Cautious neutrality failed the Gulf states. Is a U.S.-Israel-Arab alliance the answer?

Iran is aiming its missiles at the sources of the Gulf's wealth and shaping regional policy. The stability of these regimes is starting to come under threat

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Iran is aiming its missiles at the sources of the Gulf's wealth and shaping regional policy. The stability of these regimes is starting to come under threat

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Zvi Bar'el

12:01 AM • March 15 2026 IST

Iran's missiles and drones have stunned the Gulf states, as has Tehran's closure of the Strait of Hormuz, preventing its neighbors from emptying their bursting oil storage facilities because tanker ships can't approach. So the Gulf states are recalculating.

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