UAE-Israel cyber intelligence firm grows with its perch in the Gulf – Black Wall’s Israeli founders operated discreetly in Arab countries before the Abraham Accords were signed and have since lifted the curtain. Next stop: Saudi Arabia | The Circuit

Years before the Abraham Accords enabled Emiratis and Israelis to openly run businesses together, Abdulla Baqer operated a back-channel in Dubai that brought Israel’s cybersecurity expertise to the Arab world. Working with intelligence veterans in the Middle East, Asia and elsewhere, the charismatic entrepreneur helped facilitate the growing commercial ties that were poking through the longtime Arab-Israeli divide.