1、THE F-35 TRIANGLE:AMERICA,ISRAEL,THE UNITED ARABEMIRATESBARBARA A.LEAF AND DANA STROULSEPTEMBER 15,2020COMMENTARYThe Middle East has distinguished itself by serving up unpleasant shocks for decades:the Six-Day War in 1967,Iraqsinvasion of Kuwait in 1990,the“summer”war in 2006 between Israel and Hizb
2、allah,and the capture by Islamic Statefighters of much of northern Iraq in 2014.Combined with the dismal results of Americas entanglement in Iraq and themostly disappointing fallout of the movement once hailed as the“Arab Spring,”the region has given Americans littlecause for optimism.But this summe
3、r the White House surprised the world with a hopeful piece of Middle Eastern news:The United Arab Emirates and Israel would normalize relations,something that was once unimaginable.The move has the potential to shift regional dynamics significantly and deepen what were heretofore covert ties acrosst
4、he full spectrum of civilian sectors from business to science to agriculture and even space.The Emirati-Israeli agreementbuilds upon years of“under the table”cooperation between security and intelligence professionals driven towardstrategic alignment by a shared perception of the major regional thre
