Israel, Saudi formed alliance to survive

Senior American analyst Kevin Barrett says Saudi Arabia and Israel may only survive once the Middle East is ruled by western stooges, adding the two have formed an alliance in order to survive. The university professor and Veterans Today editor also told the Qods News Agency (Qodsna) that Israel failed to reach its objectives during the 2014 summer genocidal war on Gaza.  The full text of the interview follows.

Qodsna: Why Saudi Arabia instead of helping Palestinian people and solving regional problem, has allied with Israel and also supports terrorist groups in the region?

Barrett: The Saudi and Zionist regimes depend on Western neo-colonial occupation of the Middle East for their existence. A genuinely independent Middle East would have no place for either one. So they have made common cause in order to resist the winds of change that are sweeping the region.

The roots of the current Saudi-Zionist alliance go back to the summer of 2006, when Hezbollah defeated Israel and won the support of most of the people of the Middle East. The Saudi and Israeli leadership both feared the rise of an Axis of Resistance that would eventually overthrow both regimes. So they joined forces to destabilize the region, largely through Saudi-funded sectarianism. The Saudis and Zionists, together with their allies in the neoconservative movement in the West, hijacked the Arab Spring, created ISIL, and unleashed the chaos that we are now witnessing.

Qodsna: In the anniversary of last summer's Gaza War, we see that despite the high toll of Palestinians, in the public opinion Israel is considered as defeated and Palestinians are deemed as victorious. What is your opinion about this reality?

Barrett: In its Gaza incursions, Israel has shown its ability to kill Palestinians with impunity. But these are Pyrrhic victories. Once again last summer Israel was unable to achieve any military objectives, and its standing in the court of world public opinion continues to sink. By simply enduring and refusing to surrender, the Palestinians won a significant victory.

Qodsna: What is the reason of the Israel's latest attacks on Syria? Do you think that these attacks are related to supporting terrorist groups in Syria?

Barrett: The Netanyahu regime is desperately seeking a way to undermine the Iran nuclear deal. So the Zionists are trying to increase tensions in Syria by getting more directly involved in the destabilization of that country. They want to escalate the fighting and exacerbate the crisis in order to portray Iran, which supports the Syrian government, as a threat to “the West.”