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The two suicide bombings that hit the Iranian embassy in Beirut come in the context of the Saudi-Israeli unannounced alliance which aims at facing Iran, Syria and Hezbollah, Zionist media reported.
This stance intersects with that of Saudi Arabia and its followers in Lebanon and states that the blasts are the price which resistance alliance has to pay for its response to the takfiri project in Syria.
The Zionist analysts further expected more suicide attacks similar to those that hit the Iranian embassy in Beirut.
The Israelli newspaper Yediot Ahronot presented a reading for the Saudi-Israeli alliance, mentioning that "In one of the region's oddest pairings, Israel and the Gulf Arab states led by Saudi Arabia increasingly are finding common ground – and a common political language – on their mutual dismay over Iran's history-making overtures to Washington and the prospect of a nuclear deal in Geneva that could curb Tehran's atomic program but leave the main elements intact, such as uranium enrichment."
"The adage about 'the enemy of my enemy is my friend' is playing out over Iran," said Theodore Karasik, a security and political affairs analyst at the Dubai-based Institute for Near East and Gulf Military Analysis. "This situation opens up some interesting possibilities as it all shakes out."
There seems little chance of major diplomatic breakthroughs between Israel and the Gulf's array of ruling monarchs and sheiks. But their shared worries over Iran's influence and ambitions already has brought back-channel contacts and "intimate relationships" on defense and other strategic interests through forums such as the UN, said Dan Gillerman, a former Israeli ambassador to the world body.
"The stepped-up anxieties on Iran could bring new space for the Gulf-Israel overlap," the Zionist paper added.
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