With the Saudis for example, we could tell the Saudi government: our intelligence shows that Mahmud al-Wahood ibn Khattab sends money to Osama, please put Mr Khattab in jail. You can expect from them a degree of cooperation far beter than what Israel was getting from Arafat.
The same, of course, with that place, Washington: it can change policy under pressure from Washington and begin cooperating with Washington. To a degree.
With the Saudis for example, we could tell the Saudi government: our intelligence shows that Mahmud al-Wahood ibn Khattab sends money to Osama, please put Mr Khattab in jail. You can expect from them a degree of cooperation far beter than what Israel was getting from Arafat. The Saudis are dependent on the US and are cooperating to some extent, but there is always a limit to what you can ask them. Can you make them eradicate financial support of jihads in the Balkans and Causasus by private persons? I wouldn't be so sure. The relationship between the Saudis and Americans is hardly alike to the one between Israelis and Palestinians, so a comparison is invalid.