Posted on 08/20/23
| News Source: JPost
There are diplomatic liaisons and talks taking place that have me alarmed. The United States and Israel should be seriously worried about the renewal of talks, and the building of relationships, between Iran and Saudi Arabia. The United States and Israel also should be very concerned about China’s involvement with Iran and Saudi Arabia. But it is this newly burgeoning relationship between Iran and Saudi Arabia that is sending sends shivers down my spine.
Iran and Saudi Arabia, long-time nemeses, are expert gamers when it comes to international diplomacy. Saudi Arabia is simultaneously engaged in diplomatic liaising with Iran and engaged in navigating a US-brokered deal between their country and Israel. And not just any deal. This would be a deal that includes a resolution of the decades-old, until now unsolvable, Palestinian-Israeli issue. A deal that would, presumably, involve some form of Palestinian statehood or independence.
Any diplomatic venture that includes Iran is extremely dangerous for Israel and the region. Iran cannot be trusted. Iran is not a responsible party to any agreement.
This axiom is essential.
You can never trust Iran
The tensions that have existed between Iran and Saudi Arabia have been very important in keeping an equilibrium in the region. These two significant regional powers balanced one another. Their tensions kept them in check, and it staved off a head-to-head confrontation between the region’s Shi’ite (Iran) and Sunni (Saudi Arabia) populations. Until now, they encouraged their proxies to battle it out. And as a result, larger regional conflicts were minimized.