Israel helped defend UAE, now UAE walks away from OPEC

Borneo Herald

7.20AM MYT, 30-4-2026

BREAKING NEWS 🛑Today the UAE walks away from OPEC after sixty years

JERUSALEM: May 1st, they’re out. The cartel that ran the global oil order since the 1960s just lost its third-largest producer 🛢️

This didn’t happen in a vacuum. Iran fired 550 ballistic missiles and over 2,200 drones at Abu Dhabi during the war. Saudi Arabia, the kingdom that signed a Chinese-brokered peace deal with Tehran in 2023, refused to let its airspace be used to strike the regime that was attacking its Gulf neighbor.

Israel sent the UAE an Iron Dome battery. With IDF soldiers to operate it. The first time we have ever deployed that system on foreign soil. It intercepted dozens of Iranian missiles aimed at Emirati civilians.

An Emirati official put it plainly: it was an eye-opening moment to see who their real friends were 🤝

The Abraham Accords were not a photo op. They were the foundation of a new regional order. While Riyadh hedged its bets with Beijing and Tehran, Abu Dhabi placed its trust in Jerusalem and got back protection, technology, and partnership.

The Gulf states that bet on China are watching their oil cartel collapse. The Gulf states that bet on Israel are building the future.

Friendship with the Jewish state is no longer controversial. It is strategic. It is profitable. It is survival.

The map has been redrawn.#~Borneo Herald™

Reports adapted from online news sources.