Dore Gold, the incoming director general of Israel’s Foreign Ministry, and Anwar Majed Eshki, a retired Saudi general close to the current government, stood together at the Council on Foreign Relations think tank in Washington on Thursday to acknowledge what has been widely suspected for some time, that their two governments have been working together on intelligence and other efforts to confront the shared threat from Iran’s renegade nuclear program and support for terrorism in the Middle East. “Our standing today on this stage does not mean we have resolved all the differences that our countries have shared over the years,” Gold said, adding “But our hope is we will be able to address them fully in the years ahead.” The announcement came as an opinion poll was released this week by the Interdisciplinary Center in Herzliya, showing among other things that most Saudis regard Iran and the Islamic State terror militia to be far bigger problems than Israel. Read More
