{"id":14614,"date":"2025-03-23T08:17:27","date_gmt":"2025-03-23T08:17:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/?p=14614"},"modified":"2025-03-23T08:17:27","modified_gmt":"2025-03-23T08:17:27","slug":"uaes-strategic-balancing-act-in-gaza-draws-scrutiny","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/03\/23\/uaes-strategic-balancing-act-in-gaza-draws-scrutiny\/","title":{"rendered":"UAE\u2019s Strategic Balancing Act in Gaza Draws Scrutiny"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>Watan<\/strong><\/em>-Under the title &#8220;The United Arab Emirates\u2019 Triple Game in Gaza,&#8221; French academic and historian Jean-Pierre Filiu wrote in a Le Monde opinion piece that the UAE, while deepening its strategic partnership with Israel, pretends to align with the Arab consensus on a Palestinian state and takes care to highlight its humanitarian aid efforts in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"506\" data-end=\"877\">According to Filiu, there is &#8220;no alternative\u2014in fact, truly none&#8221; to Donald Trump\u2019s plan, which envisions transforming Gaza into the &#8220;French Riviera of the Middle East&#8221; once it is emptied of its population. These statements were not made in the U.S. or Israel, but in Dubai last month by Yousef Al Otaiba, the influential Emirati ambassador to Washington.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"879\" data-end=\"1371\">Filiu notes that Al Otaiba, since assuming his post in 2008, has built strong ties with U.S. leaders across political lines and has led a massive promotional campaign for the UAE. He was at the heart of negotiations for the strategic partnership agreement between Israel and the UAE, signed in September 2020 in Washington as part of the Abraham Accords. During that time, Al Otaiba forged close relations with Donald Trump and his team\u2014ties that have become increasingly significant.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14575\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14575\" style=\"width: 1000px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14575 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/usaa00.jpg\" alt=\"Trump\u2019s administration UAE deal\" width=\"1000\" height=\"573\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/usaa00.jpg 1000w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/usaa00-300x172.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/usaa00-768x440.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14575\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">As Israel escalates its war on Gaza, the UAE strengthens ties with Trump\u2019s administration through a $25B deal<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 data-start=\"1378\" data-end=\"1405\">A Superficial Consensus<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"1407\" data-end=\"1777\">Al Otaiba is close to UAE President Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed and his younger brother, Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed. Thus, his statements are not slips of the tongue but reflect the UAE\u2019s deeper policy orientation, even if the country formally joined the Arab consensus supporting Palestinian statehood, as seen at the recent Arab Summit in Cairo.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"1779\" data-end=\"2149\">This comes as no surprise, Filiu continues, since the peace agreement between Israel and the UAE makes no mention of a Palestinian state, and aligns entirely with the Trump-Netanyahu &#8220;Peace to Prosperity&#8221; vision, unveiled in January 2020\u2014a plan the Palestinian side unanimously rejected as it included annexation of parts of East Jerusalem and the West Bank.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2151\" data-end=\"2548\">Trump\u2019s 2020 plan at least included the possibility of returning control of Gaza to the Palestinian Authority after disarming Hamas. But Netanyahu now firmly rejects even that, despite the risk of empowering Hamas. Meanwhile, the UAE works to undermine Mahmoud Abbas&#8217;s influence in Gaza by supporting his rival, Mohammed Dahlan, a Gaza native who leads a splinter faction of Fatah.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"2550\" data-end=\"2743\">Filiu argues that Fatah flags seen in Gaza\u2019s refugee camps are often those of Dahlan\u2019s supporters, who\u2014though living in the UAE\u2014do not dare return to Gaza despite their significant backing.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6567\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6567\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-6567 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/dahlan-1024x662.jpg\" alt=\"the UAE prefers a different approach, advocating for Mohammed Dahlan, a former Fatah leader exiled in Abu Dhabi, to play a key role in Gaza\u2019s governance.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"662\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/dahlan-1024x662.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/dahlan-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/dahlan-768x497.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/dahlan-1536x994.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/dahlan-150x97.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/dahlan-450x291.jpg 450w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/dahlan-1200x776.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/02\/dahlan.jpg 1600w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6567\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Mohamed Dahalan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 data-start=\"2750\" data-end=\"2783\">Humanitarian Aid as a Pretext<\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"2785\" data-end=\"3004\">According to the historian, the UAE\u2019s well-funded operations fuel disarray within Fatah, ultimately strengthening Hamas, which only allows Dahlan\u2019s affiliates to operate in purely humanitarian roles in Gaza.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3006\" data-end=\"3288\">With no credible Palestinian political partners, the UAE decided in March 2024 to cooperate with the U.S. NGO World Central Kitchen (WCK) to deliver food shipments by sea from Cyprus to Gaza\u2014despite calls from humanitarian organizations to reopen land crossings.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3290\" data-end=\"3673\">However, this initiative collapsed after the Israeli airstrike on April 1, 2024, which killed three international volunteers, three British security guards, and a Palestinian driver. Filiu notes that while the UAE later sent 2,500 aid trucks via Egypt over the course of a year, this only covered five days&#8217; worth of essential needs for Gaza\u2019s population.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_14455\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14455\" style=\"width: 1024px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-14455 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/gaza-2-1024x662.jpg\" alt=\"UAE Pressures Trump to Reject Egypt\u2019s Post-War Gaza Plan\" width=\"1024\" height=\"662\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/gaza-2-1024x662.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/gaza-2-300x194.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/gaza-2-768x497.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/gaza-2.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-14455\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Egypt Gaza plan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<h3 data-start=\"0\" data-end=\"72\"><strong data-start=\"22\" data-end=\"72\">Aid Amid Silence: UAE\u2019s Limited Impact in Gaza<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p data-start=\"3675\" data-end=\"3827\">Although Emirati officials attempted to curb the profiteering of Egyptian middlemen, their efforts met with limited success, the historian adds.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"3829\" data-end=\"4188\">The residents who receive these Emirati aid packages appreciate their quality\u2014whether food, clothing, or equipment. Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed also oversaw the evacuation of hundreds of patients and wounded to Abu Dhabi. Yet Filiu points out that this number falls far short of the actual need, which requires around 12,000 medical evacuations.<\/p>\n<p data-start=\"4190\" data-end=\"4633\">Despite this humanitarian presence, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/02\/17\/uae-breaks-arab-consensus-by-backing-trumps-plan-to-displace-palestinians\/\">UAE<\/a> has remained silent since Israel resumed its war on Gaza on March 17, 2025\u2014a silence that Filiu interprets as implicit approval, particularly as Sheikh Tahnoun bin Zayed, national security advisor and brother of the UAE president, visited the White House the day after, attending a dinner with Donald Trump\u2014without any public mention of Gaza\u2019s catastrophic situation<strong><em>.<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Watan-Under the title &#8220;The United Arab Emirates\u2019 Triple Game in Gaza,&#8221; French academic and historian Jean-Pierre Filiu wrote in a Le Monde opinion piece that the UAE, while deepening its strategic partnership with Israel, pretends to align with the Arab consensus on a Palestinian state and takes care to highlight its humanitarian aid efforts in &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":14491,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[903,4388,1376],"class_list":["post-14614","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-reports","tag-israeli-war-on-gaza","tag-jean-pierre-filiu","tag-the-uae"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v26.6 (Yoast SEO v27.5) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-premium-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>UAE\u2019s Strategic Balancing Act in Gaza Draws Scrutiny - Watan<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"French historian Jean-Pierre Filiu accuses the UAE of playing a triple game in Gaza: deepening its alliance with Israel..\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/03\/23\/uaes-strategic-balancing-act-in-gaza-draws-scrutiny\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"UAE\u2019s Strategic Balancing Act in Gaza Draws Scrutiny\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"French historian Jean-Pierre Filiu accuses the UAE of playing a triple game in Gaza: deepening its alliance with Israel..\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/03\/23\/uaes-strategic-balancing-act-in-gaza-draws-scrutiny\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Watan\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watanserbusa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-03-23T08:17:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Israel000.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1200\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"800\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Watan News\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@watanserb_news\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@watanserb_news\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Watan News\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"4 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/23\\\/uaes-strategic-balancing-act-in-gaza-draws-scrutiny\\\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/23\\\/uaes-strategic-balancing-act-in-gaza-draws-scrutiny\\\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Watan News\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b7a9ed040e0ad94cb00759f06b82c8e2\"},\"headline\":\"UAE\u2019s Strategic Balancing Act in Gaza Draws Scrutiny\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-03-23T08:17:27+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/23\\\/uaes-strategic-balancing-act-in-gaza-draws-scrutiny\\\/\"},\"wordCount\":737,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/23\\\/uaes-strategic-balancing-act-in-gaza-draws-scrutiny\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/Israel000.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Israeli war on Gaza\",\"Jean-Pierre Filiu\",\"The UAE\"],\"articleSection\":[\"Reports\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/23\\\/uaes-strategic-balancing-act-in-gaza-draws-scrutiny\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/23\\\/uaes-strategic-balancing-act-in-gaza-draws-scrutiny\\\/\",\"name\":\"UAE\u2019s Strategic Balancing Act in Gaza Draws Scrutiny - Watan\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/23\\\/uaes-strategic-balancing-act-in-gaza-draws-scrutiny\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/23\\\/uaes-strategic-balancing-act-in-gaza-draws-scrutiny\\\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/Israel000.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-03-23T08:17:27+00:00\",\"description\":\"French historian Jean-Pierre Filiu accuses the UAE of playing a triple game in Gaza: deepening its alliance with Israel..\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/23\\\/uaes-strategic-balancing-act-in-gaza-draws-scrutiny\\\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/23\\\/uaes-strategic-balancing-act-in-gaza-draws-scrutiny\\\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/23\\\/uaes-strategic-balancing-act-in-gaza-draws-scrutiny\\\/#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/Israel000.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/Israel000.jpg\",\"width\":1200,\"height\":800,\"caption\":\"UAE Pressures Trump Administration to Undermine Gaza Peace Plan and Support Israel\u2019s War Efforts\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/2025\\\/03\\\/23\\\/uaes-strategic-balancing-act-in-gaza-draws-scrutiny\\\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"UAE\u2019s Strategic Balancing Act in Gaza Draws Scrutiny\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/\",\"name\":\"Watan\",\"description\":\"Your trusted source for global Arab news\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\"},\"alternateName\":\"watanserb\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Watan News LLC\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/09\\\/watan.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2023\\\/09\\\/watan.png\",\"width\":500,\"height\":500,\"caption\":\"Watan News LLC\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/logo\\\/image\\\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/www.facebook.com\\\/watanserbusa\",\"https:\\\/\\\/x.com\\\/watanserb_news\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.instagram.com\\\/watanserb\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.linkedin.com\\\/company\\\/71589400\\\/admin\\\/feed\\\/posts\\\/\",\"https:\\\/\\\/t.me\\\/watanserb\",\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube.com\\\/channel\\\/UCuioSm-SG28IHcy8muZn2wg\",\"https:\\\/\\\/play.google.com\\\/store\\\/apps\\\/details?id=com.goodbarber.watan&hl=en_US&gl=US\",\"https:\\\/\\\/apps.apple.com\\\/us\\\/app\\\/---\\\/id1242712408\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/b7a9ed040e0ad94cb00759f06b82c8e2\",\"name\":\"Watan News\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/09e522ef0d7ae1814cd927498a250b16cf53046ded83a1c343a737cffb10d6a8?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/09e522ef0d7ae1814cd927498a250b16cf53046ded83a1c343a737cffb10d6a8?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/secure.gravatar.com\\\/avatar\\\/09e522ef0d7ae1814cd927498a250b16cf53046ded83a1c343a737cffb10d6a8?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"Watan News\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/watanserb.com\\\/en\"],\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.watanserb.com\\\/en\\\/author\\\/admin\\\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"UAE\u2019s Strategic Balancing Act in Gaza Draws Scrutiny - Watan","description":"French historian Jean-Pierre Filiu accuses the UAE of playing a triple game in Gaza: deepening its alliance with Israel..","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/03\/23\/uaes-strategic-balancing-act-in-gaza-draws-scrutiny\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"UAE\u2019s Strategic Balancing Act in Gaza Draws Scrutiny","og_description":"French historian Jean-Pierre Filiu accuses the UAE of playing a triple game in Gaza: deepening its alliance with Israel..","og_url":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/03\/23\/uaes-strategic-balancing-act-in-gaza-draws-scrutiny\/","og_site_name":"Watan","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watanserbusa","article_published_time":"2025-03-23T08:17:27+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1200,"height":800,"url":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Israel000.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"Watan News","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@watanserb_news","twitter_site":"@watanserb_news","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Watan News","Est. reading time":"4 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/03\/23\/uaes-strategic-balancing-act-in-gaza-draws-scrutiny\/#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/03\/23\/uaes-strategic-balancing-act-in-gaza-draws-scrutiny\/"},"author":{"name":"Watan News","@id":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/b7a9ed040e0ad94cb00759f06b82c8e2"},"headline":"UAE\u2019s Strategic Balancing Act in Gaza Draws Scrutiny","datePublished":"2025-03-23T08:17:27+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/03\/23\/uaes-strategic-balancing-act-in-gaza-draws-scrutiny\/"},"wordCount":737,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/03\/23\/uaes-strategic-balancing-act-in-gaza-draws-scrutiny\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Israel000.jpg","keywords":["Israeli war on Gaza","Jean-Pierre Filiu","The UAE"],"articleSection":["Reports"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/03\/23\/uaes-strategic-balancing-act-in-gaza-draws-scrutiny\/","url":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/03\/23\/uaes-strategic-balancing-act-in-gaza-draws-scrutiny\/","name":"UAE\u2019s Strategic Balancing Act in Gaza Draws Scrutiny - Watan","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/03\/23\/uaes-strategic-balancing-act-in-gaza-draws-scrutiny\/#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/03\/23\/uaes-strategic-balancing-act-in-gaza-draws-scrutiny\/#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Israel000.jpg","datePublished":"2025-03-23T08:17:27+00:00","description":"French historian Jean-Pierre Filiu accuses the UAE of playing a triple game in Gaza: deepening its alliance with Israel..","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/03\/23\/uaes-strategic-balancing-act-in-gaza-draws-scrutiny\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/03\/23\/uaes-strategic-balancing-act-in-gaza-draws-scrutiny\/"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/03\/23\/uaes-strategic-balancing-act-in-gaza-draws-scrutiny\/#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Israel000.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/Israel000.jpg","width":1200,"height":800,"caption":"UAE Pressures Trump Administration to Undermine Gaza Peace Plan and Support Israel\u2019s War Efforts"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/2025\/03\/23\/uaes-strategic-balancing-act-in-gaza-draws-scrutiny\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"UAE\u2019s Strategic Balancing Act in Gaza Draws Scrutiny"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/","name":"Watan","description":"Your trusted source for global Arab news","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/#organization"},"alternateName":"watanserb","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/#organization","name":"Watan News LLC","url":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/watan.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/09\/watan.png","width":500,"height":500,"caption":"Watan News LLC"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/watanserbusa","https:\/\/x.com\/watanserb_news","https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/watanserb\/","https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/company\/71589400\/admin\/feed\/posts\/","https:\/\/t.me\/watanserb","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCuioSm-SG28IHcy8muZn2wg","https:\/\/play.google.com\/store\/apps\/details?id=com.goodbarber.watan&hl=en_US&gl=US","https:\/\/apps.apple.com\/us\/app\/---\/id1242712408"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/#\/schema\/person\/b7a9ed040e0ad94cb00759f06b82c8e2","name":"Watan News","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/09e522ef0d7ae1814cd927498a250b16cf53046ded83a1c343a737cffb10d6a8?s=96&d=mm&r=g","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/09e522ef0d7ae1814cd927498a250b16cf53046ded83a1c343a737cffb10d6a8?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/09e522ef0d7ae1814cd927498a250b16cf53046ded83a1c343a737cffb10d6a8?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"Watan News"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/watanserb.com\/en"],"url":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/author\/admin\/"}]}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14614"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14614\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/14491"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.watanserb.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}