By Micah Halpern
I've Been Thinking:
Israel has been involved in joint air force training missions with Jordan. The Israeli military has also been cooperating with other Arab armies.
The news about the military cooperation was hinted at in a press conference - but the hint came from a high level source which means that it was, effectually, a declaration. It was a press conference with Israel's Defense Minister Moshe Yaalon and was later confirmed by US sources.
In July, the United States hosted Operation Red Flag where the US air force and others - including Israel and Jordan, worked together. In one exercise a Jordanian fighter jet refueled over the Atlantic from an Israeli fuel tanker.
Yaalon said "There were Arab pilots there too, and pilots from the various branches of the United States military and other countries."
For years there has been contact between Israel and her neighbors but it was kept very hush hush.
This new cooperation is a result of the Arab nations being very uncomfortable with the Iranian nuke deal and the very public role that Iran is taking in world affairs.
Another example of current cooperation took place the other day after the Russian airliner crashed in Egypt's Sinai Desert. It was Israel's air force that immediately located the crash site for the Egyptians.
The times they are a changin'.
Micah@MicahHalpern.com
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