Professor of Political Science at Kuwait University, Dr. Abdullah Al-Shayji, said that what is currently happening is an Israeli mobilization against Iran, and it is not in the interest of the Gulf Cooperation Council countries to be part of it, and this came in the context of his response to a question about what was revealed by the Israeli Channel 12 that The Israeli army has deployed a radar system in several countries in the Middle East, including the UAE and Bahrain.
The channel said that this comes in the context of a joint vision to confront what it described as Iran's missile threats and create an early warning system, a system that the channel said had contributed months ago to bringing down Iranian marches in the sky of Iraq that were on their way to Israel.
Al-Shayji added to an episode of "Beyond the News" program (9/6/2022) that the talk about an "Arab Gulf NATO with the presence of Israel" is just a fantasy for Israel, which is taking advantage of the faltering American strategy in the Middle East.
While he indicated that the Gulf states themselves do not agree among themselves in their view of the way to deal with Iran, some of them, such as Saudi Arabia, believe in dialogue with this country. The Gulf.
The involvement of the Gulf and Arab countries
For his part, the expert in Israeli affairs, Saleh Al-Naami, confirmed that the Gulf and Arab countries differ in their view of the Iranian threat, noting that Israel is trying to involve these countries in a confrontation with Iran, without paying - that is, Israel - the price.
Pointing out at the same time that Tel Aviv does not need cooperation with the Gulf and Arabs, and it maintains a military presence in the Gulf under the American Central Command.
The guest of "Beyond the News" expected that the decision of the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency to issue warnings to Iran means lifting the curtain on the issue of returning to the Iranian nuclear agreement and opening the way for an Israeli escalation against Tehran.
Regarding the possibilities of the Iranian response to Israel, the military and strategic expert, Major General Fayez Al-Duwairi, expected that Tehran would not start the attack and that its response would depend on the size of the blow it received, and considered that the Iranian threats were for internal consumption only.
Al-Duwairi gave a military reading in the news reported by the Israeli Channel 12 regarding the deployment of a radar system by the Israeli army in several countries in the Middle East, including the UAE and Bahrain, stressing the possibility of cooperation and integration through radar systems, where they can be linked technically and exchange information.
The military expert pointed to what The Wall Street Journal also reported that American lawmakers from both parties submitted a bill to Congress that stipulates that the US Department of Defense work with Israel and a number of Arab countries, in order to integrate air defenses To thwart what he described as the Iranian threats, he spoke of a defense alliance sponsored by the United States of America, with Israeli leadership, and with Arab membership.
Today, Thursday, the International Atomic Energy Agency warned Iran of a severe blow to the Iranian nuclear agreement, if Tehran did not return the monitoring equipment set by the agency under the agreement to monitor Iran's nuclear activities, at a time when Tehran began a series of steps in response to a report issued by the agency yesterday, Wednesday, criticizing the lack of Iranian cooperation.