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Friday, October 24, 2025
Report: Senior UAE official held call with Smotrich during layover in Dubai, warning against steps that could tank Abraham Accords
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Channel 12 reports, without citing any sources, that a senior Emirati official phoned Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich last month when the far-right cabinet member was briefly in Dubai for a layover en route to a work trip in India.
During the call, the unnamed senior Emirati official tried to explain to Smotrich the importance of the Abraham Accords and what kinds of steps could put the agreements at risk, the network says, indicating that the finance minister did not internalize the lesson when he made his comments mocking Saudi Arabia earlier this week.
Channel 12 cites an unnamed senior Israeli official who claimed that Smotrich’s comments undid over six months of quiet work in Jerusalem to advance a normalization deal between Israel and Saudi Arabia.
The Times of Israel Community.