Israeli Iranian Alliance

Organization

An organization formed to foster deep connections between the Jewish and Persian diaspora communities.


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3/8/2026, 11:39:01 PM

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Summary

The Israeli Iranian Alliance refers to both a strategic security coalition between Israel and Sunni Arab states and a specific organizational initiative co-founded by venture capitalists Shervin Pishevar and Michael Eisenberg. The security aspect, often called the Abrahamic Alliance or Israeli-Sunni alliance, has been promoted by the United States since the 2019 Warsaw Conference to counter the political and military ambitions of the Iranian regime. The organizational aspect focuses on a future democratic Iran, aiming to harness the nation's significant human capital and technological potential—including AGI and Quantum Computing—while restoring historical ties that date back to Cyrus the Great. This vision is championed by exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi and supported by leaders like Benjamin Netanyahu, projecting a 1 trillion dollar economic opportunity for global markets upon Iran's transition to a secular democracy.

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Research Data
Extracted Attributes
  • Co-founders

    Shervin Pishevar and Michael Eisenberg

  • Economic Impact

    Estimated 1 Trillion Dollar Economic Opportunity for the United States and global markets over a decade

  • Alternative Names

    Abrahamic Alliance, Abraham Alliance, Israeli-Sunni alliance

  • Primary Objective

    Deterring Iran's political and military ambitions and fostering technological advancement

  • Technological Focus

    Artificial General Intelligence (AGI) and Quantum Computing

  • Historical Inspiration

    Cyrus the Great and his liberation of the Jewish people

Timeline
  • The Iranian Revolution leads to the escape of families like Shervin Pishevar's and the establishment of the Islamic regime. (Source: Document f0213d0c-37fd-4bb7-9640-de0fb4f826f3)

    1979-02-11

  • The Warsaw Conference marks the beginning of active US promotion for the Arab-Israeli security coalition against Iran. (Source: Wikipedia: Arab–Israeli alliance)

    2019-02-13

  • Direct military tensions between Iran and Israel escalate into missile strikes and targeted assassinations. (Source: Web Search: Iran–Israel relations)

    2024-04-01

  • Projected date for discussions on how only democracy can end the Iranian nuclear threat and enable regional reconciliation. (Source: Web Search: Understanding the War between Israel and Iran)

    2025-06-18

Arab–Israeli alliance

The Arab–Israeli alliance is a security coalition comprising Israel and various Arab countries. Originally formed in the interest of the Gulf Cooperation Council, it is primarily focused on deterring the political and military ambitions of Iran, which engages in proxy conflicts both with Saudi Arabia and with Israel. It has been actively promoted by the United States since the February 2019 Warsaw conference. It is sometimes referred to as the Israeli–Sunni alliance, due to the Arab countries in it being predominantly Sunni states, while Iran and much of its Axis of Resistance are predominantly Shia. The coalition has also been referred to as the Abraham Alliance or Abrahamic Alliance, after Abraham, the shared patriarch of the Jews and Arabs.

Web Search Results
  • Iran–Israel relations

    Iran's refers to its strategic alliance with regional non-state actors, including Hezbollah in Lebanon, Hamas and Palestinian Islamic Jihad in the Palestinian territories, and the Houthi movement in Yemen, as the "Axis of Resistance". These groups receive Iranian support in the form of weapons, funding, and training. According to analyst Afshon Ostovar, the aim of this network is to present Israel with a long-term existential challenge by "slowly strangling" it through a series of "increasingly destructive, unwinnable wars."( [...] Iranian and Israeli organizations have been involved in direct military confrontations, such as in the 2006 Lebanon War. Iran and Israel have provided support for opposing factions in the Syrian and Yemeni civil wars "Yemeni civil war (2014–present)") and conducted cyberattacks and sabotage against each other's infrastructure, including attacks on nuclear facilities and oil tankers. Iran's proxy conflict with Saudi Arabia has led to an informal alliance between Israel and Arab states. In 2024, amid increasing regional tensions "Middle Eastern crisis (2023–present)") stemming from the Gaza war, Iran–Israel tensions escalated to a period of direct conflict; both carried out missile strikes on the other and Israel assassinated targets in Iran and Syria. In 2025, Israel carried out strikes [...] In Spring of 1948, 30,000 Iranians in Tehran gathered to protest against the establishment of Israel.( Image 9 Iranian minister "Minister (diplomacy)") Reza Saffinia arriving at the house of Israeli presidentChaim Weizmann in Rehovot on Yom Ha'atzmaut, 1950. After the establishment of the State of Israel in May 1948, Israel and Iran maintained close ties. Iran was the second Muslim-majority country to recognize Israel( as a sovereign state after Turkey.( Israel viewed Iran as a natural ally as a non-Arab power on the edge of the Arab world, in accordance with David Ben Gurion's concept of an alliance of the periphery. Israel had a permanent delegation in Tehran which served as a _de facto_ embassy, before Ambassadors were exchanged in the late 1970s.(

  • Iran and Israel's Covert Pragmatic Friendship - New Lines Magazine

    Important questions remain unanswered. Will Iran and Israel return to a pragmatic alliance in the future? What would need to happen for this to occur? An Iran-Israel entente does seem possible, especially if the U.S. continues its military withdrawal from the region. If the U.S. were to remove itself from the Middle East, there would be widespread shock, but major regional powers such as Israel, Saudi Arabia and Iran have already begun taking steps toward rapprochement. The Abraham Accords and recent diplomatic breakthroughs between Iran and Saudi Arabia signal a new tide in Middle Eastern politics. This momentum holds the potential to bridge several deep regional chasms. [...] While both alliances hinge on mutual security interests, their level of openness depends on domestic and international pressures. Saudi Arabia, like Iran before the revolution, keeps its ties to Israel largely in the shadows to avoid backlash from its population and regional allies. Meanwhile, Azerbaijan’s openness with Israel shows that pragmatic, security-driven alliances can sometimes transcend religious and ideological divides, with both nations benefiting from their unique geopolitical positioning. Another question one might ask is: What needs to happen for a secret relationship to evolve into an open relationship? The answer depends on individual leadership, regional security and great-power competition. [...] The clandestine partnership between Israel and Iran during the 1980s was shocking to outsiders, while highlighting the practical realities of geopolitics — where security concerns often eclipse ideological differences. To this day, Iran’s relationship with Israel is a complex mix of pragmatism, necessity and ambition. Sign up to our mailing list to receive our stories in your inbox. ## Latest #### War, Emigration and the Search for Love in Lebanon #### Saudi Arabia’s Coffee Renaissance #### Iran Is Not on the Brink of Revolution, It Has Entered a Long Decline ## Read More #### Why Israel (Sort of) Misses the Iran Deal #### Inside Israel’s Shadow War Against Iran in Syria #### In Rejecting Iran Nuclear Deal, Israeli Rivals Are of One Mind ## Sign up to our newsletter

  • Understanding the War between Israel and Iran: Q&A with ...

    mortal enemies into close allies. Israelis and Iranians are natural friends and allies in the Middle East. [...] Magen:A decisive Israeli victory will disrupt the anti-Western China-Iran-North Korea-Russia revisionist axis and revitalize Western influence globally. The dismantling of Iran's nuclear weapons program will reduce the risk that countries in the region - notably Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and the UAE - will seek to acquire nuclear deterrence to protect themselves against Iran. At the same time, the effective dismantlement of the Iran-led "axis of chaos" will encourage large-scale investment in the region and create new opportunities for regional cooperation based on the existing Abraham Accords. In the event that the Ayatollah regime collapses and a more pro-Western Iran emerges, Israel and Iran could quickly turn from mortal enemies into close allies. Israelis and Iranians are [...] Magen: The current war obfuscates the core affinities that existed historically between Persians and Jews and that could readily flower if and when Iran frees itself from the Ayatollah regime. Since Jews and Iranians (Persians, Azeris, Kurds and others) are all minorities in the Middle East, I can foresee an alliance of minorities among them. I would not be at all surprised if over the coming decade we could be talking not only about the expansion of the Abraham Accords, but of Iranian-Israeli reconciliation and peace. FURTHER READING A Nuclear Energy Program that Benefits the Iranian People by Siegfried Hecker, Abbas Milani, January 21, 2014 Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Only Democracy Can End Iran's Nuclear Threat by Abbas Milani, June 18, 2025 Project Syndicate

  • Understanding the War between Israel and Iran: Q&A with Amichai ...

    mortal enemies into close allies. Israelis and Iranians are natural friends and allies in the Middle East. [...] Magen: A decisive Israeli victory will disrupt the anti-Western China-Iran-North Korea-Russia revisionist axis and revitalize Western influence globally. The dismantling of Iran's nuclear weapons program will reduce the risk that countries in the region - notably Bahrain, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Turkey, and the UAE - will seek to acquire nuclear deterrence to protect themselves against Iran. At the same time, the effective dismantlement of the Iran-led "axis of chaos" will encourage large-scale investment in the region and create new opportunities for regional cooperation based on the existing Abraham Accords. In the event that the Ayatollah regime collapses and a more pro-Western Iran emerges, Israel and Iran could quickly turn from mortal enemies into close allies. Israelis and Iranians [...] Magen: The current war obfuscates the core affinities that existed historically between Persians and Jews and that could readily flower if and when Iran frees itself from the Ayatollah regime. Since Jews and Iranians (Persians, Azeris, Kurds and others) are all minorities in the Middle East, I can foresee an alliance of minorities among them. I would not be at all surprised if over the coming decade we could be talking not only about the expansion of the Abraham Accords, but of Iranian-Israeli reconciliation and peace. FURTHER READING A Nuclear Energy Program that Benefits the Iranian People by Siegfried Hecker, Abbas Milani, January 21, 2014 Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Only Democracy Can End Iran's Nuclear Threat by Abbas Milani, June 18, 2025 Project Syndicate

  • Iran and Israel: From allies to archenemies, how did they ...

    Parsi said common security imperatives that in earlier decades had led the two to become allies, including the threat from Arab nationalist states and the Soviet empire, vanished in the early 1990s. Tehran opposes US hegemony in the Middle East while Israel has consistently pushed back against any efforts in Washington to bring American troops home from the region. Iran-linked groups have regularly attacked US bases in Iraq and Syria. It’s a “rivalry for dominance and power in the region, the two states have been embroiled in a low-level war for more than a decade,” said Parsi. Advertisement There are no signs of that changing. 1/1 Skip Ad Continue watching after the adImage 3: Loading PodsVisit Advertiser websiteGO TO PAGE Advertisement About About Show more [...] Iran and Israel: From allies to archenemies, how did they get here? | Israel-Palestine conflict News | Al Jazeera Advertisement Skip linksSkip to Content Updated: 3 Oct 2024 06:53 AM (GMT) Click here to share on social media Share , a Europe-based organisation, Sunni organisations in Iran’s southeastern Sistan and Baluchistan province, and Kurdish armed groups based in Iraqi Kurdistan. How have they clashed? Tensions between Iran and Israel have not been limited to ideologies or proxy groups. The two are alleged to be behind a long series of attacks on each other’s interests within and outside their soils, which they publicly deny. This has become known as a “shadow war” that has increasingly spilled out into the open as hostilities grew. [...] Meanwhile, Saudi Arabia, the other powerhouse in the region, in 2023 restored diplomatic relations with Iran after a seven-year rift following an agreement brokered by China in March. The US has been trying to mediate a similar deal between Saudi Arabia and Israel. Any prospect of normalisation between Tel Aviv and Riyadh has been put on hold, at least for now, as Israel continues to bomb Gaza, having already caused a humanitarian catastrophe and killing more than 41,600 people, including nearly 16,500 children. But for the current establishment in Iran, any rapprochement with Israel is out of the question.