The Washington Post blows the lid off military cooperation between Israel and Arab countries

In a lengthy report based on leaked documents from the U.S. Department of Defense, the Washington Post revealed the existence of coordinated security and military cooperation between Israel and six Arab countries, which has been going on for years, away from the spotlight and under the supervision of the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM), with the aim of confronting Iran and the resistance axis in the region.

According to the report, this cooperation included Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan, Qatar, Qatar, Saudi Arabia and the UAE, while Kuwait and Oman were listed as potential partners familiar with the details of the project. The documents make it clear that this coordination is no longer at the level of political consultations, but has turned into a semi-institutionalized security structure that has been in development for more than three years.

The newspaper says that during this period, military officers and commanders from Israel and the six countries held a series of secret meetings in Bahrain, Egypt, Jordan and Qatar, with the direct participation of representatives of the US Department of Defense. The goal of these meetings was to build a joint regional security structure and coordinate air defense against what the documents describe as "Iranian, missile and drone threats."

The biggest surprise was the participation of Qatar, despite its stated political positions against Israel. One document indicated that an Israeli delegation secretly arrived at the US al-Udeid base in Doha from Tel Aviv to avoid exposing the meeting. But relations entered a severe crisis after the Israeli attack on the Qatari capital in September 2025, forcing Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to make an official apology to Doha under pressure from the Trump administration.

The leaked documents show that Washington was the main driver behind these meetings as part of a broader project called the Regional Security Architecture, which is based on the exchange of radar data and intelligence information between Israel and selected Arab countries. The documents describe Iran and its allies in Lebanon, Yemen and Syria as an "axis of evil," a clear reference to the common purpose of this alliance.

While Arab capitals were publicly condemning Israel's war on Gaza as genocidal, military and intelligence channels with Tel Aviv were effectively open. This duality reflects a "new Arab reality" in which security calculations and fear of Iranian influence prevail over public political discourse.

The Washington Post also quoted US sources as saying that the previous Trump administration developed a 20-point plan to end the war in Gaza, including the participation of Arab countries in forming a security force to supervise the ceasefire and train the Palestinian police, but most of these countries refused to send troops on the ground and limited themselves to political and logistical support.

The report reveals that Washington plans to establish a joint cyber security center in the Middle East by 2026, to develop joint cyber capabilities between Israel and its Arab partners, including training and sharing sensitive information.

In the conclusion of the report, the Washington Post emphasizes that military cooperation between Israel and some Arab countries has become a well-established fact, even if it remains secret, and that the "Iranian threat" has become the most important factor that unites these countries under an American umbrella, while the Arab peoples seem completely distant from this trend that is taking place behind the scenes.