Israel to form military alliance with Arab states

Israel is in talks with Western countries to form a defense alliance with Arab states, Report mentions, referring to newsru.

The reason for this is the increase in contacts between Israel and the Arab countries.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and the King of Bahrain, Israeli Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi, and his counterpart from the United Arab Emirates (UAE) had a telephone conversation with the Jewish Defense Minister and King Abdullah II of Jordan.

The main goal of the alliance is to join efforts in resisting the Iranian threat. Israel considers it important to involve Saudi Arabia in the union. Thus a large part of the talks is held in secret in order not to attract attention.