Israel and Saudi Arabia: What's shaping the covert 'alliance'

[Right_in_Virginia]

Israel and Saudi Arabia: What's shaping the covert 'alliance'
BBC News, Nov 24, 2017, Jonathan Marcus

To all intents and purposes, Saudi Arabia and Israel are de facto allies in the struggle against Iran's rising influence in the region. It's a developing but highly sensitive relationship, but every so often there is a hint of what may be going on beneath the surface.

Last week Israel's Chief of Staff, General Gadi Eisenkot, said in an interview with UK-based Saudi newspaper Elaph, that Israel was ready to exchange intelligence with the Saudis in order to confront Iran.

"There are shared interests and as far as the Iranian axis is concerned we are in full accord with the Saudis," he said.


Read more: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-42094105

[edpc]

I don’t believe that, on some level, the Saudis weren’t aware of Israel’s planned action on Osirak back in 1981.

[Sanguine]

The destruction of Saddam Hussein's regime in Iraq in 2003 by a US-led coalition removed a Sunni Arab strategic counterweight to Shia Iran.

The resulting Shia-dominated political leadership in the new Iraq has close ties to Tehran. It is no accident that Iraqi Shia militias have been active in the fighting in Syria supporting the government of Bashar al-Assad.

[Fishrrman]

This may be developing as an "alliance of convenience", but I would caution the Israelis about ever putting any real faith or trust in ANY muslim nation...