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News & Current Events Apr 26, 2026 at 2:34 PM

Israel sent "Iron Dome" system and troops to UAE for Iran defense

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YouCantSeeMe555 1 day ago +124
*Between the lines: The deployment of Israeli troops to UAE soil could be politically sensitive in the Gulf.* Uh, ya think?
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xmuskorx 1 day ago +66
Israel survives in the region by being strong and useful. Words are wind.
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Mdamon808 1 day ago -31
Sure, their government doesn't have a moratorium on political assassination. Which is very convenient for a country like the US (which does have an official moratorium on the practice). Though the line does seem to get blurry when drones are involved. But I'm sure that the US not their only "customer" at this point. As many "developed nation" have a similar policy on political assassinations and having an ally that is "flexible" on the idea can be very expedient. Edit: For those downvoting. In the early 2000 Bush jr. made a deal with Israel to support them in their targeted killings of Palestinian terrorists. It's something we've been supporting for at least 26 years. [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Targeted\_killing\_by\_Israel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Targeted_killing_by_Israel)
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xmuskorx 1 day ago +15
Word salad
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Mdamon808 1 day ago -4
Okay man. If you say so... [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Targeted\_killing\_by\_Israel](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Targeted_killing_by_Israel)
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xmuskorx 1 day ago +3
Don't see the connection
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Gato__negro 2 days ago +153
A senior Emirati official stated: “We will not forget who helped defend us, the war opened our eyes to see who our true friends are.”
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nevans89 1 day ago -5
But we'll abandon Ukraine at our earliest convenience because of trump
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Eazy-Eid 1 day ago +91
People in the West who have barely any skin in the game have turned on Israel, meanwhile the majority of the Middle East is moving closer to it.
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erikwarm 1 day ago +7
Hopefully it can bring some lasting stability to the region if the Islamic countries try to forge alliances with Israel.
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Current-Function-729 1 day ago +24
Majority of governments maybe, definitely not their populaces.
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pmormr 1 day ago +2
If you have to give credit to Israel for something, they definitely know how to play the game. Pretty mindblowing what those guys get themselves into geopolitically.
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xmuskorx 1 day ago -57
They did not turn The Jew haters were always there...
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fec2245 1 day ago +37
I never got the strategy of implying that any criticism of Israel is rooted in antisemitism.
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xmuskorx 1 day ago -63
Because most of it is. Like Israel would barely be in the news if it was not for Jew hate
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fec2245 1 day ago +25
You can say things like the Tigray war got less attention despite having a large humanitarian impact but that doesn't hold up. Israel is a developed country and the largest recipient of American aid (despite being a wealthy country with universal healthcare). You also don't have either party of conflicts like the Tigray war saying that any criticism of their party is out of line or SuperPACS trying to buy elections for candidates that favor one side of that conflict.
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xmuskorx 1 day ago -29
Israel is defending itself in the wars it's fighting. Meanwhile Like Iran gets 2 news articles for killing 30,000 people in a week. Heck, urkiane defending itself for 5 years is barely on the news anymore
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fec2245 1 day ago +23
I've been critical of Listnook's recent love affair with Iran but 1. the protests got a ton of coverage and 2. a designated terrorist organization doing something deplorable is more of a dog bite man story than actions by the largest recipient of US aid. As for Ukraine, it does get coverage but other than some segment on the far right it really isn't a controversy. No one is saying that anyone who criticizes Russia is racist. Ukraine isn't trying to annex new territory and forcing out ethnic Russians to build Ukrainian settlements.
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NotToPraiseHim 1 day ago +4
Not the OP, but one of the issues with Listnook is the upvote feature, which encourages quick, inflammatory posts on topics, even of they are entirely misrepresented.  People love to criticize Israel for a variety of reasons, but a sizable chunk of those people would criticize Israel regardless of its actions, because they view Israel as an illegitimate state. Israel seems to be trying to thread this line, which I think has been a mistake for decades. The US will likely not abandon Israel, not because of some Jewish cabal with dirt on various representatives, but rather the realpolitik of Israel being far and away the best ally for the US in that region. Israel acts as a staging platform, buffer zone, amd canary for all actions from Iran and other Islamic groups, which are a very real threat to all civilizations. Israel receives most aid in the form of vouchers, to then be spent back on US weapons, basically acting as an indirect subsidy from US g9vernment to US manufacturers. This speaks and integrates US goods and services into Israel, also spreading to allies in the region, and providing real world testing for those weapons. What Israel should probably do is negotiate with Jordan and Egypt to have them take back the West Bank and the Gaza strip respectively. Which they won't because the elephant in the Arab world is that the Palestianians f****** suck. They constantly support terror attacks, are highly sympathetic towards Islamists, and have a deep history of attempting to overthrow the governments that took them in as refugees. Additionally, I think Israel's reluctance to widely push the videos captured during Oct 7 has actually allowed for Hamas, and those sympathetic, to minimize the barbaritity of what actually happened. Like joking while beheading a disabled elderly man using a dull garden hoe. Or the children's bodies riddled with bullets in their bedrooms. Or the bragging to their families about how many women they have been able to r***. Or how Hamas had difficulty in locating some of the hostages because they didnt take them, regular ass Palestianians did. They broke through the fence, grabbed the closest couple they could find, then paraded the beaten woman before disappearing her into a truck and carrying her back to Gaza. Not an organized militia, just some random shitbags.
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fec2245 1 day ago +1
>Israel acts as a staging platform, buffer zone, amd canary for all actions from Iran and other Islamic groups, which are a very real threat to all civilizations. When have they been used as a staging platform? Not the Gulf War, not the war in Iraq or Iran. They're less of a canary than an instigator, their endless territorial ambitions in the West Bank help terrorist organization recruit. >Israel receives most aid in the form of vouchers, to then be spent back on US weapons This is a bad talking point and should be dropped. Giving Israel $1 and saying they must spend 90¢ at US companies isn't a great deal for the US, it's a great deal Israel who going into 10/7 has a balanced budget and universal healthcare. They didn't need our assistance and we didn't need to give them money so that they would buy some American weapons, they would regardless. >What Israel should probably do is negotiate with Jordan and Egypt to have them take back the West Bank and the Gaza strip respectively Israel is ready to give up their West Bank settlements? The government Israel has had for most of the adult lives of many listnookors is truly terrible. If supporters Israel want continued US support maybe they should use some of their money to influence Israeli elections.
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Mdamon808 1 day ago +3
You've got to love Russian sock-puppets...
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fec2245 1 day ago +2
For saying that Ukraine has wide spread support and isn't comparable to Israel because Israel is trying to annex territory?
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Reasonable_Gas_2498 22 hr ago +2
How is Europe not offering any defensive help to the gulf states?
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Boys4Ever 1 day ago -29
This might be controversial
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pick_your_user_name 1 day ago -104
Birds of a feather.
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xmuskorx 1 day ago +92
How dare UAE defend themselves from Iranian rockets....
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fec2245 1 day ago +21
I think he's referring to UAEs other hobbies such as funding RSF's ethnic cleansing in Sudan.
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pick_your_user_name 1 day ago -96
What are you talking about? I just find it ironic how Israel and the UAEs relationship has improved so much after the latter’s escapades in Sudan. It’s like Israel saw a country in the region finally surpass them in civilian kills in the last few years and said “respect brother” (technically I guess the UAE isn’t the one doing the killing, but it’s their weapons and funding,so I guess it counts?)
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xmuskorx 1 day ago +73
Sounds like nonsense. They are countering common enemy - iran.
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Reuef 1 day ago +32
The mental gymnastics here deserve a gold medal.
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