UAE Business Tycoon: We are in Peace with Israel

UAE billionaire Khalaf al- Hubetur emphasized the necessity of Zionist groups to participate in sports activities in Arab countries, further he added: "We have reached our hands toward Israel, there is a possibility that they reject us Of course, we will have to approve that we want peace!”

He stressed that the Arabs should avoid their refuse to the participation of Israeli teams in sports competitions in their countries, and issue the necessary permits in this regard.

In a video posted on his Twitter, he emphasized: Israel exists and it's a real issue, I've seen people in Twitter who insist that we should have relationship with Israel in future!

He added: “We should not continue claiming that Israel is an enemy and a criminal, we are tired of these words. Let's make a different future and be wise, we need to maintain our interests as Arab countries on the Persian Gulf.”

The Haaretz newspaper earlier reported that Abdullah bin Zayed, the UAE Foreign Minister, during his  visit to New York in September 2012, had a secret meeting with Netanyahu to discuss several issues such as political relationship between Israel and the United Arab Emirates, Iran's nuclear issue.