By Once Again Supporting Radicalism, Saudi Arabia Is Playing with Fire
And giving a gift to Iran.
February 24, 2026
Narendra Modi is coming to the Knesset.
Part of the logic of the Saudi pivot is that it is a way to distinguish the country from the United Arab Emirates, which remains decidedly anti-Islamist, pro-Western, and friendly toward Israel. All three of those attitudes can be seen in Abu Dhabi’s quadrilateral alliance with Israel, India, and the U.S., dubbed I2U2. Tomorrow that alliance will get a boost when the Indian prime minister Narendra Modi addresses the Knesset in Jerusalem.
And giving a gift to Iran.
Narendra Modi is coming to the Knesset.
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Part of the logic of the Saudi pivot is that it is a way to distinguish the country from the United Arab Emirates, which remains decidedly anti-Islamist, pro-Western, and friendly toward Israel. All three of those attitudes can be seen in Abu Dhabi’s quadrilateral alliance with Israel, India, and the U.S., dubbed I2U2. Tomorrow that alliance will get a boost when the Indian prime minister Narendra Modi addresses the Knesset in Jerusalem.
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