Israel’s “new” freinds
MVZ247 Week 11
Old Enemy-New Friend
Saudi Arabia
Visit to Israel
Media campaign in SA
UAE
Academic and policy forums (open channels)
Egypt
Visit in 9 years
Side-Benefits
With Egypt and S.A. talk of reviving 2002 peace initiative
PMO has discussed interest in improved Arab-Israeli relations first.
Robust trade in Israeli security tech.
Increased/Improved Cyber warfare, border security, critical infrastructure
Shared Interests
Combating Terrorism
Regional stability
Regular meetings with high-level security officials S.A.-Israel (F.P.)
Stopping spread of Islamic State
Security
Preventing a nuclear weapons program in Iran
Hegemonic aspirations
Going forward
“Coalition of the willing”
Backdoor channels
Threat perceptions
Hezbollah = Gulf states declared them terror group
Missiles and missile defense (S.A. in Yemen)
Resources and Capabilities create a common strategy to counter, defend, defeat
shared enemies.
Synchronize efforts