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August 7, 2025

Despite War, Military Cooperation between Israel and the UAE Is Flourishing

A win for the Abraham Accords.

Supposedly, the ongoing war with Hamas is a diplomatic curse on Israel, souring the chances of an expansion of the Abraham Accords, and even threatening those diplomatic breakthroughs. Yet as with so much conventional wisdom, the facts tell a different story. In April, the U.S., Israel, and the United Arab Emirates participated in multinational air-force exercises in Greece. The UAE is also reportedly in the process of purchasing 900 Hermes drones from Israel’s Elbit Systems. The deal, writes Elizabeth Dent,

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