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Israeli and Emirati businessmen have secretly brokered arms deals between the two states, says a media report. The Hebrew-language daily Maariv reported that Israeli businessman Metai Kokhafi had hired a private plane to fly his colleagues and officers of the Israeli armed forces to the UAE capital to discuss the terms of the weapons agreements.
The Israeli delegation's visit to Abu Dhabi was an essential part of the arms sales, according to the report. Among the officials who visited Abu Dhabi was the former commander of the Israeli air force Eitan Ben Eliyahu.
Last month, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hailed the"breakthrough" in ties with Arab countries, claiming"many levels of cooperation" existed that could not yet be exposed to the public.
