Saoud Saqer Bin Hamoodah

Overview:
Saoud Saqer Bin Hamoodah is a 33-year-old Emirati activist who studied mechanical and aerospace engineering at the United Arab Emirates (UAE) University. In 2014, he took part in a UAE-based “Youth Empowerment Strategy” & “National Youth Council” project for two years. Based on this “youth empowerment” background, Hamoodah later established a group called the “the Abrahamic Youth Council” as a venue for Zionist influence operations targeting young audiences in the UAE.
Hamoodah currently works as a consultant for the Israel Ministry of Foreign Affairs regarding the UAE.¹ Publicly available information points to Hamoodah’s extensive ties with various Israeli Foreign Ministry personnel.

Cooperation with Israel-Is

Following the Abraham Accords –a normalization deal exerted by the UAE, Bahrain, the US, and Israel in 2020 – Saoud Saqer had a trip to Israel in 2021 as part of a delegation organized by “Israel-Is”. According to Eyal Biram, the Tel Aviv-based organization founder and CEO, “Israel-Is” sets to connect Israelis with Emirati, Bahraini, and Moroccan youth.² It is worth mentioning that “Israel-Is” has a partnership with “Concert — Together for Israel” and the Israeli Ministry for Strategic Affairs and Public Diplomacy.³

A delegation of Israelis, Moroccans, Emiratis and Bahrainis gather for a photo in Israel on June 15, 2021, as part of an event held by “Israel-Is”

Founding “Abrahamic Youth Council”

Given Hamoodah’s experience in the “National Youth Council” project which brought him the “Khalifa Award for Education,” and his affiliation with Zionist “youth empowerment” scheme, “Israel-Is”, Hamoodah founded the “the Abrahamic Youth Council”, in an attempt to promote the 2020 Abraham Accords.⁴ The initiative is being currently run locally in the UAE. However, there is a possibility of the establishment of a US branch as some Jewish federations have expressed interest in the scheme.⁵