Washington Post: Israel to provide Arabian Gulf with defense shield

As the US winds down its Middle East interests, the Gulf emirates and Saudi Arabia have asked Israel to provide them with a military shield, in the expectation of the six powers signing a deal in Geneva Wednesday that leaves Iran with a nuclear weapon capacity. They fear that US forces in the region will henceforth be guided by the understandings reached between Washington and Tehran in preference to their own security, says the WP.