Silence on Gaza, Condolences for the Holocaust: UAE’s Hypocrisy
As Gaza burns, the UAE embassy in Tel Aviv offers condolences for the Holocaust—ignoring the ongoing Palestinian tragedy.
Watan-While the most horrific massacres are being committed against Palestinians in Gaza—hospitals bombed, homes collapsing on children—the UAE embassy in Tel Aviv chose to release a statement that included no condemnation, not even a hint at the destruction. Instead, it offered condolences to the Israeli occupation on Holocaust Remembrance Day.
“We will not forget the horrors of the past,” the embassy declared in an official statement, stressing its commitment to “a better future.” Yet the statement made no mention—direct or indirect—of the present horrors unfolding in Gaza, where families are being killed en masse and bodies lie buried beneath rubble, all amid a deafening Arab silence that at times borders on complicity.
The UAE, which signed a normalization deal with Israel in 2020, has not condemned the massacres that have continued since October 7. On the contrary, it has deepened its political and economic ties with Israel—striking multi-billion dollar trade deals and openly backing efforts aimed at disarming the resistance.
The UAE’s Quiet Support for Israeli Crimes
This silence from the UAE is nothing new. It has repeated itself at every critical juncture—from supporting proposals for mass displacement of Gaza’s residents to Foreign Minister Reem Al Hashimy’s statements endorsing “regional peace” projects that completely ignore the Palestinian cause.
Yousef Al Otaiba, the UAE ambassador in Washington, has been one of the loudest promoters of Israel as a “partner for peace”—even as daily scenes from Gaza tell a very different story: one of genocide and ethnic cleansing, under an umbrella of international and Arab silence.
Activists on social media described the embassy’s statement as a “moral failure,” noting that “staying silent on Gaza while mourning the Holocaust at the same time is not humanity—it’s blatant bias.” They added that the UAE hasn’t just ignored Palestinian blood; it has become part of the occupation’s narrative.
In a time when martyrs are buried in mass graves, some Arab regimes shake hands with the killer—offering condolences with one hand while the other signs deals. Meanwhile, Gaza is bombed and its people erased from the map, without a single statement… or tear.
