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Face-to-face diplomacy, not endless posturing, builds real regional security. Sitting down with Gulf partners on missile defense, Iran and the Houthis turns quiet understandings into an actual coalition that protects everyone in the neighborhood. Expanding that table to include more Arab states is a breakthrough worth applauding.
A secret flight to the Gulf right before an election is damage control from someone desperate to kill a story about ignored warnings. When intelligence chiefs and foreign leaders sound the alarm and nothing happens, the accountability belongs at the top. Voters deserve the truth, not a diplomatic photo op used to bury it.
Focused on Iran, Yemen and the Houthis, the meeting underscored shifting regional priorities. Reports of Saudi and other Gulf representatives joining Netanyahu and MBZ for talks on regional defense point to deepening strategic alignments. The emerging cooperation suggests security calculations are taking precedence, even as the Palestinian issue remains unresolved.