Israeli strike on Iran may wreck Arab treaties: US
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Buy SPH photosJERUSALEM (AFP) - Egypt and Jordan could annul their peace treaties with Israel if it carries out a preemptive strike against Iran, United States (US) officials have warned the Jewish state, an Israeli newspaper reported on Thursday.
Quoting a high-level Israeli official, Mr Yediot Aharonot said Washington had warned the Jewish state that Arab leaders would not be able to control an angry public backlash if Israel were to mount an attack on Iran.
The newspaper said the US official pointed to the violent response in several Middle Eastern countries to a film insulting Islam, saying: "Today the Arab leaders do not control their peoples, the streets control the leaders.
"An Israeli strike is just what the Iranians need. The entire Arab and Muslim street will take to the streets to demonstrate," the official said.
