Unlikely Bed Fellows: Rapprochment between Israel and the Arab World

In his article “Israel and the Arab World- Renewal of the Alliance of the Periphery”, Eyal Zisser describes the unlikely pseudo-alliance that has arisen between Israel and several Arab states as a result of the political upheaval of the Arab Spring and the rising threat of Iran. I do not believe however that this new cooperation between Israel and the Arab states is long for this world. I believe that the situation that the 2 camps find themselves in is similar to what the situation the Western Allies and the Soviet Union found themselves in during World War II, a reluctant alliance against an enemy that threatened to destroy both. Once this threat was extinguished, a fierce rivalry that almost lead to all-out war on several occasions ensued. I believe that something similar would occur between Israel and the Arab States if the threat posed by Iran were to diminish. I also believe the alliance would collapse if the United States continues its current trend of withdrawing from the Middle East.