The United Arab Emirates on Monday condemned a shooting attack targeting buses in the Ramot settlement in occupied Jerusalem, which left six Israeli settlers dead and 11 others injured by two Palestinian gunmen. The condemnation comes as Israel continues its genocidal war on Gaza and intensifies its military aggression across the occupied West Bank.
In a statement, the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs said Abu Dhabi “condemns in the strongest terms the shooting incident,” reaffirming its “permanent rejection of all forms of violence and terrorism aimed at undermining security and stability.”
The ministry also expressed “sincere condolences and sympathy to the families of the victims, to Israel, and to its friendly people,” while wishing the wounded a speedy recovery.
Normalising with Genocide in the Background
The UAE’s position comes amid Israel’s ongoing war of extermination in Gaza, launched on 7 October 2023, and its escalating military campaign in the West Bank. According to Palestinian data, the West Bank offensive alone has left at least 1,018 Palestinians martyred, nearly 7,000 wounded, and more than 19,000 detained.
Following the Jerusalem attack, senior Israeli ministers intensified their incendiary rhetoric. Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich and National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir openly called for the destruction of Palestinian villages in the West Bank and the starvation of Palestinian prisoners in occupation jails — part of an aggressive agenda to impose new facts on the ground and pave the way for annexation of the West Bank.
The UAE is among the Arab countries that have established formal ties with Israel, following the White House announcement on 13 August 2020 of a “full normalisation agreement” between Abu Dhabi and Tel Aviv. The move, described at the time as a “historic diplomatic breakthrough,” has since facilitated closer security and economic cooperation.
Yet this normalisation continues despite Israel’s relentless crimes against Palestinians, carried out with unlimited U.S. support. Since the start of its latest war, Israel has killed more than 64,522 Palestinians, injured 163,096 — the majority of them women and children — displaced hundreds of thousands, and caused famine that has already killed 393 people, including 140 children, according to official Palestinian statistics.
For decades, Israel has entrenched its occupation not only over Palestinian lands but also over parts of Syria and Lebanon, refusing to withdraw or accept the establishment of an independent Palestinian state.
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