UAE billionaire questions normalisation with Israel after Ben Gvir calls for nightly killings of Palestinians

UAE billionaire questions normalisation with Israel after Ben Gvir calls for nightly killings of Palestinians Submitted by Elis Gjevori on Mon, 08/17/2026 - 13:03 The billionaire with close ties to the UAE elite condemned Ben Gvir's statements but offered no plan for confronting Israel Khalaf Ahmad al-Habtoor, chairman of Al Habtoor Group, attending the world premiere of La Perle in Dubai, UAE, 13 September 2017 (AFP/Giuseppe Cacace) Off A prominent Emirati businessman who championed normalisation with Israel has questioned whether regional peace can be achieved while Israeli ministers openly demand the mass killing of Palestinians. Khalaf Ahmad al-Habtoor, one of the UAE’s most prominent billionaires and a former member of the Federal National Council, accused Israeli National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir of a “dangerous moral decline”. Ben Gvir called on Sunday for Israeli forces to kill “30 or 40” men, women or children in Gaza every night.