Minister Yuval Steinitz, a member of the political-security cabinet, told Israel Defense Forces Radio on Sunday. "The connection with the moderate Arab world, incldingSaudi Arabia, is helping us to stop Iran."
During the conversation, Steinitz made it clear that "even when we were struggling to improve the nuclear agreement, with a very partial success, there was some assistance from moderate Arab countries toward the United States and the Western powers." Even today, when we press the superpowers not to agree to the establishment of an Iranian military base in Syria, the Sunni Arab world helps us."
The minister confirmed that Jerusalem is indeed in contact with various Arab countries - but in a secret channel due to the political concern of those countries: "We have some secret ties with many Muslim and Arab countries, And usually those who want to play down these ties are the other side."