Chicago – September 29, 2025
The UAE is pressing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to accept President Donald Trump’s Gaza peace proposal at their meeting later on Monday and to abandon any plan to annex the West Bank, a delegate with knowledge of the matter told Reuters.
The United Arab Emirates, the most prominent Arab country to normalise ties with Israel under the Abraham Accords, warned Netanyahu that annexation would shut the door to further Israeli normalisation with leading Arab and Muslim nations, including Saudi Arabia and Indonesia, the delegate added.
The Israeli leader faces pressure to annex the West Bank from far-right politicians who want to extend sovereignty over the area and snuff out hopes for a Palestinian state.
A senior Israeli official has said that Netanyahu will give Israel’s response to Trump’s Gaza peace proposal when he meets the U.S. leader at the White House on Monday.
The UAE position on Trump’s Gaza peace plan was communicated to Netanyahu by its Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed in a meeting with the Israeli leader on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly in New York on Friday, the delegate said.
The contents of Sheikh Abdullah’s remarks to Netanyahu at the meeting have not been previously reported.
The UAE position on Trump’s Gaza peace plan was communicated to Netanyahu by its Foreign Minister Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed in a meeting with the Israeli leader on the sidelines of the U.N. General Assembly in New York on Friday, the delegate said.
The contents of Sheikh Abdullah’s remarks to Netanyahu at the meeting have not been previously reported.
