Israeli general in unprecedented public offer to share intelligence with Saudi Arabia as alarm grows over Iran
Photo: Elinor Joseph, the first female Arab to serve in the IDF in a combat role.
Israel’s top military commander has given an unprecedented interview to a Saudi website, offering to share intelligence between the Jewish state and the Arab regional power in a joint effort to counter Iran.
Lieutenant General Gadi Eisenkot told the Saudi-owned Elaph news site that Saudi Arabia and Israel - two countries that do not have formal diplomatic relations - should work together in a “new international alliance” against Iran.
“We are ready to exchange experiences with moderate Arab countries and exchange intelligence to confront Iran,” the Israeli chief of staff said. “We are ready to share information if necessary. There are many common interests between us and them.”
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The general’s words and his decision to grant the interview to an Arab outlet show the growing convergence between Saudi Arabia and Israel over their shared alarm at Iran’s influence in the Middle East.
Hours earlier, Saudi Arabia’s foreign minister Adel al-Jubeir lambasted both Iran and Hizbollah, the Lebanese militant group which is backed by Iran and seen as a mortal enemy by Israel.
Under the leadership of its aggressive young crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman, Saudi Arabia has tried to counter Iran across the region.
For the last two years it has been fighting in Yemen against the Houthi rebels, who are aligned with Iran, and recently accused Iran and Hizbollah of helping the Houthis to fire a missile at Riyadh’s airport.
I think we will see many more strange alliances for awhile. No one wants America involved in anything now that we elected a mentally retarded baboon for a president
No one wants America involved in anything now that we elected a mentally retarded baboon for a president
Well, putting domestic politics aside for the moment-- this has nothing to do with the election of Trump.
Rather, the Sunni Arab states are starting to wake up to the very real threat that (Shia) Iran poses to the region. Iran (along with Putin) is supporting the barbaric regime of Assad in Syria-- and trying to gain a major /Russian Iranian foothold in Syria.
Both Iran and Russia are backing the extremely violent Lebanese terror group Hezb'Allah.
And finally, there's also a very violent civil war right on S.A.'s border with Yemen. And the rebels trying to gain control there, backed directly by Iran, have been firing missiles into S.A..
The Saudis are well aware that while Israel actually poses no threat to them-- Iran does!
There's more to this story than many people realize!!!