[[{"content_id":333641,"content_number":0,"portal_id":2,"lang_id":"en","content_title":"US-Saudi-Israeli alliance against Iran floundering in crisis","content_rtitr":"","content_short_title":null,"content_summary":"An anti-Iran alliance forged between the leaders of the United States, Israel and Saudi Arabia is faltering as each have become overwhelmed by their own dilemmas, Israel's leading daily Haaretz reports.","content_summary_fill":1,"content_body":"As Reported&nbsp; by Qods News Agency (Qodsna) &ldquo;The three leaders who have led the anti-Iran line in recent years were each absorbed in his own domestic crisis this week,&rdquo; Haaretz wrote on Thursday.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe Israeli paper pointed to the recently intensified&nbsp;impeachment inquiry&nbsp;surrounding US President Donald Trump and&nbsp;pre-indictment hearings&nbsp;threatening the tenure of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during the past week as signs that the two leaders were mired in crisis.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHarretz also highlighted&nbsp;that the &ldquo;mysterious&rdquo; death of the long-time personal bodyguard of Saudi Arabia&rsquo;s&nbsp;King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud earlier this week&nbsp;had &ldquo;embarrassed&rdquo; Saudi Arabia&rsquo;s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nRiyadh faces renewed global criticism on the anniversary of the brutal murder of dissident journalist Jamal&nbsp;Khashoggi, Haaretz wrote.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nNew reports suggest a mysterious coincidence in the killing of the Saudi king&rsquo;s bodyguard.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nNumbering other setbacks for Riyadh in the past week, Haartez highlighted a&nbsp;major Yemeni&nbsp;operation&nbsp;in the country&rsquo;s northern region of Najran against Saudi-led troops.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe operation led to the death of about 200 Saudi-led forces and the capture of another 2,000 troops.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIran&#39;s &#39;relaxed week&#39;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe article went on to describe Iran&rsquo;s latest international developments in comparison, claiming that the country had experienced a &ldquo;relaxed week&rdquo;&nbsp;despite &ldquo;pressure of the US sanctions and the country&rsquo;s economic distress.&rdquo;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIt wrote that &ldquo;Iranian President Hassan Rohani received an enthusiastic welcome at the United Nations General Assembly in New York&rdquo; last week, adding that Trump has been &ldquo;wooing&rdquo; the Iranian president in order to get a chance to meet with him.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nDonald Trump says he has no plans to meet his Iranian counterpart, but he is open to hearing his Persian Gulf peace plan.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe daily added that the developments marked a stark contrast with the Trump administration&rsquo;s initial rhetoric against Iran, when&nbsp;Washington&nbsp;withdrew&nbsp;from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal last year and announced&nbsp;a campaign of &ldquo;maximum pressure&rdquo; campaign against Tehran.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nAlso pointing to Riyadh&#39;s change in tone towards Iran, the article highlighted that&nbsp;the Saudi crown prince had urged for a &ldquo;peaceful&rdquo; solution regarding its tensions with Iran in an interview earlier this week.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nThe crown prince had stated&nbsp;that a war with Iran would lead to the &ldquo;total collapse of the global economy.&rdquo;\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nSaudi&nbsp;Arabia&#39;s&nbsp;Crown Prince&nbsp;Mohammad bin Salman (MbS) has warned that war with Iran will entail a &ldquo;total collapse of the global economy&rdquo;.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nHaaretz said such developments came despite the fact that Washington and Riyadh had both blamed Iran for being behind a major September 14 Yemeni drone attack on Saudi Arabia&rsquo;s oil installations, an accusation firmly&nbsp;denied&nbsp;by Tehran.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\n&ldquo;Not only did the sophisticated and destructive&nbsp;attack on the Saudi oil facilities&nbsp;last month pass without a military response\r\n\r\nfrom Riyadh or Washington, but&nbsp;Saudi Arabia&nbsp;even made it clear that it supported dialogue with Tehran,&rdquo; it wrote.\r\n\r\nThe Saudi crown prince had been previously known for his exclusively bellicose rhetoric against Tehran.\r\n\r\n&nbsp;\r\n\r\nIn May 2017, the Saudi crown prince had accused Tehran of attempting to dominate the Muslim world. He pledged at the time to take the war &ldquo;inside Iran.&rdquo;\r\n\r\n\r\n\t&nbsp;","content_html":"<p>As Reported&nbsp; by Qods News Agency (Qodsna) &ldquo;The three leaders who have led the anti-Iran line in recent years were each absorbed in his own domestic crisis this week,&rdquo; Haaretz wrote on Thursday.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The Israeli paper pointed to the recently intensified&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.presstv.com\/Detail\/2019\/10\/03\/607808\/US-mexico-Bidens-schiff-Pelosi-impeachment\">impeachment inquiry<\/a>&nbsp;surrounding US President Donald Trump and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.presstv.com\/Detail\/2019\/10\/02\/607685\/Netanyahus-preindictment-hearing-begins\">pre-indictment hearings<\/a>&nbsp;threatening the tenure of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu during the past week as signs that the two leaders were mired in crisis.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Harretz also highlighted&nbsp;that the &ldquo;mysterious&rdquo; death of the long-time personal bodyguard of Saudi Arabia&rsquo;s&nbsp;King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud earlier this week&nbsp;had &ldquo;embarrassed&rdquo; Saudi Arabia&rsquo;s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Riyadh faces renewed global criticism on the anniversary of the brutal murder of dissident journalist Jamal&nbsp;Khashoggi, Haaretz wrote.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.presstv.com\/Detail\/2019\/09\/30\/607534\/Saudi-king-Fagham-Khashoggi-\" target=\"_blank\">New reports suggest a mysterious coincidence in the killing of the Saudi king&rsquo;s bodyguard.<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Numbering other setbacks for Riyadh in the past week, Haartez highlighted a&nbsp;major Yemeni&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.presstv.com\/Detail\/2019\/09\/29\/607432\/Yemeni-Army-release-footage-of-Victory-from-God-Almighty-offensive-against-Najran\">operation<\/a>&nbsp;in the country&rsquo;s northern region of Najran against Saudi-led troops.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The operation led to the death of about 200 Saudi-led forces and the capture of another 2,000 troops.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><strong>Iran&#39;s &#39;relaxed week&#39;<\/strong><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The article went on to describe Iran&rsquo;s latest international developments in comparison, claiming that the country had experienced a &ldquo;relaxed week&rdquo;&nbsp;despite &ldquo;pressure of the US sanctions and the country&rsquo;s economic distress.&rdquo;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>It wrote that &ldquo;Iranian President Hassan Rohani received an enthusiastic welcome at the United Nations General Assembly in New York&rdquo; last week, adding that Trump has been &ldquo;wooing&rdquo; the Iranian president in order to get a chance to meet with him.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.presstv.com\/Detail\/2019\/09\/23\/606881\/Trump-Iran-rouhani-peace-initiative-hormuz-Araqchi-Zarif-Amanpour-meeting\" target=\"_blank\">Donald Trump says he has no plans to meet his Iranian counterpart, but he is open to hearing his Persian Gulf peace plan.<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The daily added that the developments marked a stark contrast with the Trump administration&rsquo;s initial rhetoric against Iran, when&nbsp;Washington&nbsp;withdrew&nbsp;from the 2015 Iran nuclear deal last year and announced&nbsp;a campaign of &ldquo;maximum pressure&rdquo; campaign against Tehran.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Also pointing to Riyadh&#39;s change in tone towards Iran, the article highlighted that&nbsp;the Saudi crown prince had urged for a &ldquo;peaceful&rdquo; solution regarding its tensions with Iran in an interview earlier this week.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The crown prince had stated&nbsp;that a war with Iran would lead to the &ldquo;total collapse of the global economy.&rdquo;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.presstv.com\/Detail\/2019\/09\/30\/607489\/War-with-Iran-will-cause-global-economic-collapse\" target=\"_blank\">Saudi&nbsp;Arabia&#39;s&nbsp;Crown Prince&nbsp;Mohammad bin Salman (MbS) has warned that war with Iran will entail a &ldquo;total collapse of the global economy&rdquo;.<\/a><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>Haaretz said such developments came despite the fact that Washington and Riyadh had both blamed Iran for being behind a major September 14 Yemeni drone attack on Saudi Arabia&rsquo;s oil installations, an accusation firmly&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.presstv.com\/Detail\/2019\/09\/15\/606234\/Iran-Abbas-Mousavi-Yemen-Mike-Pompeo\">denied<\/a>&nbsp;by Tehran.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&ldquo;Not only did the sophisticated and destructive&nbsp;attack on the Saudi oil facilities&nbsp;last month pass without a military response<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>from Riyadh or Washington, but&nbsp;Saudi Arabia&nbsp;even made it clear that it supported dialogue with Tehran,&rdquo; it wrote.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>The Saudi crown prince had been previously known for his exclusively bellicose rhetoric against Tehran.<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<p>In May 2017, the Saudi crown prince had accused Tehran of attempting to dominate the Muslim world. He pledged at the time to take the war &ldquo;inside Iran.&rdquo;<\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul>\r\n\t<li>&nbsp;<\/li>\r\n<\/ul>","content_source":"","content_url":"","content_date_start":"2019-10-05 09:32:03","content_date_event":"2019-10-05 09:32:03","content_date_event_start":null,"content_date_event_end":null,"content_show_title_slider":1,"content_date_last_edit":"2019-10-05 09:34:20","content_date_register":"2019-10-05 09:34:20","content_columns":0,"content_show_img":1,"content_show_details":0,"content_show_related_img":0,"content_show_slider":1,"content_comment":1,"content_score":0,"tag_id":38261,"score_average":null,"score_count":null,"score_date_last":null,"uid":30,"eid":0,"attach_title":"US-Saudi-Israeli alliance against Iran floundering in crisis 2","attaches":[{"sizes":{"150":".\/cache\/2\/attach\/201910\/461071_1303407572_150_84.webp","300":".\/cache\/2\/attach\/201910\/461071_1303407572_300_169.webp","400":".\/cache\/2\/attach\/201910\/461071_1303407572_400_225.webp","600":".\/cache\/2\/attach\/201910\/461071_1303407572_600_337.webp","900":".\/cache\/2\/attach\/201910\/461071_1303407572_649_365.jpg","1200":".\/cache\/2\/attach\/201910\/461071_1303407572_649_365.jpg"},"ext":"jpg","file_media":1,"token":1303407572,"files":{"original":{"url":".\/file\/2\/attach\/201910\/461071_1303407572.jpg","width":649,"height":365,"size":0}}}]}]]