Hezbollah chief Hassan Nasrallah. He said Israel was “taking advantage” of Sunni Arab states’ confrontation with Iran. Photo: Wikipedia.

JNS.org – Hezbollah leader Hassan Nasrallah appeared upset with reports that Sunni Arab leaders are increasingly viewing Israel as an ally in the fight against Iran.

In a speech broadcasted on Hezbollah’s Al-Manar television in honor of “Martyrs Leader Day” Nasrallah said that Israel was “taking advantage” of Sunni Arab states’ confrontation with Iran to forge “relations and alliances with the Sunni Arab states.” He also said that Israel viewed the Islamic State as a “lesser” threat than Iran and Hezbollah.

“Do you accept a friend occupying Sunni land in Palestine? Can you become friends with an entity that has committed the most horrible massacres against the Sunni community?” he said.

“You are free to consider Iran an enemy but how can you consider Israel a friend and an ally?” he asked.

In an address to American Jewish leaders on Sunday in Jerusalem, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said some Arab leaders are forming discreet ties with Israel.

“They don’t see Israel anymore as their enemy, but they see Israel as their ally, especially in the battle against militant Islam with its two fountainheads: the militant Islamists led by Iran, and the militant Islamists led by Daesh (Islamic State),” Netanyahu said.