Israel UAE Ties | UAE Denies Reports Of "Secret Visit" By Israeli PM Netanyahu

Added: 2026-05-17

[00:00:00]We're now seeing some breaking news coming in at this hour. Let's take you through it.

[00:00:04]We're getting more updates coming in at this hour that the UAE has denied reports of Benjamin Netanyahu's visit.

[00:00:10]That's right. The UAE has come forth and denied any reports of the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's visit. UAE has issued a statement saying in our court that false reports are being circulated by the media. UAE has said that Netanyahu has never visited, no Israeli military delegation has visited UAE. This is what UAE has clarified.

[00:00:29]Israel can remember claimed that Netanyahu made a secret trip to UAE. My colleague Ghazali joins us on the broadcast with the latest updates coming in. Ghazali, walk us through the details and what exactly it is that both sides are saying.

[00:00:43]It is this is not some Israeli media claiming this that Mr. Netanyahu secretly visited UAE. It is Israeli Prime Minister Mr. Netanyahu's own Twitter account or X account claim that Prime Minister [music] made a secret visit to UAE while the war was on. Now, this is hugely embarrassing, not just for Israel, but for UAE itself due to two reasons. Why? We know that Israel has become a pariah state in the West Asia as the war wages on due to its annexation policy, due to its illegal settlement policy that it continues to attack its its neighbors. Reports had also suggested that how during the war Israel had also planned to silently or secretly built up another kind of base for its military people in Iraq. And now, while the war is on, while it is while UAE continues to be one of the closest ally of of Israel in the Middle East, it comes as hugely embarrassing for them that in public Mr. Netanyahu claims that he made a secret visit and UAE is now saying that it is denying the media reports rather than clearly saying that these are not media reports. It is the Israeli Prime Minister himself which is who is who claims that he visited the UAE. And it it also came out in reports that how UAE was provided with Iron Dome for their aerial defense system to their aerial defense system while Iran was attacking them. So, huge diplomatic embarrassment for both parties as one saying that he was Absolutely.