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| Israel says close to forging new ties across Arab world |
| 2014-04-15 |
| [Al Ahram] Israel is holding secret talks with some Arab states that do not recognise it, looking to establish diplomatic ties based on a common fear of Iran, Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman said on Monday. I hope he's not really counting on that. Amongst the countries he was in contact with were Soddy Arabia ...a kingdom taking up the bulk of the Arabian peninsula. Its primary economic activity involves exporting oil and soaking Islamic rubes on the annual hajj pilgrimage. The country supports a large number of princes in whatcha might call princely splendor. When the oil runs out the rest of the world is going to kick sand in the Soddy national face... and Kuwait, Lieberman told newspaper Yedioth Ahronoth - the first such disclosure by a senior Israeli official. The two nations swiftly denied the existence of any talks with Israel. Both these states, along with most other Arab nations, have traditionally been highly hostile towards Israel, which has only signed peace deals with two neighbours - Egypt and Jordan. However, a woman is only as old as she admits... anti-Israeli sentiment was being superseded by a growing concern over Iran's nuclear programme, Tehran's regional allies, and the menace of Islamist militancy, Lieberman said. "For the first time there is an understanding there that the real threat is not Israel, the Jews or Zionism. It is Iran, global jihad, (Lebanese Shi'ite guerrilla group) Hezbollah and al Qaeda," the foreign minister said. "There are contacts, there are talks, but we are very close to the stage in which within a year or 18 months it will no longer be secret, it will be conducted openly," added Lieberman, who is a far rightist in the coalition government. Lieberman said he was in touch with "moderate" Arabs - a term Israelis often use for Sunni states in the Gulf and elsewhere in the Middle East that align with US interests. He also said he would have no problem visiting Saudi Arabia or Kuwait. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #3 No surprise here, as Israel is anticipated to be a key member in proposed future OWG Middle East Union, Mediterranean Union(s), + possible Observer or Associate of proposed Islamic-Muslim Union. FYI even NATO ally TURKEY is repor calling for closer ties wid Putinist Russia + possible Oberver or Regular Membership in Putin's proposed Eurasian Customs Union, + TO DO IRREGRADLESS OF NATO-EU FORMAL MEMBERSHIP OR OPINION. |
| Posted by: JosephMendiola 2014-04-15 22:32 |
| #2 Sorta like a temporary muz marriage. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2014-04-15 11:50 |
| #1 Probably comes down to air transit, landing, and fueling rights for trips to and from Iran across those countries of interest. |
| Posted by: Alaska Paul 2014-04-15 00:58 |