Israel and Saudi Arabia
Israel scores 35/100 toward Saudi Arabia (unfriendliness, pressure), while Saudi Arabia scores 28/100 back.
Israel toward Saudi Arabia
Israel views the Saudi-Turkey-Pakistan defense pact with alarm, with Jerusalem Post analysis framing it as a regional shift threatening Israeli security. Pakistan explicitly naming Israel a 'common threat' within the pact involving Saudi Arabia signals Israeli wariness toward Riyadh's new alignments.
Saudi Arabia toward Israel
Saudi Arabia signed a defense pact with Turkey and Pakistan, whose defense minister explicitly called Israel a 'common threat,' indicating Saudi Arabia's posture has shifted away from normalization toward an adversarial alignment against Israel.
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