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Should Israel's Government Be Wary of Arab Gulf Relations?

1,256 views · Published 12 December 2018 · 8:35 · Indexed 28 October 2026

Channel: i24NEWS English · 2018 · News & Politics

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THE RUNDOWN | Many Israelis are enthusiastic about the possibility of Israel normalizing relations with Arab Gulf states. One former IDF deputy certainly thinks there is something to be wary of.

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Former IDF Deputy Chief of the General Staff Yair Golan warned that Israel should be wary of relations with the Arab Gulf states because of difference in values. 

'We should remember all the time that we really rely completely on a different set of values and we should not overemphasize these relationship,' Golan said.

Netanyahu has repeatedly said that Sunni states have been making overtures to Israel, spurred by the perceived mutual threat of Iran which both accuse of fueling regional conflicts by supporting armed proxies in Syria, Iraq, Yemen and Bahrain.

Bahrain is among the Gulf states which has softened its rhetoric vis a vis Israel recently. The Kingdom’s foreign minister wrote on Twitter in May that the Jewish state has a right to defend itself against Iran.

'As long as Iran has breached the status quo in the region and invaded countries with its forces and missiles, so any state in the region, including Israel, is entitled to defend itself by destroying sources of danger,' the minister wrote following a rare direct confrontation between Israel and Iranian forces in Syria.

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