ABU DHABI (Dispatches) – The Zionist regime’s ambassador to the UAE is being summoned from his post over “undignified” behavior at an Emirati bar that upset the UAE, according to Hebrew media reports.
The Zionist regime was forced to recall its ambassador to the Persian Gulf state, Yossef Avraham Shelley, after the UAE said it was no longer willing to accept him as ambassador, Israel’s Channel 12 news reported.
Hebrew news site N12 reported earlier that Shelley antagonized the UAE by showing up to a bar in the Persian Gulf state with several Israelis, including women, and acting in a way that UAE officials told the Zionist regime was “unacceptable and even harmed our dignity”.
The UAE normalized ties with the regime in 2020 as part of the so-called Abraham Accords brokered by U.S. President Donald Trump. Abu Dhabi has emerged as the Zionist regime’s closest Arab partner in the region amid an uproar over the regime’s war on Gaza, which leading human rights groups and scholars have declared is a genocide.
The UAE is the one Arab country that Zionist regime foreign minister has been able to visit since the war in Gaza erupted. The regime’s foreign minister Gideon Saar travelled to the UAE in January 2025 before a temporary ceasefire in Gaza was reached.
The UAE’s move would be remarkable in its own right. The tiny Persian Gulf state is home to 10 million people, of whom just 10 percent are Emirati citizens. The country counts South Asian laborers, British expats, Russian oligarchs and flashy influencers among its residents. 
Hebrew media reported last week that Shelley was out on a Friday night in Abu Dhabi with friends and acted in an “undignified” manner that “crossed the boundaries of personal space.”