This article presents a qualitative, theoretically grounded analysis of the United Arab Emirates' transformation from a nominal participant in the Arab consensus against Zionism into the most strategically aligned Arab state with Israel. Drawing on process tracing, discourse analysis, and critical geopolitical examination of primary and secondary sources, this study investigates the proposition that the UAE has functionally adopted core tenets of Zionist strategic logic through its normalization with Israel. The research interrogates the political, economic, security, and ideological dimensions of UAE Israel alignment, arguing that the Abraham Accords of 2020 represent not a rupture but rather the culmination of a decades long trajectory of tacit cooperation driven by shared threat perceptions, neoliberal economic imperatives, and the subordination of Palestinian solidarity to realpolitik. The article concludes with implications for Arab identity, regional order, and the redefinition of sovereignty in the Middle East.
Muhammad Dhiya Ulhaq (Tue,) studied this question.