I spoke to Fmr Director General of Dubai's Department of Finance Nasser Al Shaikh and asked him the tough questions.
🇮🇱 On Israel:
“Some of the things Israel has done, especially in Gaza, has not made our life easier, maintaining those relations.
But we’ll have a relationship even with the devil… when you have diplomatic relations, you do not have to agree with every single thing that country does.”
🇮🇱 On Netanyahu’s “secret visit:”
“I think it did not happen.”
🇺🇸 On resuming the war:
”We do not want to see the war. But it's not the UAE’s decision. It's not the Saudis’ decision. It's not Pakistan's decision.
It's a decision in the White House.”
🇮🇷 On Hormuz:
“No country should control the Strait of Hormuz.
Any form of trying to control it and install a toll system or whatever, that's I think modern-day piracy.”
@NAlShaikh
1:17 The UAE never wanted the war and is now trapped between defending itself and avoiding escalation with Iran.
4:05 The UAE absorbed more than 3,000 missiles and drones, more than the rest of the GCC combined.
5:05 The UAE was suddenly fighting its first real war while facing over 350 incoming projectiles per day.
7:41 Gulf states always preferred containing Iran over collapsing the regime.
11:52 Any Iranian attempt to charge tolls in the Strait of Hormuz is modern-day piracy.
15:16 Whatever option guarantees the Strait of Hormuz stays open will be supported.
16:10 The Hormuz crisis is no longer just about oil, it’s starting to disrupt global trade and supply chains everywhere.
17:53 Allowing Iran to charge shipping fees would create a dangerous global precedent and violate international law.
24:27 If the Gulf had real influence over Trump, this war would never have happened.
26:40 “We’ll have relations even with the devil.”
29:45 Iran saw the UAE as the fastest way to shock the global economy.
31:27 Iran’s real objective was burning the UAE.
33:10 Emirati diplomacy quietly damaged Iran internationally more than people realize.
42:01 If the UAE struck Iran, it was probably a warning shot, not the start of a wider war.
