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Why was Azerbaijan silent throughout IDF's Gaza operation?

Baku, which sees Jerusalem as as strategic partner, refused to condemn Israel in latest round of violence with Gaza. Azerbaijani president hails "close cooperation" with Israel.

by  Dean Shmuel Elmas
Published on  05-21-2021 12:11
Last modified: 09-29-2021 12:55
Why was Azerbaijan silent throughout IDF's Gaza operation?

Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev meets with former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Davos, Jan. 24, 2018 (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)

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Ever since the Israeli Defense Forces launched Operation Guardian of the Walls on May 10, Azerbaijan's silence has been conspicuous.

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While Turkey, a country Azerbaijan officials refer to as a "sister-state" has promoted blood libels about the Jewish state, Baku, which sees Jerusalem as a "strategic partner," refused to join in. Moreover, following a conversation between Turkey's Foreign Minister Mevlut Cavusoglu and Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov, the latter one of the biggest proponents of Israel-Azerbaijan ties, Baku refused to speak out against the Jewish state.

Then, in a speech, Thursday, Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev spoke of the great importance of his country's Israel ties.

"The partnership between the countries is multi-faceted," the president said, adding, "There is a large diaspora of Azerbaijan nationals in Israel, and it is very active. Representatives of this community play an important role in promoting bilateral ties between Israel and Azerbaijan."

Israel-Azerbaijan ties reached new heights as a result of the 2020 Nagorno-Karabakh War, in which, thanks to Israeli weaponry, Baku liberated 20% of the territory occupied by the Armenians, who are partners of the ayatollah regime in Iran.

Senior Iranian officials visited the Armenian capital of Yerevan, Wednesday, to discuss the promotion of both countries' military interests. According to reports in Armenian media outlets, the talks focused on Iranian military aid to Armenia. Following Iran's support for Armenia in the 2020 war, the meeting demonstrates the map of interests in the Southern Caucasus between Azerbaijan and Israel and Armenia and Iran. As for the liberated territory in Karabakh, the Azerbaijani president said: "We have close cooperation with Israel. Together, we are focusing on the issues of agriculture, development, and technology."

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