Posts Tagged: Saudi Arabia
Israeli Defense Minister Says Ready to Work With Arab Countries on Syria Strategy
Israeli Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon said Israel was ready for the possibility of developing a joint strategy with Arab countries to address the situation in...
Israeli Deputy Minister: US Preventing Closer Ties Between Israel, Gulf States (INTERVIEW)
The relationship between Israel and a coalition of Gulf states led by Saudi Arabia is being held back by US inaction in the region, an Israeli deputy...
Saudi Foreign Minister Bashes Iran in New York Times, Says Tehran Still Committed to Terror, Spread of Islamic Revolution
In an op-ed on Monday in The New York Times, a senior Saudi official rejected the notion that Iran would moderate its policies in the wake of the nuclear...
Iranian Commander Says Saudi Arabia Acting as Israel’s Proxy
A senior Iranian military commander accused Saudi Arabia of acting as Israel’s proxy, semi-official Fars News Agency reported on Tuesday. Maj. Gen. Mohammad Ali Jafari, the...
Israel and the Four Powers
JNS.org - The rulers of the Arab Gulf states are, it seems, increasingly attentive to what Israel has to say about the balance of power...
Sounds of Silence: Iran-Saudi Arabia Fight Shows Consequences of US Pullback from Region
JNS.org - Amid heightened tensions between the two most powerful Muslim nations in the Middle East, experts say the loudest sound might be American silence. Sheikh Nimr...
Saudi Arabia Defies Iran — and the United States
The Saudi decision to execute Shiite cleric Sheikh Nimr al-Nimr at this particular juncture was a strategic act of defiance meant to challenge Iran and...
Iranian-Saudi Tensions May Distract Iran’s Efforts to Attack Israel, Expert Says
The dramatic escalation in the Iranian-Saudi Arabian rivalry poses critical potential ramifications for Israeli national security, according to Yaakov Amidror, the former head of Israel's...
Bernard-Henri Lévy: The World Must Stand Up to Saudi Arabia
Iran is no paragon of democracy. And when its leaders denounce the “criminal workings” of the “vile” Saudi regime and its links to terrorism, the pot...
Iranian Hackers Launch Cyber-Attacks on Israeli Nuclear Scientists, Defense Officials
A group of hackers linked to the Iranian Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) launched cyber-attacks against a Israeli defense personnel, including nuclear physicists, the Israeli news site nrg reported on...
Watchdog Highlights UNRWA Employee Facebook Posts Invoking Hitler, Happily Hanging Jews
Watchdog blogger Elder Of Ziyon, who has been monitoring antisemitism on the Facebook pages of United Nations Relief and Works Agency (UNRWA) employees, discovered new postings this week. One...
Iranian Media Claims Saudi Arabia Planning Massive New Canal to Bypass Iran-Controlled Strait of Hormuz
Saudi Arabia is planning to build a massive canal through Yemen to bypass the strategically important Strait of Hormuz, Iran's semi-official state news agency Fars claimed on Wednesday. The...
Saudi General and Adviser to King Salman: I am Committed to Peace With Israel, and We Need Netanyahu
A former Saudi general told i24news on Wednesday that he is committed to making peace with Israel, and that Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is vital to...
Retired US General Says Iran Nuclear Deal Reads Like High School Paper
A former senior U.S. military official said the two-month-old Iran nuclear deal, known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA), reads like a high...
