Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz said Tuesday that Israel and Arab nations in the Middle East should build up their military capabilities together against Iran under the leadership of Washington.
“In the face of Iranian belligerence … what is needed is not just cooperation, but also a regional force buildup, with American leadership, which would strengthen all parties involved,” Gantz said.
Israel’s military ties with the Gulf states have grown in recent years thanks to the US-brokered Abraham Accords, under which Israel normalized with the UAE and Bahrain. Israel has also increased military cooperation with Saudi Arabia despite Riyadh’s reluctance to start a formal diplomatic relationship.
A major aspect of the Abraham Accords was to isolate Iran, and Israeli officials are hoping to forge an anti-Iran alliance in the region. In a meeting with President Biden last year, Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett reportedly floated the idea of forming a NATO-style alliance in the Middle East against Iran.
The idea of increasing military cooperation between Arab nations and Israel is popular in Congress. Last week, bipartisan groups of US lawmakers introduced a bill in the House and the Senate that would coordinate missile defense upgrades for Israel and several Arab states to counter alleged threats from Iran.
Gantz’s comments come ahead of President Biden’s trip to the Middle East, where he will visit Israel and Saudi Arabia. US officials confirmed Tuesday that the trip will take place from July 13 to July 16.
“American leadership” Yes, we have seen how much this is helping the world.
“… what is needed is not just cooperation, but also a regional force buildup, with American leadership…”
Israeli tail wags US dog. Israel never stops pushing the envelope when it comes to panhandling and war.
‘In the face of belligerence …’
By Iran, what belligerence is that? Israel is the one doing assassinations and bombing Syria on a weekly basis.
As well as assassinating Iranian scientists.
… and prominent female journalists and sit-down strikers with US citizenship (Rachel Corrie v Zionist bulldozer) -apparently not worth spit against Zionist platinum citizenship.
They’ve (Israel) got to do something with all that spare time…!
Right Donna, since they’re getting all that welfare from us!
“Iran wants to lead military buildup with Russia under the supervision of China against IsraHell and signitories to the Abraham Accords.”
“Send lawyers, guns and money… The sh-t has (about) hit the fan!”
Israel always sounds like a whisper, until the gauntlet falls…
This NATO version of Middle East will collapse before it get started…!
Yinon plan at work
He who defends everywhere defends nowhere.
You can’t “build up” everywhere at the same time. A build up means a choice of “this instead of that.”
The US is now doing Ukraine and China. No, we can’t also do Iran. That is the past, what we did before we had to do these other build ups instead.
“American leadership”
Translation: the Neocons now in full control of both the US govt behind the senile place-holder president and the US money-printing facility.
The Neocons will milk this crisis and their moment of near total control for all they can get.
I’ve been saying since 2006 that a war with Iran is inevitable. Looks like Biden is the President who will finally make that prediction true.
Where’s Jimmy Carter when you need him? 😐
Always getting a dog to do its bidding from Nasser to Saddam to Iran.
I watched Biden’s appearance on Jimmy Kimmel show last night, for God’s sake he is so incoherent on top of being incompetent. Israelis will walk all over him, then hand him over to MBS.
This is one of those times his senility won’t be a factor. Kissing Israel’s a$$ is something every president does. It’s just a matter of degree. The first Bush did the least in my estimation.
Agree Wars, at least within memory. Daddy Bush conditioned “aid” to IsraHell, dictating that the building of squatter homes must stop.
However our beloved JFK refused to sell nukes to IsraHell, and Mossad was almost surely involved in his assassination, along with the CIA and Lyndon Baines Johnson.
Richard Nixon said, regarding LBJ’s probable involvement: I wanted to be President, but not enough to kill anyone.
He is traveling to Saudi Arab for security of Israel .That’s what he has said .Not for oil or gas . But press wants us believe that he is going there for economic issue and human right concern (journalist ) .
Israel Wants Russia to Lead Middle East Military Buildup Against Israel