Israeli Tourists Steal Towels, Lamps from UAE Hotels

Since the start of flights between Israel and the United Arab Emirates one month ago, reports revealed that Israeli tourists are stealing from hotels everything they can carry, according to the Hebrew newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth.

The newspaper quoted an Israeli businessman as saying: "Many years ago I came to the UAE and do business there... Last month I arrived at the hotel I was staying in and was horrified when I saw in the hotel lobby, Israelis opening their bags before checking out and are being searched for stolen items from the rooms.”

A manager of a hotel overlooking the Burj Khalifa said, "We host hundreds of tourists from all over the world and there are quite a few tourists who are causing problems. Recently, we have stopped Israeli tourists who come to the hotel and take everything they can carry such as towels, tea bags, coffee, and even lamps."

The newspaper adds that it asked the hotel manager to provide examples of the thefts carried out by the Israelis, so he said: “A family with two children wanted to check out and we found that there are things missing in the room.”

“When the lobby representative in the hotel asked to explain the loss of these things, the guests started screaming and after an argument, they agreed to open the bags, to find there were ice buckets, hangers, and face towels.”

“When we told them that we would inform the police, they decided to return the things and apologized,” he added.