Labor Party Chairman Avi Gabbay secretly met senior government officials in the United Arab Emirates at the beginning of December, according to Channel 10 Television.

The topics discussed by Gabai in his talks in Abu Dhabi were the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, President Trump's peace plan, and his relationship to the Arab peace initiative. Other issues dealt with in Abu Dhabi were the Iranian threat and the political situation in Israel. It was also reported that the trip was part of a series of political meetings he held in the past year with senior figures in the Arab world, some of which were published.