Can’t their “brothers” in Saudi Arabia spare a dime?
That's what the so-called Palestinians have been saying for decades.
This is actually not good news. UAE, along with Turkey, was one of the few prosperous Muslim countries that didn't have either a petrol or narco based economy. The ruler there (name escapes me), is fairly progressive as far as Muslims go. It would have been nice to actually have a country in that region that had an economy based on tourism, trade and retirement living. It's too bad that it appears it was a house built entirely of smoke and mirrors.