Israel and Saudi Arabia warn Iran over ‘encroachment’
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu tells a global security conference it’s time to confront the Islamic republic
Munich — Israel and Saudi Arabia delivered twin warnings to Iran, telling a global security conference it’s time to confront the Islamic republic’s encroachment on the Middle East. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu evoked the West’s appeasement of Nazi Germany before the Second World War in a speech at Munich that described Iranian aggression as "the greatest threat to our world" and warned that Israel would resist it. Saudi Foreign Minister Adel Al Jubeir, addressing the event later on Sunday, said Iran needed to pay a price for its "aggressive behaviour". Faced with a war in Syria that has destabilised the region, redrawn its threat map and escalated the risk of a wider war, Israel and Saudi Arabia, which have no diplomatic relations, are finding a common enemy in Iran. Last week, Israel lost a combat aircraft to hostile fire as it returned from air strikes in Syria, an incident that reportedly began with an Iranian military drone entering Israeli territory. Netanyahu inte...
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