US Must Leverage Israel Ties to Push for Cease-Fire, UAE Says
- Gulf country is ‘very worried’ about escalation in Lebanon
- Ruler MBZ met with Biden, Harris and Trump during US trip
A man walks past destruction caused by Israeli airstrikes in Tyre, Lebanon, on September 26.
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The US must not “shy away” from exercising its influence over Israel and pushing for a cease-fire in conflicts that threaten to expand across the wider Middle East, according to a senior United Arab Emirates’ official.
“There are times where we would like them to do more in terms of leveraging their relationship with Israel,” Anwar Gargash, diplomatic adviser to the UAE’s president, said on a Bloomberg Television interview in New York on Thursday.