The United Arab Emirates (UAE), one of the few Arab nations maintaining diplomatic ties with Israel, has strongly condemned the shooting attack that killed two employees of the Israeli embassy in Washington, D.C., according to a statement issued Thursday by the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
A technician stands in a forensic evidence crime scene van near the place where, according to the U.S. Homeland Security Secretary, two Israeli embassy staff were shot dead near the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington, D.C., U.S. May 22, 2025. Reuters/Evelyn Hockstein
The United Arab Emirates (UAE), one of the few Arab nations maintaining diplomatic ties with Israel, has strongly condemned the shooting attack that killed two employees of the Israeli embassy in Washington, D.C., according to a statement issued Thursday by the UAE Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
In a statement published by the official WAM news agency, the ministry described the incident as a "criminal act", expressing its total denunciation of the violence.
“The United Arab Emirates strongly condemns the shooting that killed two employees of the Israeli embassy in Washington, and expresses its full rejection of such criminal acts,” the statement said.
The UAE also offered its solidarity with the families of the victims and with the people of Israel, calling the attack a heinous act that must be firmly rejected.
This response underscores the UAE’s commitment to diplomatic norms and the protection of foreign missions, even as regional tensions remain high. The country normalized relations with Israel in 2020 under the U.S.-brokered Abraham Accords, becoming one of the rare states in the Arab world to do so.
U.S. authorities have launched an investigation into the incident, and security has been heightened around diplomatic sites in Washington following the attack.
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