Following a ship seizure in the Strait of Hormuz and amidst reported Israeli-UAE interactions, an analyst suggests Abu Dhabi is careful not to appear overly cooperative with Israel due to regional sensitivities. The UAE has denied a secret visit by Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu.

A renewed escalation in the Strait of Hormuz saw the seizure on Thursday of a ship anchored off the Unites Arab Emirates coast. Earlier Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had announced he had quietly visited the UAE during the Israeli-U.S. war with Iran, though the UAE swiftly denied that any secret visit had occurred. Speaking on FRANCE 24, Federico Donelli, Assistant Professor of International Relations at the University of Trieste, says that "Abu Dhabi does not want to appear too much in coope...