Jonathan EmmesediI know it's a tough neighborhood and all that, but I wonder whether the Israeli government has made not only an ethical but also a political mistake in its support for Azerbaijan.
The current Iranian government is deeply hostile to Israel, but I am not sure that the crackerbarrel "realism" of "my enemy's enemy is my friend" serves Israel well here. Israeli security will depend on a renunciation of irredentism and the acceptance of national, ethnic, and religious pluralism and peaceful coexistence throughout the region; I'm not convinced that arming autocrats so that they can carry out ethnic cleansing contributes to this long term goal.
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Nagorno-Karabakh: Israeli arms quietly helped Azerbaijan retake region
Israel has quietly helped fuel Azerbaijan’s campaign to recapture Nagorno-Karabakh, supplying powerful weapons to the country ahead of its lightening offensive last month that brought the Armenian separatist enclave in its territory back under its control. Just weeks before Azerbaijan launched its assault on Sept. 19, Azerbaijani military cargo planes repeatedly flew between a southern Israeli airbase and an airfield near Nagorno-Karabakh, according to flight tracking data and Armenian diplomats, even as Western governments were urging peace talks. The cargo flights to Azerbaijan have rattled Armenian officials in Yerevan, long wary and shined a light on Israel’s national interests in the restive region south of the Caucasus Mountains.
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