Opinion: Why tying a Saudi nuclear deal to Israel is a strategic mistake

Hey Watchmen, An opinion piece is telling Washington that tying a Saudi nuclear deal to Israel is a "strategic mistake." My friends, understand what's really happening — men are so busy arguing over the wisdom of the deal itself that they never stop to ask whether Elohim wants this alliance forged at all. Saudi Arabia has been drawn close for oil, for money, for leverage against Iran — and Israel gets pulled into the bargain as a bargaining chip, not because of covenant loyalty but because of convenience. That's not friendship, that's transaction. And Torah warns us plainly what happens when Israel's security gets bound up with nations who don't know the Holy One of Israel — the arrangement always looks strong right up until it isn't. Think about Solomon. He multiplied alliances through marriage and treaty, horses from Egypt, wives from every surrounding kingdom — and Scripture doesn't call that wisdom, it calls it the seed of his kingdom's unraveling. "Neither shall he multiply wives to himself, that his heart turn not away... he shall not greatly multiply to himself silver and gold" (Deuteronomy 17:17). A nuclear deal wrapped around Israel for the sake of Saudi normalization is exactly this pattern dressed up in modern clothes — accumulating power and partners while assuming the covenant relationship can just be folded into the deal-making. It can't. Israel's safety was never meant to rest on the shifting sands of great-power diplomacy. So watch this closely, because it's not really about centrifuges or enrichment caps — it's about whose hand men trust to keep Israel secure. Every one of these grand bargains reveals the same heart posture: build the alliance first, ask Elohim later, if at all. Stay awake, stay in the Word, and keep your eyes on the One who actually holds Israel's future — because these deals will keep coming, and they'll keep testing whether you're watching the treaty or watching the Throne.