Reports and news about UAE cooperation with the US and the Zionist regime against Iran and regional security were even raised at the BRICS summit, where, in a major scandal, the UAE blocked the issuance of the summit’s final statement to defend these aggressions. Meanwhile, the Israeli network “24 News” revealed that after the Zionist prime minister’s office disclosed Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to Abu Dhabi amid the war against Iran, Tel Aviv received a very harsh protest message from the UAE. This message was conveyed directly from UAE Ambassador to the Occupied Territories Mohamed Al Khaja to the internal security headquarters in the Zionist prime minister’s office. Although the UAE Foreign Ministry “categorically” denied reports of Netanyahu’s visit during the regional war, given the UAE’s record of creating regional crises and its participation in the Ramadan War, such meetings are not far-fetched.

Political and Security Dimensions of the Leak

Nevertheless, the confusion of Abu Dhabi’s leaders in denying these coordinations may stem from fear of the future consequences of such ties, consequences that, on one hand, could turn the UAE into a legitimate target for Iran’s self-defense if any military confrontation with the US and the Zionist regime begins, and on the other hand, could destroy years of heavy UAE investment in its global brand, given rising disgust toward the Zionist regime.

The Zionist regime’s leaders admitting to visiting the UAE, even if aimed at Netanyahu’s political goals of exaggerating normalization and pushing Arab countries to play into this regime’s hands against Iran (as US officials have officially acknowledged the role of some Arab countries in the Ramadan War to offset political costs of their defeat), nevertheless, this leak could serve to activate Iran’s legitimate right to self-defense should any military hostilities commence with the US and the Zionist regime. During the Ramadan War, Iran, adhering to good neighborliness and respect for regional nations and governments, refrained from targeting Arab countries, striking only Zionist and US bases, interests, and assets. Now, Zionist admissions could grant Iran the right to target the UAE as part of hostile forces. Today everyone knows Iran’s military capability and understands that Iran has both the capacity to respond to any threat and the seriousness to follow through on its warnings, therefore, a harsh response awaits the UAE.

Geopolitical Costs and International Credibility of the UAE

The UAE’s leaders, now caught in the selfishness and profiteering of the Zionist regime with their hands exposed to all, fear the repercussions of such a situation. Claiming security and technological advantages, the UAE sought to position itself, in competition with Qatar and Saudi Arabia, as a regional and global economic hub, partly achieved in Dubai. At the same time, the UAE has spent billions on media and advertising campaigns, including cooperation with Western countries, to brand itself as peaceful and humanitarian. By participating in US‑Zionist crimes, the UAE faces isolation and suspicion from neighbors as a disruptor of regional security, while its global credibility suffers greatly. Today, global public opinion and even governments are swept by a wave of disgust toward the Zionist regime and Trump’s America, so much so that anyone associated with them faces popular revulsion. For the UAE, this means burning past investments and discrediting its humanitarian and peaceful propaganda, effectively destroying its public diplomacy.

Outlook for Tensions and Regional Consequences

The UAE, which once imagined that US and Zionist support and capacities would help it go global, has not only failed to achieve that but is now paying a heavy price for such ties, the global community sees its leaders as accomplices in US‑Zionist crimes from Gaza to the Minab School. The undeniable truth is that the current situation in the Strait of Hormuz and Iran’s forced smart management of it is the result of US‑Zionist warmongering, which has sparked global protests against them. Although the UAE is seeking global allies, such as its $5 billion investment in India, to escape the quagmire of cooperation with the US and Zionist regime, its name now stands alongside theirs as a cause for the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, increasing negative reactions and even possible actions by other countries against it. Today the UAE, as part of the US‑Zionist war and terror machine, faces restrictions on passage through the Strait of Hormuz while alternative routes have proven ineffective; simultaneously, the world holds the UAE responsible for this situation, which could lead to sanctions against it. What has trapped the UAE is a miscalculation, choosing the wrong side of history and aligning with the enemies of the region and humanity, bringing and continuing to bring enormous economic, security, political, and reputational costs, as seen in the UAE’s isolation at the BRICS summit. The only way out is to end its attachments and delusions of profiting from ties with the Zionist regime and the US, and to submit to a new regional and global order. Otherwise, the fast-moving train of its crises, from separatist tendencies among sheikhdoms to regional and global isolation, will not stop.