Netanyahu cancels planned UAE visit: Israeli broadcaster

Neither Israel nor the UAE formally confirmed the planned visit – the first by an Israeli PM to the Gulf country.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s planned visit to the United Arab Emirates (UAE) on Thursday was cancelled, Israel’s public radio Kan said, citing a source involved in the planning. Neither Israel nor the UAE has formally confirmed that such a visit – the first by the prime minister to the Gulf power – was to have taken place, nor that it was being reviewed. Israeli media reported the planned visit on Wednesday, saying Netanyahu would meet Abu Dhabi’s Crown Prince Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan.