Daily Telegraph on Monday said that Israeli premier Benjamin Netanyahu accused Iran of trying to exploit the unrest in the region and expand its influence through sending two warships to Syria.
The newspaper quoted Netanyahu as saying that Israel has to increase its defense budget because of the Arab uprisings in the region, especially if Iran utilized these events to get stronger.
It stressed that Egypt's decision to allow the two Iranian ships to cross Suez Canal for the first time since 1979 is an indication that Cairo wants to end tension and estrangement with Tehran, the thing which Israel considers a change in the balance of power in the region.
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