You’ve got it right. The Saudis, most of the smaller Gulf states, Egypt and Jordan all fear the Iranians far more than Israel. The cooperation will last until exactly one minute after the Iranian regime is defanged but right now it’s real and growing.
How else do you think Israeli warships get to pass through the Suez Canal? It doesn’t happen without the Egyptian’s blessings. That wall going up at Rafah on the Gaza-Egyptian border? Remember that Hamas is an offshoot of the Muslim Brotherhood and is just as dedicated to overthrowing the Mubarak regime as they are to destroying Israel. Hamas is an Iranian proxy.
It’s already clear that the Saudis have given tacit approval for use of their airspace as well.
Fear makes for strange bedfellows just as necessity does.
Instead of Israel doing the dirty work I’d love to see Iran and Saudi Arabia kick hell out of each other along with their proxies.
Also Israel need to stick it to Syria. Syria is bitching that they want the Golan back. Israel gives that to Syria and they relinquish the high ground and LOSE.
As a person from America do you like living in Israel? Difficult transition?
Oft times fearful?