Gen. Martin E. Dempsey, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, spoke during a news conference with Lt. Gen. Benny Gantz, chief of the Israeli Defense Forces, in Jerusalem on Monday. Credit Ronen Zvulun/Reuters
Converging Interests May Lead to Cooperation Between Israel and Gulf States -- New York Times
JERUSALEM — Looking for a potential bright spot in the roiling upheaval of the Middle East, American and Israeli officials meeting in Jerusalem on Monday held out the hope of growing security cooperation between Israel and its Arab neighbors in the Persian Gulf.
That idea, basically unthinkable a few years ago, could be more plausible now because of widespread worry over Iran’s nuclear program, coupled with chaos in Syria and turmoil in Egypt. Even though Saudi Arabia and other gulf countries have long viewed Israel as the Arab world’s biggest adversary, the rise of threats they all share in common is creating a new urgency to find common ground, the officials said.
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Update: In Israel, Dempsey Surprises with Comment about Gulf States Cooperation -- The Tower
My Comment: These remarks by General Dempsey are very strange .... the Gulf Arabs would rather commit suicide than cooperate publicly with Israel.
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