“The Saudi authorities are completely coordinated with Israel on all matters related to Iran,” the European official in Brussels said.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, second left, walks in the grounds of the Intercontinental Hotel in Geneva, Switzerland, before a meeting with EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs, Catherine Ashton and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, Saturday Nov. 9, 2013.
U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry, second left, walks in the grounds of the Intercontinental Hotel in Geneva, Switzerland, before a meeting with EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs, Catherine Ashton and Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif, Saturday Nov. 9, 2013.
Using Saudi airspace means that Israeli Defense Forces could strike Tehran at a shorter distance, without having to fly around the Persian Gulf.
The Channel 2 report also highlights shared intelligence between the Jewish state and the Arab nation on Iran’s nuclear program, both worried about the outcome of the Geneva talks currently underway.
Although Jerusalem and Riyadh do not have diplomatic ties, there have been many unconfirmed reports about a possible coordination between them against Iran.
Some other Arab states, including Egypt, Qatar and the United Arab Emirates, have also expressed concerns about Tehran’s nuclear program, which Iran claims is being developed for peaceful purposes only.
Nevertheless, these major Sunni states fear that allowing Iran to continue enriching Uranium and build centrifuges might launch a nuclear arms race in the region.
The Channel 2 report comes amid increased tensions between Washington and Israel over the US position on Iran's nuclear program.
Netanyahu has warned several times that Tehran must not be allowed to have nuclear capabilities, while Iranian officials assert that their program is purely for civilian use.
In Sept. 2012, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu of Israel shows an illustration as he describes his concerns over Iran's nuclear ambitions during his address to the 67th session of the United Nations General Assembly at U.N. headquarters. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu provided the U.N. with a memorable moment with a cartoon bomb a year ago, and he can be expected to again call for a hard line against Iran's nuclear program backed by the credible threat of force.
A recently leaked Mossad cable revealed that Netanyahu allegedly misinformed the UN about Iran’s nuclear program, warning that the Islamic Republic is a year away from completing its “plans of building a nuclear weapon,” to justify Israel’s rights to act militarily when necessary.
The US, along with Britain, China, France, Russia and Germany, known as the P5+1, are seeking a comprehensive accord with Iran, to reach a 10-year nuclear freeze of its Uranium enrichment program in return for easing of economic sanctions.
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