Israel’s Channel 2 is claiming Saudi Arabia is close to agreeing to let Israel use their airspace to attack Iran, something Israel has been reported to be seeking for many years.
The latest report says that Saudi Arabia would be willing to let them use their air space, but only if Israel makes some progress on a peace deal with the Palestinians.
The theory is that Saudi Arabia would be able to get away with cooperating on the attack with less regional backlash if Israel was making some credible progress on the peace deal.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu says he is determined to prevent any deal between Iran and the P5+1, and attacking Iran would certainly be one way of killing the diplomatic process. Netanyahu’s aversion to making any progress on peace with the Palestinians, however, makes that concession unlikely.
It should be noted that Israeli papers have reported similar “deals” in the past, only for Saudi Arabia to come out and deny them in a day or two.
Re: Israelis Report Saudis Willing to Help Them Attack Iran
Its just another stunt in Netanyahu's re-election bid. Watch him spew some venom laced with half-truths and lies in the US congress next week trying to get re-elected.
Re: Israelis Report Saudis Willing to Help Them Attack Iran
Even if it wasn't, would the saudis fly and stop IDF? Weren't saudi radars jammed or AWAC suddenly out of commission when best buddy at that time iraq was bombed in '82?
Maybe, this time they would do aerial refueling over saudi airspace. But it does make me wonder that if IDF would want to do it, then why would they lose the moment of surprise like they did in iraq or recently in syria before the civil war?
They are not that stupid like desai, PM of india, who warned Zia that we know what is happening in kahuta making Pakistan deploy SAMs at Kahuta, send a message through channels to israel that pakistani program is not israel specific and to let india know that it would be held personally responsible if any joint or sole israeli strike package came from indian airspace.