Overview

• An emergency Arab‑Islamic summit in Doha on Monday denounced Israel’s Sept. 9 strike on Hamas targets in Qatar and warned the move jeopardizes prospects for peace.
• The UAE summoned Israel’s deputy ambassador and barred Israeli defense firms from a Dubai air show, while cautioning that West Bank annexation would cross a red line.
• Core economic and security links persist, with recent figures showing Israel–UAE trade edging higher and flights continuing, even as public sentiment and people‑to‑people exchanges weaken.
• In Jerusalem, President Isaac Herzog and U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio marked the anniversary by stressing the need to strengthen and expand the normalization framework.
• Expansion momentum has slowed, with Saudi Arabia reiterating that normalization hinges on tangible progress toward a Palestinian state.