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Source: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/samuel-ramani/why-israel-is-strengthening_b_11946660.html
Israel Strengthening Ties with Gulf Monarchies
(Huffington Post) Samuel Ramani - The expansion of security cooperation between Israel and the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) states can be explained by the GCC's declining concern for the Palestinian cause and Saudi Arabia's desire to import sophisticated Israeli military technology. GCC business leaders have tacitly displayed their frustration with PA corruption. Israeli IT products and irrigation technology have been shipped to Saudi Arabia under the purview of foreign companies. GCC officials have signed covert deals with Israeli defense contractors. In 2011, Israeli companies sold $300 million worth of military technology to the UAE to help secure its oil wells.