U.S. Policy Toward the Unrest in Israel and Saudi Arabia’s Rapprochement with Iran

In the last two months, the U.S. has faced three challenges to its position in the Middle East: Dramatic unrest in Israel over the government’s efforts to reform its judicial system, The Iranian breakout in enriching uranium essentially to bomb-grade levels, The rapprochement between Saudi Arabia and Iran, sponsored by China, in talks in which all sides agreed to ban any use of English during the deliberations.     While all three events in their own right signify a major setback for the Untied States’ position in the region, the U.S. not only failed to respond to Iran’s enrichment, but…