Saudis, Zionists Urge New Anti-Iran Push
MUNICH (Dispatches) -- Saudi Arabia and the occupying regime of Israel both called on Sunday for a new push against Iran, signaling a growing alignment in their interests.
Turkey also joined the de facto united front against Tehran as Saudi and Zionist ministers rejected an appeal from Iranian Foreign Minister Muhammad Javad Zarif for Persian Gulf Arab states to work with Tehran to reduce violence across the region.
While Saudi Arabia ostensibly remains at odds with Israel, their ministers demanded at the Munich Security Conference that Tehran be punished for aiding the Syrian government in its war on terrorists.
Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir called Tehran the main sponsor of global terrorism and a destabilizing force in the Middle East even as most of the terrorists wreaking havoc in the region are inspired by the Wahhabi ideology preached in the kingdom.
He sidestepped a question about the occupying regime of Israel's call for concerted action with Saudi Arabia and its allies amid growing speculation that Riyadh and Tel Aviv could normalize relations and join forces to oppose Tehran, much as Turkey has done.
"Iran remains the single main sponsor of terrorism in the world," Jubeir told delegates at the conference. "It's determined to upend the order in the Middle East ... (and) until and unless Iran changes its behavior it would be very difficult to deal with a country like this."
The international community needed to set clear "red lines" to halt Iran's actions, he said, calling for banking, travel and trade restrictions on the country.
Zionist war minister Avigdor Lieberman said Iran's ultimate objective was to undermine Riyadh, and called for a dialogue with Arab countries to defeat "radical" elements in the region.
"The real division is not Jews, Muslims ... but moderate people versus radical people," Lieberman told delegates.
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu also criticized what he called an Iranian "sectarian policy" aimed at undermining Bahrain and Saudi Arabia.
"Turkey is very much against any kind of division, religious or sectarian," he said. "It's good that we are now normalizing our relations with Israel."
Ankara is known for supporting terrorists in Syria and providing them a free pass into the Arab country which is now in the grip of the worst war of attrition being waged by Takfiri and other extremist groups in living history.
Turkey also joined the de facto united front against Tehran as Saudi and Zionist ministers rejected an appeal from Iranian Foreign Minister Muhammad Javad Zarif for Persian Gulf Arab states to work with Tehran to reduce violence across the region.
While Saudi Arabia ostensibly remains at odds with Israel, their ministers demanded at the Munich Security Conference that Tehran be punished for aiding the Syrian government in its war on terrorists.
Saudi Foreign Minister Adel al-Jubeir called Tehran the main sponsor of global terrorism and a destabilizing force in the Middle East even as most of the terrorists wreaking havoc in the region are inspired by the Wahhabi ideology preached in the kingdom.
He sidestepped a question about the occupying regime of Israel's call for concerted action with Saudi Arabia and its allies amid growing speculation that Riyadh and Tel Aviv could normalize relations and join forces to oppose Tehran, much as Turkey has done.
"Iran remains the single main sponsor of terrorism in the world," Jubeir told delegates at the conference. "It's determined to upend the order in the Middle East ... (and) until and unless Iran changes its behavior it would be very difficult to deal with a country like this."
The international community needed to set clear "red lines" to halt Iran's actions, he said, calling for banking, travel and trade restrictions on the country.
Zionist war minister Avigdor Lieberman said Iran's ultimate objective was to undermine Riyadh, and called for a dialogue with Arab countries to defeat "radical" elements in the region.
"The real division is not Jews, Muslims ... but moderate people versus radical people," Lieberman told delegates.
Turkish Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu also criticized what he called an Iranian "sectarian policy" aimed at undermining Bahrain and Saudi Arabia.
"Turkey is very much against any kind of division, religious or sectarian," he said. "It's good that we are now normalizing our relations with Israel."
Ankara is known for supporting terrorists in Syria and providing them a free pass into the Arab country which is now in the grip of the worst war of attrition being waged by Takfiri and other extremist groups in living history.