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Wikileaks: Israel fears regime change in Egypt, Jordan and Saudi Arabia

Well, no kidding.

Israel’s relationship with Egypt and Jordan is “fraying,” warned the US in a year-old WikiLeaks cable released late Sunday night. “Israel enjoys peace with Egypt and Jordan, but not with its people,” said the cable, which was sent from the US Embassy in Tel Aviv in November 2009, in advance of a visit to Israel by Deputy Secretary of State James Steinberg.

When Israel assesses US arms sales in the region, it approaches it from a worst-case scenario, believing moderate Arab nations such as Egypt, Jordan and Saudi Arabia could fall victim to regime change and resume hostilities against Israel, said the cable.

I would say that's an eventuality and not a worst case scenario.

What could go wrong?

Read the whole thing.

By the way, so much for the conspiracy theorists who claimed there was nothing about Israel in Wikileaks.

Labels: regime change, Wikileaks

posted by Carl in Jerusalem @ 10:21 AM