He also said a 27th member of the team that killed Hamas commander Mahmoud Al-Mabhouh last month in his hotel room had been identified, saying only that she was a woman. Dubai authorities have named 26 alleged members of the team that tracked and killed the Palestinian and said they used fraudulent British, Irish, French, German and Australian passports.
Currently, European passport holders can enter the United Arab Emirates without obtaining prearranged visas. Immigration authorities do not insist on fingerprinting them at ports of entry.
"We know Israelis from their accents. But when they use European passports to come here, we accept that and we treat them as Europeans," Tamim said
He said he is sure that all the suspects in the killing of the Hamas commander are now in Israel, where they will be able to avoid arrest. But the hit team would have problems traveling outside Israel, he added.
"Mossad shouldn't come to us. We haven't done anything to Israel. This is an insult to us, to Britain, to Australia, to Germany and to New Zealand and it's shameful," the police chief said during a news conference.
Israel has not confirmed or denied it played any role but its foreign minister said there was nothing to link it to the killing. The passport abuse has drawn criticism from the European Union, and some of the governments involved have summoned the Israeli ambassadors to their countries to protest.
Iran's foreign minister on Monday challenged Western countries whose passports were used by the assassins to say whether they were involved in the crime. Manouchehr Mottaki told the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva that Britain, France, Germany, Australia, Austria and Ireland should answer questions about their role in the killing of Al-Mabhouh, whose body was found in his room at a luxury hotel in Dubai on Jan. 20.
Mottaki asked whether “their security services, the intelligence people or a part of their government” were involved.
Mottaki has accused Western nations of fomenting terror under the guise of protecting human rights and training terrorists in the so-called war on terror.
At the Dubai news conference, Tamim appealed to the Western countries whose passports were abused to cooperate in the investigation. "We'll appreciate their cooperation," the police chief said.
He said all suspects should be tried in their countries of nationality and that Dubai would not seek extradition at this time.
The UAE has no diplomatic relations with Israel but it has established low-level political and trade links in recent years, with some Israeli officials attending events in the UAE. Israeli tennis player Shahar Peer competed in the Dubai Championships last month.
