The plane is a demonstration exposing the hidden between Israel and a Gulf state

Mohammed Mohsen Wedd - Occupied Jerusalem

Israel's official recognition of its refusal to request a Gulf state to purchase a plane from its air industries has been canceled, and the scenes of military cooperation between Tel Aviv and Arab and Islamic countries have been unveiled.

The official Israeli television revealed that a Gulf state made a request to Tel Aviv several years ago to buy a plane, "Hormuz 450" and the "Zek".

According to the Israeli channel, the security authorities in Tel Aviv rejected the request of the Gulf state, which later decided to buy drones from China. In response, the Israeli Defense Ministry said it was "not tracking security export deals."

Despite the Israeli silence on the name of the Gulf state at the request of the military censor, Israeli television reported that the country concerned is the United Arab Emirates, which said that it concluded in 2017 a deal with China to purchase aircraft used in the process of carrying out attacks and assassinations in Yemen.

Away from the lights
The report comes to bolster reports that Arab and Islamic countries are expanding their military and intelligence cooperation with Israel out of the limelight.

At the end of last November, Haaretz published an investigation revealing that Saudi Arabia was using Israeli electronic spy systems (Pegasus 3), which it purchased from Israeli company NOO under contacts and deals between 2014 and 2017. The initial value of the deal was $ 55 million Out of a total of $ 208 million.

The military industry's export department in the Israeli Defense Ministry excludes any data on military trade with Arab or Islamic countries that do not have diplomatic relations with Tel Aviv.

Israel's military exports to the world totaled $ 9.2 billion, reflecting a 40 percent increase over 2016, which led to Israel being classified as one of the top 10 exporting countries, according to data released by the ministry for the year 2017. For the military and security industries in the world.

By way of a review of the geographical distribution of Israeli military exports, most of the exports to Asia and the Pacific were about 58%. The most prominent transactions were $ 2 billion between the Israeli and Israeli air industries, including more than $ 1.6 billion for the Barak 8 air defense system. Europe ranks second with 21% of exports, North America at 14%, Africa at 5% and Latin America at 2%.

Director of the Israeli Institute "Metfim" Nimrod Jorn: A history of secret relations between Israel and Arab countries in the field of security and military (social networking sites)

Deals and Relationships
Israeli military and security analyst Eyal Elimeh believes that this case, although vague, "reflects the status quo."

"Some Arab and Islamic countries keep security relations and military deals with Tel Aviv under wraps, and Israel has an interest in doing so to prevent any confusion or embarrassment for those countries with which there are no diplomatic relations or because of the sensitivity of existing relations," he told Al Jazeera.net.

In his opinion, the disclosure of the UAE's request to purchase aircraft from Israel "does not seem strange or surprising," referring to statements made by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and other Israeli leaders, spoke of "strong relations" between Tel Aviv and Gulf and Arab countries, Under the umbrella of confidentiality at the request of these States.

"We can talk about advanced arms deals, technological systems, or military projects for joint products from the development of the Israeli and American military industries that were the focus of attention of countries in the Middle East that were quick to conclude deals with Tel Aviv," he said.

He pointed out that the proliferation of arms deals and the breadth of talk and publication at this stage preceded by intelligence cooperation and coordination of Israeli security with the "moderate countries" in everything related to "combating terrorism."

Messages and interests
The same proposal was adopted and reviewed by Nimrod Jorn, director of the Israeli institute "Metifim", a specialist in foreign policy for Israel and the Middle East. He spoke about a long history of secret relations between Israel and Arab countries in the security, military, diplomatic and intelligence fields.

He pointed out that the new thing is the publication and disclosure of the scenes of these relations and deals, adding that Israel's refusal to deal with aircraft flying with a Gulf state is due mainly to the refusal to disclose this technology even to countries that consider it friendly or perhaps to oppose America's deal.

In terms of identifying and publishing arms, technology, and military and security cooperation, Jorn told Al Jazeera.net that it is in Israel's interest to "send a message to Iran that Tel Aviv is continuing to strengthen the alliance with moderate Sunni states."

He added that Netanyahu sends internal messages to Israeli society and assurances before the elections that the normalization train was launched quickly and that there are no security threats anymore.