USA-UAE-Israel held secret meeting on postwar Gaza plan

Israel, the US and the UAE held a secret meeting in Abu Dhabi last Thursday to discuss plans for Gaza after the war ends.

According to the report by Axios, which cited two Israeli officials, the discussions were hosted by UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah Bin Zayed and were attended by Strategic Affairs Minister Ron Dermer, US President Joe Biden’s MENA envoy Brett McGurk and State Department counsellor Tom Sullivan.

Axios reports that a day before US, Emirati, and Israeli officials met, a senior Emirati official indicated that Abu Dhabi is willing to contribute troops to a post-war peacekeeping force in Gaza. This makes the UAE the first Arab country to publicly support the plan being discreetly promoted by the Biden administration.