Why did Netanyahu secretly travel to the UAE and what did he ask bin Zayed?

Why did Netanyahu secretly travel to the UAE and what did he ask bin Zayed?

Benjamin Netanyahu, Prime Minister of Israel, took a private flight and a short trip to the UAE to meet Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed, President of the United Arab Emirates, in a meeting away from the media's eyes, after which he returned to Israeli captives without issuing an official statement about what he went through.

But Netanyahu's visit to Abu Dhabi was not just a short and secret visit.

This trip took place while new revelations about the October 7, 2023 attacks, reports on the coldness of relations between the two leaders and efforts to repair it, the approaching election of captives, and Iran's return to the center of regional equations were all in focus.

This meeting was not announced in any official schedule.

According to reports in the captive Israeli media, Netanyahu was accompanied by Roman Gofman, the head of the Mossad, and Shmuel Ben-Ezra, the National Security Advisor, along with several other officials. The content of the interviews also remained far from official comments, but the timing of this meeting, just a month before the Knesset elections in Israel, may indicate many points.