UAE’s rare, public warning over West Bank annexation forced Israel to abruptly halt its controversial plan, with Prime Minister Netanyahu pulling the proposal from the cabinet agenda to avoid regional isolation and a rupture in historic Gulf ties. The move followed repeated, blunt statements by UAE envoy Lana Nusseibeh that annexation was a “red line” that would “foreclose the idea of regional integration,” echoing strong conditionality from the Abraham Accords—the 2020 accord that normalized UAE-Israel relations. Watch for details