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A 21-year-old Israeli who was arrested in Abu Dhabi 10 days ago was released on Thursday and fined 58,000 NIS ($16,500) by a United Arab Emirates court, Walla reported.
Nachman Gabai, from Jerusalem, was arrested after an altercation with a police officer outside Abu Dhabi International Airport during a stopover en route to India.
An Abu Dhabi court decided to release Gabai earlier this week, but he has been detained until his family can produce a NIS 58,000 fine. He was also ordered to leave the Gulf state after his release, according to Wala.
Mordechai Tzivin, the Israeli lawyer who helped Gabai’s release, told Walla: “I am grateful for the high level of human rights, good relations, and consideration and understanding of Nachman’s involvement with Nachman in a minor and insignificant incident by the Abu Dhabi law enforcement system.
In addition to Tzivin, Israeli consul Dani Gadot and Emirati rabbi Levi Duchman’s emissary Chabad were also involved in securing the 21-year-old’s release.
As Gaby, who has been diagnosed with PTSD, reportedly left the terminal and stood with another Israeli, a police patrol car drove by and asked the two to identify themselves.
illustrative. Downtown Abu Dhabi at sunset. (Mohamad Kaddoura via iStock via Getty Images)
Gaby was clearly enraged by the situation and made abusive remarks that aroused the suspicion of the police and led them to ask him to come to the airport station for a search. There he was strip searched and his belongings checked. Although nothing was found in the search, Gabai became more agitated by the situation and eventually, the police arrested him.
“He reacts poorly to stressful situations because of post-traumatic stress, and his reactions can be very unpleasant, but that’s his only sin,” Gaby’s mother Ronit told Maariv before his release.
“The guy next to him said he was really panicking, but they thought it was like he had something to hide because he was afraid of what they would do to him. It was a misunderstanding that was getting more and more complicated.”
Israel normalized relations with the UAE in 2020 under the US-sponsored Abraham Accords. Since then, it has become a popular tourist destination for Israelis, as well as a gateway to the East.
The Times of Israel staff contributed to this report.
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