What's Behind Bin Salman's Rapprochement With Iran The immediate security needs of Saudi Arabia sabotage the long term interests of the country as the chaotic foreign policy making processes persist. Middle Eastern states have started to give signals of radical change in the direction of their foreign policies, which have become a tradition after being followed for many years. The Gulf-Israeli rapprochement, the tendencies of Turkey and Egypt to thaw ties, the mutual desire between Turkey and Israel to strengthen their diplomatic relations, and the efforts of Iraq, Jordan, and Egypt to form an alternative Arab bloc can be regarded as the most important examples of the regional countries' attempts to reformulate their foreign policies.