Overview

• Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed met Benjamin Netanyahu in New York on the UN General Assembly sidelines, with Lana Zaki Nusseibeh and Mohamed Al Khaja attending.
• An Emirati official said he warned against annexing parts of the West Bank and cautioned that steps such as an attack on Qatar could jeopardize normalization.
• He called for an urgent, permanent ceasefire and urged unimpeded, sustained delivery of humanitarian aid to civilians in Gaza.
• He reaffirmed support for efforts to secure the release of all hostages and reiterated the UAE’s commitment to a peace process based on a two-state solution.
• He briefed Netanyahu on what an Emirati official described as President Trump’s plan to end the war, free hostages, and advance broader regional integration.