HERZLIYA — Israel and U.S.-aligned Arab countries have what might be a unique chance to forge a regional peace deal given their shared worries about Iran, the chief of Israel’s Mossad spy service said on Monday. The United States convened Arab and other dignitaries in Bahrain last week to encourage investment in the Palestinian economy that might help renew peace talks with Israel. Israel, which sent only a non-official delegation, saw in the event a chance to bolster its wider ties to the Arab world. But the Palestinians and many Arabs in the region dismissed the economic plan as pointless without a political deal, a goal that repeatedly eluded previous peace efforts. “The Mossad or the State of Israel did not sign the nuclear deal (and) will do everything to ensure that Iran will never have nuclear weaponry,” he said.

Source: National Post July 01, 2019 12:11 UTC