The United States is making major shifts in its alliances in the Middle East, distancing itself from extreme policies of Israel and Saudi Arabia, according to American analyst Dean Henderson.
�œFor whatever reasons, it seems like the United States is moving slowly away from Israel, moving slowly away from extremist Wahhabis in Saudi Arabia,” Henderson told Press TV on Sunday.
Saudi Arabia and the US have been arming and training militant groups fighting the government of President Bashar al-Assad in Syria.
�œThe US has taken a step back from supporting the rebels, that�™s why the Saudis were so angry about a month ago with United States, saying they were cozying up with Israel,” Henderson said.
A clear example of the �œshift in alliances,” the analyst said, is the appointment of Chuck Hagel as the Secretary of Defense, despite the fact that he was a critic of Israeli lobby in the US.
�œHagel has got in trouble for criticizing the Israeli lobby and AIPAC and he became our Secretary Defense.”
In addition, Henderson said that the recent agreement between Iran and the six world powers including the US in Geneva over the country�™s nuclear energy program has infuriated Israel.
�œTo me there is something bigger going on, a bigger shift in alliances around the world.”
The analyst added that Saudi Arabia and Israel have never been real allies of the United States and have both harmed US national interests.
�œBoth Saudi [Arabia] and Israel are basically artificial creations of London banking establishment put in the Middle East to control the oil resources,” he said.
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Source: Press TV