A Turkish report says shared threats—from the Houthis to Iran—turned once-secret Israel–UAE ties into a public, fast-growing strategic alliance.
A video segment from Turkey’s GZT News, presented by Saleh Juma Aydin, maps the overlapping interests that pulled Abu Dhabi and Jerusalem into an increasingly tight partnership. The report argues the “glue” is a shared agenda: pushing back against regional Islamism, weakening Iran and its proxy forces, and securing critical maritime routes—especially the Red Sea.
It says the relationship was built quietly for years, long before the Abraham Accords. According to the report, covert channels began taking shape well before 2020, and even the 2010 Dubai assassination of senior Hamas figure Mahmoud al-Mabhouh—while a major incident—did not trigger the kind of lasting rupture many expected.
Public momentum, it claims, accelerated with symbolic milestones such as Israeli ministerial visits to Abu Dhabi in 2018 and moments like Israel’s national anthem being played at an international judo event.