"2026-05-14T07:44:11","date_gmt":"2026-05-14T07:44:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/70619\/"},"modified":"2026-05-14T07:44:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-14T07:44:11","slug":"uae-denies-netanyahu-secretly-visited-the-country-during-the-iran-war-region","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/people\/70619\/","title":{"rendered":"UAE denies Netanyahu secretly visited the country during the Iran war | Region"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>JERUSALEM (AP) \u2014 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu quietly visited the United Arab Emirates during the <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/hub\/iran\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Israeli-U.S. war<\/a> with Iran, his office said Wednesday. The UAE later denied any secret visit had occurred.<\/p>\n<p>Netanyahu met with UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan in a gathering that \u201cresulted in a historic breakthrough in relations between Israel and the United Arab Emirates,\u201d according to the Israeli statement. The Gulf nation <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/virus-outbreak-israel-ap-top-news-iran-united-arab-emirates-abcb0ed9a84e2d3da7d87c28641ccc21\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">normalized relations with Israel<\/a> in 2020.<\/p>\n<p>kAm%96 &amp;pt\u2019D @77:4:2= (p| ?6HD 286?4J =2E6C A@DE65 2? 2CE:4=6 56?J:?8 \u201cC6A@CED 4:C4F=2E:?8\u201d 23@FE 2 }6E2?J29F G:D:E] p44@C5:?8 E@ (p|[ E96 4@F?ECJ\u2019D C6=2E:@?D H:E9 xDC26= \u201c2C6 AF3=:4 2?5 4@?5F4E65 H:E9:? 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