US President Donald Trump appears to have found common ground between Israel and the Arab nations – their mutual fear of the influence of Iran.
President Trump flew into Israel on Monday night (AEST) on the second stop of his first presidential trip after earlier visiting Saudi Arabia.
His message to Israel was in many respects similar to the one he offered Sunni-Muslim majority leaders in Saudi Arabia on Sunday.
Speaking in Jerusalem on Tuesday morning (AEST) after discussions with Israeli leaders on the first day of his two-day visit, Mr Trump pledged he would never let Tehran acquire nuclear arms.
“What’s happened with Iran has brought many of the parts of the Middle East toward Israel,” he said at a meeting with President Reuven Rivlin.
Speaking with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Trump alluded to a growing Iranian influence in conflicts in Syria, Yemen and Iraq, where it either backs Shi’ite fighters or has sent its own forces.
Read the full article by Neil Frankland at The New Daily.