A senior Israeli official told reporters on Friday that the normalization agreement between Saudi Arabia and Iran was the result of the “weakness” of the US and the previous Israeli government.
“There was a feeling of US and Israeli weakness and this is why the Saudis started looking for new avenues. It was clear that this was going to happen,” the unnamed official said while traveling with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Rome, according to Axios.
The official said the Saudi-Iran deal, which was brokered by China, should not impact Israel’s efforts to normalize with Riyadh. But a major aspect of the Israeli plans to open up relations with Gulf Arab states is to form an anti-Iran alliance in the region, which seems more unlikely due to the Saudi-Iran rapprochement.
Former Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid, who now leads the opposition in the Knesset, slammed Netanyahu’s government and said the Saudi-Iran deal signals the “collapse of the regional defense wall that we started building against Iran.”
“This is what happens when one deals with legal insanity all day instead of doing one’s job against Iran and strengthening relations with the United States,” Lapid added, referring to the Netanyahu government’s judicial overhaul.
The day before the Saudi-Iran deal was announced, The Wall Street Journal reported that Saudi Arabia was asking the US for security guarantees and help to start a nuclear program as part of an agreement for Riyadh to normalize ties with Israel.
They take billions in free taxpayer money annually and get to insult the donor at the same time. Now which country has the Chutzpah to pull that off?
The irony, eh?
Well said.
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Well maybe it is time to latch onto a new host. I for one view the prospect of peace between Saudi and Iran as a good thing.
John, I don’t believe another host would allow the little parasite to suck its lifeblood. Only the Zionist States of Amerikkka was/is foolish enough to do so.
Large scale Mid East peace is an existential threat to Israel.
West Asia needs peace in order to develop a healthy society free of eternal US war.
Come watch the tail wag the dog — always an entertaining show.
hilarious, you couldn’t make this up
Yeah, the problem with trying to consolidate total power by neutering the judiciary is that it detracts from your war fomenting. Is what Lapid is actually saying.
This is a blow to Israeli plans to attack Iran.
The US “weakness” in question is its refusal to launch that war for Israel.
No more dreaming of using Saudi Arabia territory to initiate an air strike on Iran’s nuclear facilities…!
So predictable.
Oh IsraHell, how does it feel when your benefactor proceeds with an action you object to?
I for one am laughing myself silly. Perhaps finally the dog is actually wagging its own tail! Note: Amerikkkans are sick and tired of giving up our hard-earned tax dollars to you in order that you employ them to commit genocide. And the numbers of said Amerikkans are growing hourly.
Oh noes! There is peace? Whatever shall we do?
LMAO
And that translates to Israeli Super Weakness Not being able to persuade US to Avoid such Re-Union…! Owning one half of US Congress didn’t help in this case…!
“But a major aspect of the Israeli plans to open up relations with Gulf Arab states is to form an anti-Iran alliance in the region, which seems more unlikely due to the Saudi-Iran rapprochement.”
With the emphasis on major aspect. They eat, shit and breath attacking Iran on a daily basis.
Yes, they E, S and B… But they don’t dare A Iran W/O US help…!
So MIC fascist stooge Biden is too weak in the eyes of the Arab-hating and Muslim-hating ultra fascists in Israel. Good to know.
A suggestion: fly a helicopter over the current war zone playing the following:
and imagine soldiers on both sides joining in on the spirit….
Just imagining how nice it would be not to be living in an asylum 😉
Sorry, never mind ;-(
Word of the day: VAPORIZE.
A Nuclear Middle East? A terrifying thought…
“We are living in a nuclear world and I am a nuclear girl!” NOT.
Israel is the wild card though…