"The government wants the business sector to succeed and increase its profits from international activity – the biggest potential in the world lies with developing nations," Prime Minister's Office chief of staff Yoav Horowitz says.

Both Warsaw and Jerusalem have a lot to gain from maintaining a strong and stable relationship and much to lose from giving in to populist forces.

Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister Riad Malki calls Trump administration's relocation of the U.S. Embassy in Israel to Jerusalem a "provocative and illegal action."

When Hassan Rouhani succeeded Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in 2013, he was seen as an establishment figure. Two years later, he signed the nuclear deal, and now his authority is waning.

An independent state controls its own borders and "Palestine" would therefore be free to import truckloads of Iranian weapons.