UAE Tells Israel To "Ask Zelensky" After Netanyahu Asked The Emirati President To Pay Palestinian Workers Barred From Israel

UAE President Sheikh Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan 

Axios: "Ask Zelensky:" UAE rebuffs Bibi request to pay Palestinian workers barred from Israel 

The Emirati president rebuffed a request by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to pay "unemployment" stipends to Palestinian workers from the occupied West Bank whom Israel barred from entering its territory after the Oct. 7 Hamas attack, an Israeli official and a source familiar with the issue told Axios. 

* "Ask Zelensky for money," Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed (MBZ) sarcastically told Netanyahu, the sources said. 

Why it matters: MBZ's refusal underscores the position of many Arab countries that have said they won't foot the bill to maintain the status quo in the West Bank and Gaza after the war. 

* "The notion that Arab countries will come in to rebuild and pay the bill for what's currently happening is wishful thinking," an Emirati official told Axios.  

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WNU Editor: This message from the Emirati President on not paying the salaries of Palestinian workers is also being aimed at the West. Bottom line. The Arab world is basically saying that the tens of billions that will be necessary for reconstruction and aid after the war will now be the responsibility of the West.