UAE and Israel to establish spy base in Yemen Island – Middle East Monitor

The Yemeni island of Socotra, 24 May 2018 [Rod Waddington/Flickr]

August 28, 2020 at 4:34 pm 

The United Arab Emirates (UAE) and Israel are working on a plan to establish a spy base in the Yemeni Island of Socotra, according to JForum, the official sites of the Jewish and French-speaking community. The two countries, which normalised relations earlier this month, have already undertaken steps to install a spy base on the island strategically located in the Arabian Sea some 350 kilometres south of Yemen.

Israel and the Emirates are making all logistical preparations to set up intelligence bases to collect information throughout the Gulf of Eden Bay from Bab Al-Mandab on the island of Socotra, in southern Yemen, which is under the control of the Emirates, reported JForum citing Yemeni sources. It was suggested that the co-operation to build a spy base was down to the two country’s normalisation of ties.

According to the report, a delegation of Israeli and Emirati intelligence officers arrived on the Socotra Island very recently and examined various locations for establishing the planned intelligence bases. The purpose of such a base would be to collect intelligence across the region, particularly from Bab Al-Mandab and south of Yemen, along with the Gulf of Eden and the Horn of Africa.

READ: UAE-backed militants in Yemen arrest government supporters in Socotra

The report alleged that Tel Aviv’s surveillance centres monitor the actions of Houthi militants in Yemen and Iranian naval movements in the region, as well as examining sea and air traffic in the southern region of the Red Sea.

Security consideration has been cited as one of the major reasons for the UAE breaking ranks with its Arab neighbours to normalise ties with Israel, leading to accusations that the Emirati rulers had colluded with the Zionist state and the US in diplomatic aggression against their Palestinian brothers.

Despite the UAE’s insistence that the normalisation deal prevented further annexation of Palestinian territory, critics have suggested that the deal does nothing of the sort and instead helps Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the Israeli right to cement their position. The Likud leader has always maintained that he could force Arab countries to reverse the “land for peace” formula – which has been the bedrock of any solution – by normalising ties with Arab autocrats without giving an inch of occupied land back to the Palestinians.

UAE and Israel to establish spy base in Yemen Island – Middle East Monitor
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UAE dan Israel akan menubuhkan pangkalan pengintip di Pulau Yaman – Middle East Monitor

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Pulau Yoc Socotra [Rod Waddington / Flickr]

Pulau Yoc Socotra, 24 Mei 2018 [Rod Waddington / Flickr]

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Emiriah Arab Bersatu (UAE) dan Israel sedang mengerjakan rancangan untuk menubuhkan pangkalan pengintip di Pulau Socotra Yaman, menurut JForum, laman rasmi komuniti berbahasa Yahudi dan Perancis. Kedua-dua negara, yang menormalkan hubungan awal bulan ini, telah melakukan langkah-langkah untuk memasang pangkalan pengintip di pulau yang terletak di Laut Arab sekitar 350 kilometer di selatan Yaman.

Israel dan Emirates sedang melakukan semua persiapan logistik untuk mendirikan pangkalan perisikan untuk mengumpulkan maklumat di seluruh Teluk Eden Bay dari Bab Al-Mandab di pulau Socotra, di selatan Yaman, yang berada di bawah kawalan Emirates, lapor JForum. Sumber Yaman. Dikhabarkan bahawa kerjasama untuk membina pangkalan pengintip turun ke normalisasi hubungan kedua negara.

Menurut laporan itu, delegasi pegawai perisik Israel dan Emirat tiba di Pulau Socotra baru-baru ini dan memeriksa pelbagai lokasi untuk mewujudkan pangkalan risikan yang dirancang. Tujuan pangkalan tersebut adalah untuk mengumpulkan maklumat di seluruh wilayah, terutama dari Bab Al-Mandab dan selatan Yaman, bersama dengan Teluk Eden dan Tanduk Afrika.

BACA: Militan yang disokong UAE di Yaman menangkap penyokong kerajaan di Socotra

Laporan itu mendakwa bahawa pusat pengawasan Tel Aviv memantau tindakan militan Houthi di Yaman dan pergerakan tentera laut Iran di wilayah tersebut, serta memeriksa lalu lintas laut dan udara di wilayah selatan Laut Merah.

Pertimbangan keselamatan telah disebut sebagai salah satu sebab utama UAE memutuskan hubungan dengan jiran Arabnya untuk menormalkan hubungan dengan Israel, yang menyebabkan tuduhan bahawa pemerintah Emirat telah berkolusi dengan negara Zionis dan AS dalam serangan diplomatik terhadap saudara Palestin mereka.

Walaupun desakan UAE bahawa kesepakatan normalisasi menghalang penjajahan wilayah Palestin lebih lanjut, pengkritik telah menyarankan bahawa perjanjian itu tidak membuat apa-apa dan sebaliknya membantu Perdana Menteri Benjamin Netanyahu dan hak Israel untuk mengukuhkan kedudukan mereka. Pemimpin Likud selalu menyatakan bahawa dia dapat memaksa negara-negara Arab untuk membalikkan formula “tanah untuk perdamaian” – yang telah menjadi landasan penyelesaian apa pun – dengan menormalkan hubungan dengan autokrat Arab tanpa memberikan satu inci tanah yang diduduki kembali kepada rakyat Palestin.

UAE dan Israel akan menubuhkan pangkalan pengintip di Pulau Yaman – Middle East Monitor

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