Amos Gilad [file] Photo: Wikimedia Commons (CC) by Hanay
Amos Gilad: Strong Arab Sunni Bloc Doesn't See Israel As Enemy -- Jerusalem Post
Speaking in Herzliya, defense official lauds Egypt's counter-terror efforts in Sinai; says US is sole superpower to Arab states.
A powerful Middle Eastern axis of Sunni states has taken form in the region, which “does not view Israel as a sworn enemy” and has successfully kept extremist jihadi terrorism at bay, Maj.-Gen. (res.) Amos Gilad said on Sunday.
Speaking before the Institute for Counter-Terrorism’s international summit in Herzliya, Gilad, who is director of the Political-Military Affairs Bureau at the Defense Ministry, said that Israel “won’t ever be accepted as a formal member” of the Sunni axis, but that the states that make it up all view the US as the sole superpower and that their regional policies are indirectly beneficial for Israel.
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My Comment: Some commentators are also starting to notice this alliance .... The Saudi-Israeli Superpower. As to what is my take .... I have mixed feelings that this alliance of convenience and shared interests can be sustained.
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