Sheikh Abdullah said the UAE would be prepared to support a Palestinian government that met the hopes and aspirations of the Palestinian people
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\nThe UAE hit out at Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Saturday after the Israeli leader said the Gulf state could be involved in aiding a future government in Gaza after the war.
\nThe UAE denounced the Israeli leader\u2019s comments, said Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed Al Nahyan, Minister of Foreign Affairs, in an early morning post on X.
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\n\u201cThe UAE denounces the statements of the Israeli Prime Minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, about calling on the state to participate in civil administration of the Gaza Strip, which is under Israeli occupation,\u201d Sheikh Abdullah bin Zayed said in an Arabic post.
\n\u201cThe UAE stresses that the Israeli prime minister does not have any legal capacity to take this step, and the UAE refuses to be drawn into any plan aimed at providing cover for the Israeli presence in the Gaza Strip,\u201d he added.
\nSheikh Abdullah said the UAE would be prepared to support a Palestinian government that met the hopes and aspirations of the Palestinian people, which he said included independence.
\nIn an interview that aired this week, Netanyahu said the UAE, Saudi Arabia and other countries could possibly assist a civilian government with Gazans in the enclave after the war.
\nProminent members of Netanyahu\u2019s cabinet reject the idea of an independent Palestinian state and Netanyahu has said Israel would need to maintain security control of Gaza after the war.
\nPalestinians hope to establish an independent state in the occupied West Bank and Gaza, an aspiration the UAE supports.
\nThe UAE has frequently criticised Israel over the war and the high civilian death toll, though it has asserted that diplomatic ties have allowed it to get aid into the Gaza Strip.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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