During his meeting with the leader of the extremist "Shas" movement, Shalom Cohen, the UAE ambassador to Israel, Muhammad Al-Khaja, attacked Al-Jazeera and accused it of "fuelling madness" in the region, in an implicit accusation of misleading it during its coverage of the recent Israeli war on the Gaza Strip, which lasted 11 days.
During his visit Sunday, Chairman of the Council of Torah Elders, Rabbi Shalom Cohen at his home in occupied Jerusalem, Al Khaja said, commenting on the recent developments that “TV channels such as Al Jazeera and the Muslim Brotherhood are trying to show this madness in our region,” according to a report on the visit published by the Israel Broadcasting Corporation. .
The authority quoted the Emirati ambassador as telling the Israeli rabbi: "The madness fueled by Al Jazeera and the Brotherhood needs your wisdom."
It also broadcast a video clip in which the Emirati diplomat says that he was shocked when he came to Israel, and from that when he saw a mosque in Tel Aviv, other than what was offered by channels such as Al Jazeera and others, as he put it.
"The Blessing of the Priests"
For his part, the "Israel in Arabic" account on Twitter of the Israeli Foreign Ministry said that Al Khaja received the blessing of the priests from the rabbi.
The account added that he spoke with the rabbi about the normalization agreement between Abu Dhabi and Tel Aviv.
According to the Israeli account, the Emirati ambassador called on the rabbi to open the Third Temple of the Abrahamic Religions in Abu Dhabi.
It is noteworthy that the UAE ambassador presented his credentials to Israeli President Reuven Rivlin on the first of last March, to be the first ambassador of his country to Israel, more than 6 months after the normalization of relations between the two sides.