Posted on 10/12/2025 7:14:52 PM PDT by Kazan
The Washington Post revealed on Saturday that, despite fierce public condemnation of Israel by Arab governments during the Gaza war, several of those same countries secretly maintained close military and intelligence cooperation with Jerusalem.
According to leaked U.S. documents obtained by the newspaper and the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ), at least six Arab states — Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Jordan, the United Arab Emirates, Bahrain, and Qatar — took part in a classified regional defense framework known as the “Regional Security Construct.” Kuwait and Oman were listed as potential future partners.
The mechanism, established under the coordination of U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), functioned as a discreet network for information-sharing, joint exercises, and operational coordination aimed at countering Iran’s regional influence and strengthening military ties with Israel.
All meetings were classified as “sponsored and confidential,” with strict orders banning photography or contact with the media. Internal memos even outlined kosher catering and religious dietary restrictions, prohibiting pork and shellfish at gatherings.
Over the past three years, the network reportedly organized a series of regional security summits and training exercises — from Bahrain and Jordan to Qatar’s Al-Udeid Air Base and Fort Campbell in Kentucky — attended by senior officers from Israel, Arab states, and the U.S. military.
One document detailed international exercises on identifying and destroying underground tunnels, the same technology used by Hamas in Gaza. Another described joint training held in Egypt in September, involving forces from the U.S., Israel, Saudi Arabia, Jordan, Egypt, Greece, India, Britain, and Qatar.
The stated goal of the initiative was to establish real-time coordination on intelligence, radar connectivity, cyber communication, and missile defense systems. Since 2022, participating countries have integrated their radar and sensor data with the U.S. network to counter Iranian missiles and drones.
The documents also indicate that two unnamed Arab countries shared intelligence directly with a U.S. Air Force squadron, and all participants now use an encrypted chat platform for direct communication with Washington and allied capitals.
CENTCOM briefings cited in the documents describe Iran and its regional proxies as the “axis of evil,” showing maps marking missile threats in Gaza and Yemen. Washington views the structure as a way to promote a narrative of “regional prosperity and cooperation” and counter Tehran’s claim of defending Palestinians.
The information was also distributed to members of the “Five Eyes” intelligence alliance — the U.S., U.K., Canada, Australia, and New Zealand — underscoring the global dimension of the initiative. Future plans include a “Middle East Cyber Center” and a regional “Information Fusion Center” to facilitate real-time data-sharing and digital defense training for Israeli and Arab experts alike.
Saudi Arabia reportedly played a particularly active role, providing intelligence to both Israel and its Arab neighbors on Syria, Yemen, and ISIS activity. A major meeting held in January at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, included drills on identifying and neutralizing offensive tunnels — a common tactic in Gaza warfare.
Another briefing saw Saudi and U.S. officials present overviews of Russian, Turkish, and Kurdish activity in Syria, alongside updates on Houthi threats in Yemen and ISIS operations in Iraq and Syria.
Tensions after Doha strike
Relations within the group reportedly hit a crisis last month after an Israeli airstrike in Doha, which targeted senior Hamas officials. The attack caught Washington off guard and infuriated Qatar, a key mediator with Hamas and a central partner in the secret mechanism.
According to the report, President Donald Trump pressured Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to apologize in a phone call from the Oval Office and commit not to repeat such an action. U.S. radar systems did not detect the Israeli jets, American military sources said, because they were calibrated primarily for monitoring Iran.
The leaked documents explicitly emphasize that the cooperation “does not constitute a new alliance” and that all meetings must remain discreet. Publicly, however, Arab leaders continued to denounce Israel at international forums: Qatar’s emir called the Gaza operation a “war of extermination,” while Saudi Arabia accused Israel of “starving Palestinians and ethnic cleansing.”
Analysts cited in the Post said the documents show Arab states remain reliant on the U.S. for security guarantees while still wary of Israel’s power. “The Gulf states fear an unrestrained Israel but depend on the U.S. and worry about Iran’s growing strength,” said Prof. Thomas Juneau of the University of Ottawa.
From Washington’s perspective, the cooperation reflects an effort to build on the Abraham Accords and gradually advance security normalization between Israel and the Arab world. The U.S. recently deployed 200 troops to oversee the cease-fire implementation, and President Trump said Arab nations in the network might eventually contribute forces to a future international mission in Gaza.
Though these countries publicly endorsed Trump’s roadmap for ending the war — including establishing a multinational force in Gaza and training a new Palestinian police corps — none has yet formally committed to sending troops.
Why leak it out? Someone’s working for the other side.
You have to wonder if whomever leaked the info - assuming it is true and not manufactured - has a vested interest in the chaos in the middle east continuing and would lose money if it was peaceful. Not to mention the angle the wa-compost has in releasing the ‘leaked’ info.
Yes, Tucker is a demonized moron all on his own, I knew that.
I thought the same thing. What happened to “Operational Security?” (OPSEC)
The wealthy Gulf states are ultimately not fighters. That doesn’t mean they won’t finance radicals in the region, but they have no interest in fighting themselves. For one thing, they don’t have the fighting capacity, and for another, they have it too good and have too much to lose from becoming directly embroiled in war. They’re more interested in making money than fighting - which partly explains the support they have from time to time given to terrorists and terrorist organizations.
To a certain extent they fear the radicals. They saw what happened to Sadat after he made peace with Israel. And they have also had an understandable fear of Iran, who has no problem financing both Sunni and Shia terrorists in the region. In order to not alienate the fundamentalist populations within their own country, the Gulf States have felt it necessary to appease them by granting Sunni terror networks in the region a degree of financial support and security. The pragmatic motivation for doing so has been to avoid pushing these groups into the arms of the Iranians.
But now, with the weakened state of Iran, Hamas and Hezbollah, those concerns have lessened and opened up opportunities for them to make peace that would have been difficult or impossible a few years ago.
Some idiots actually want the war in Gaza to testart because they don’t want a Trump peace deal.
The Arab countries wanted to get rid of their trash and Israel was very happy to comply.
When will the administration learn how to patch leaky buckets?
Why leak it out? Someone’s working for the other side.
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Not surprised at the communications / liaisons between Israel and the Arab states. The common enemy of everyone over there is Iran. The so-called palestinians are second.
“Why leak it out? Someone’s working for the other side.”
Only the Israelis have any incentive to leak this.
And, actually, it is only really Netanyahu. War ends, he is out.
It doesn’t sound like they were Netanyahu’s or Israel’s to leak. According to the story, these were U.S. documents.
“The information was also distributed to members of the “Five Eyes” intelligence alliance — the U.S., U.K., Canada, Australia, and New Zealand — underscoring the global dimension of the initiative. “
We have briefing documents distributed to Five Eyes as well. But they are US created documents - the US leads this thing.
Someone, is leaking US documents which have been widely distributed.
Israel and specifically Netanyahu is the only one with the incentive to do so.
>>“The information was also distributed to members of the “Five Eyes” intelligence alliance — the U.S., U.K., Canada, Australia, and New Zealand — underscoring the global dimension of the initiative. “
Israel is missing from that list. And besides that, what incentive would Netanyahu have to leak this anyway? How does this help him (or hurt him for that matter)? It only reveals what most people suspected all along. There’s nothing earth shattering or shocking in these revelations.
>>”He [Ishmael] will be a wild donkey of a man, and his hand will be against everyone, and everyone’s hand against him; he will live in hostility toward all his brothers.”
Truer words have never been spoken.
Why is the Trump Administration leaking documents to the Hard Left Washington Post and the Hard Left International Consortium of Investigative Journalists?
First thing I notice - allegedly, this highly classified cooperation began under the Biden Administration.
In fact, the Biden Administration was openly contemptuous of Netanyahu, the Israeli Right Wing, and USA pro-Israel hawks.
Final note...
Curious timing for this classified news leak.
It was released just as Trump began to take his victory lap.
Why is this being leaked?
It goes to Five Eyes IN ADDITION to the major participants in the Middle East, including Israel.
None of the countries with the possible exception of Israel has an incentive to leak this.
The only one who does, is anyone who wants to destabilize the Arab Regimes who are being helpful, but playing a propaganda game.
Netanyahu has an incentive to keep the war going. He will be out of office once it stops. (watch for him to try to restart something with Lebanon or Iran, or in Syria)
There’s nothing earth shattering in this report. It doesn’t reveal anything that wasn’t already obvious. If the Arab regimes being discussed haven’t been destabilized by signing on to the peace deal, this report isn’t going to do it. By virtually all those who are in a position to know (e.g. President Trump) the Gulf nations are expected to join the Abraham Accords soon. If that hasn’t destabilized them, this report won’t do it.
Just today at his speech in the Knesset, Trump made this very point about the Abraham Accords. Are you suggesting Trump was destabilizing those countries when he brought it up? Suggesting that these countries are on the verge of signing peace deals with Israel is a much bigger deal and much more likely to destabilize the region than a report that they cooperated with Israel during the war. The truth is, the risk of destabilization from either cooperating with Israel during the war or joining the Abraham Accords is minimal. The nations that have already signed the Accords have faced none of the backlash that you’re theorizing will occur.
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