Dr. Andreas Krieg | Gulf Security Expert | Institute of Middle Eastern Studies:

INTELLIGENCE SUMMARY

Dr. Andreas Krieg | Gulf Security Expert | Institute of Middle Eastern Studies: For MBZ, Palestine was always a fringe issue.   WikiLeaks cables showed MBZ speaking very negatively about it. The Abraham Accords were never about peace or Palestine.   It was about national interest - access to Israel's tech sector, intelligence networks & technology.   In return, giving Israel access to Emirati jurisdictions & proxy territories in Yemen, Somaliland & Sudan.   The only ideologi