{"id":59809,"date":"2026-01-09T11:28:30","date_gmt":"2026-01-09T08:28:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/?p=59809"},"modified":"2026-01-09T11:28:30","modified_gmt":"2026-01-09T08:28:30","slug":"leak-of-secret-emirati-document-reveals-tensions-in-intelligence-cooperation-with-israel-in-2024","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/2026\/01\/09\/leak-of-secret-emirati-document-reveals-tensions-in-intelligence-cooperation-with-israel-in-2024\/","title":{"rendered":"Leak of Secret Emirati Document Reveals Tensions in Intelligence Cooperation with Israel in 2024"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>On January 4, 2026, the website <em>Emirates Leaks<\/em>\u2014known for its opposition to the Emirati government\u2014published an alleged secret document titled <em>\u201cThe State of Emirati-Israeli Cooperation During 2024.\u201d<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The document, dated November 7, 2024 and classified as \u201cTop Secret,\u201d is said to have been issued by the \u201cCentral Information Unit\u201d of an Emirati intelligence agency. It documents 30 instances of engagement with the Israeli side between January and October 2024.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Key revelations include:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Israeli conduct: The report characterizes Israeli behavior as \u201cdictatorial, condescending, and arrogant,\u201d featuring direct command-style language from Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu or his office, including demands to increase intelligence activity in Gaza and Qatar, and requests to use Emirati airspace to strike Iran.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Specific examples:<\/strong><\/span>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>A memo dated April 6, 2024, requesting a fivefold increase in intelligence efforts in Qatar due to its \u201csupport for Hamas.\u201d<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>A memo dated October 19, 2024, requesting the use of Emirati territory and airspace to strike Iran.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Criticism of Emirati positions at the United Nations in support of Palestine.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><strong>Emirati responses: Described as diplomatic and measured, including the rejection of certain requests, such as the use of Emirati airspace against Iran.<\/strong><\/li>\n<li><strong>Conclusion: More than half of the cases (19 out of 30) were deemed inappropriate, warranting \u201creciprocity\u201d at the highest level.<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>The website described the leak as \u201cexclusive,\u201d arguing that it exposes an \u201cimbalanced relationship\u201d despite deep cooperation following the Abraham Accords in 2020.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Broader context:<\/strong><\/span><br \/>\n<strong>Emirati-Israeli relations have been public and robust since 2020, encompassing security and intelligence cooperation against shared threats such as Iran and Hamas, alongside trade worth billions of dollars. In 2025, additional U.S. leaks published in October revealed broader secret military cooperation involving the UAE and other Arab states with Israel under American oversight, despite public condemnations of the Gaza war. Tensions have also surfaced, including a public Emirati warning in September 2025 against Israeli annexation of parts of the West Bank, which Abu Dhabi described as a \u201cred line.\u201d<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On January 4, 2026, the website Emirates Leaks\u2014known for its opposition to the Emirati government\u2014published an alleged secret document titled \u201cThe State of Emirati-Israeli Cooperation During 2024.\u201d The document, dated November 7, 2024 and classified as \u201cTop Secret,\u201d is said to have been issued by the \u201cCentral Information Unit\u201d of an Emirati intelligence agency. It &hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":59801,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[15,25],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-local","category-news-2"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59809","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59809"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59809\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59810,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59809\/revisions\/59810"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59801"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59809"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}