He called on "all parties" to show restraint ... The UAE Foreign Minister calls for an end to "acts of violence" in Palestine and Israel, and condolences for "all the victims."

The UAE Minister of Foreign Affairs, Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, expressed the UAE’s grave concern over what he called “the escalation of violence in Israel and Palestine,” and affirmed that his country offered its sincere condolences to “all the victims who were killed as a result of the recent hostilities.

In a statement issued on Friday, bin Zayed said that the UAE "joins its voice to others in calling for an immediate cessation of violence and hostilities."

He added that his country "calls on all parties to exercise utmost restraint, and to take immediate steps to abide by the ceasefire and start a political dialogue."

The Emirati official stated that the "distressing events" that took place were "an important reminder of the need to start peaceful dialogue and reconciliation."

He stressed that Abu Dhabi "relies on the promises of the Abraham accords for our present and future generations to live with their neighbors in peace, dignity and prosperity."

Bin Zayed spoke of the need to "stop all actions and practices that he described as provocative and vengeful, which would increase tension and tension between the two sides."

Serving Israel

Yesterday, an article in the British Middle East Eye website stated that Twitter users in the UAE are - with the tacit support of the state - distorting, selecting and reformulating facts to serve Israel at the expense of the Palestinians.

The author of the article, Andreas Craig, a lecturer at the School of Security Studies at King's College London, said that the gap between the reality on the ground in Jerusalem and how Israel rotates it is widening day by day, as Israel's vast public relations network receives support from seemingly unexpected parties, namely the UAE.

Craig added that the Emirati support for excessive Israeli police violence against legitimate demonstrators is not a coincidence, as the UAE - even before the Abraham Accords - had shown ideological synergies with extreme right-wing Israeli positions and fear-based narratives, which aim to justify the suppression of Arab civil society.

And last year, the Israeli newspaper "Jerusalem Post" suggested that the Israeli prime minister hold a joint prayer at the Al-Aqsa Mosque with Abu Dhabi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Zayed.

The newspaper considered that choosing the name "Abraham Agreement" for the peace agreement with the Emirates was not in vain, and that peace between religions requires recognition of the "right of Jews to pray on the Temple Mount," which is the Zionist term for the blessed Al Aqsa Mosque.