According to the Chief of Staff, the expansion of Iranian influence across the Middle East is a major concern to both Israel and Saudi Arabia.
"The Iranian plan is to control the Middle East through two Shi'ite crescents,” Eisenkot told Elaph. “The first is from Iran through Iraq to Syria and Lebanon and the second across the Gulf from Bahrain to Yemen to the Red Sea. We must stop that from happening.”
Eisenkot, who met with military leaders from around the globe at the second annual conference of the chiefs of staff in Washington in October, told Elaph that what he heard from the Saudi representative about Iranian expansion was “identical” to Israeli concerns.
“This is what should be prevented in the region,” he said, adding that “In this matter there is complete agreement between us and Saudi Arabia.”
While Tehran’s nuclear program has been temporarily frozen, there is no doubt about the country’s intention to acquire nuclear capabilities. Tehran is not only providing arms to terror groups such as Hezbollah in Lebanon, the Houthis in Yemen and Islamic Jihad in Gaza, but is transferring expertise, building weapons factories, supplying advanced weapons and investing huge sums into various militias. (Read More)
“This is what should be prevented in the region,” he said, adding that “In this matter there is complete agreement between us and Saudi Arabia.”
While Tehran’s nuclear program has been temporarily frozen, there is no doubt about the country’s intention to acquire nuclear capabilities. Tehran is not only providing arms to terror groups such as Hezbollah in Lebanon, the Houthis in Yemen and Islamic Jihad in Gaza, but is transferring expertise, building weapons factories, supplying advanced weapons and investing huge sums into various militias. (Read More)
