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by Reuters and Algemeiner Staff
Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz speaks during an election campaign rally in Ramat Gan, near Tel Aviv, Israel, February 25, 2020. REUTERS/Corinna Kern
Israel and Arab countries that share its worries about Iran should build up their military capabilities under Washington’s aegis, the Israeli defense minister said on Tuesday ahead of a visit to the region by US President Joe Biden.
Biden’s July 13-16 tour will include Israel, the Palestinian territories and Saudi Arabia, a US official said. According to Saudi state television, Biden will attend a summit with the leaders of Gulf states, Egypt, Jordan and Iraq.
The Iran nuclear program, and so-far fruitless international negotiations to revive a 2015 deal capping it, are among issues likely to be on the agenda.
In a speech, Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz cited Israel’s security ties with Gulf Arab states that drew closer to it under a 2020 US-sponsored diplomatic drive, as well as Egypt and Jordan, and said there were efforts to expand such cooperation.
“In the face of Iranian belligerence … what is needed is not just cooperation, but also a regional force build-up, with American leadership, which would strengthen all parties involved,” he said, according to an official transcript.
“On this, we are working continually, for the sake of the security of Israel’s citizens,” Gantz said.
Saudi Arabia signaled its backing for the so-called Abraham Accords under which the United Arab Emirates and Bahrain forged relations with Israel two years ago. But Riyadh has stopped short of formally recognizing neighboring Israel.
Israel has voiced willingness to work militarily with its new Gulf partners, which have been more publicly reticent about such a prospect.
