Israeli arms are fueling Azerbaijan’s fighting with Armenia in the disputed Nagorno-Karabakh region. Hikmet Hajiyev, assistant to the president of Azerbaijan, told Israeli media that the Azeri military has been using Israeli-made attack drones in the recent violence.
Israel and Azerbaijan are major trading partners. The two countries have signed defense agreements together, and it is believed that Israel provides the Azeri military with 60 percent of its weapons. Israel also gets a large amount of its oil and natural gas from Azerbaijan. Azeri cargo planes have been recently spotted at an air force base in southern Israel.
Azeri cargo planes landing at this base is a relatively common occurrence, but the timing and frequency of recent flights indicate Israeli arms are fueling the conflict. According to Haaretz, two Azeri Ilyushin Il-76 freighters landed at the base last Thursday, just days before the fighting broke out. Two more freighters arrived on Tuesday and Wednesday, which means Azeri forces could be replenishing their weapons.
Hajiyev said that the Azeris “very much appreciate the cooperation with Israel, especially the defense cooperation.” So far, Israel has remained silent on the fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh. When asked if this silence bothered the Azeris, Hajiyev said, “No, no, Israel and Azerbaijan understand our situation” and cited multiple agreements between the two countries.
The fighting in Nagorno-Karabakh continued for a fourth day on Wednesday and shows no sign of slowing down. Turkey has been accused of intervening in the battle on behalf of the Azeris, with Armenia claiming Ankara is using F-16s to shoot down Armenian fighter jets. Turkey denies the charge. Reports say Ankara has been helping its ally in another way, by sending mercenaries from northern Syria to the region to support Azerbaijan.
Troublemaking in the region. Plenty of money.
Troublemaking everywhere. Got plenty of money and power (Edit)
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Thanks greatly for – alone – getting and staying on top of this most important of current developments. Israeli-Azerbaijani strategic cooperation began in earnest in 2009 when then-Israeli President Shimon Peres visited Azerbaijan (and Kazakhstan, the two being the major Caspian Sea energy suppliers aside from Russia and Iran). But Israel is not new to war in the South Caucasus. Before the five-day Georgian-Russian war of 2008 (in essence a U.S.-NATO proxy war with Russia) Georgian Defense Minister Davit Kezerashvili, a former Israeli himself, arranged for the shipment of Israeli drones to Georgia. They may have used against South Ossetian and Russian forces during the war. See: https://www.wired.com/2008/08/did-israel-trai/
Prob should be no surprise here-mossad/israel usually is involved in violence/destruction; it is what they do.
Why dosen’t Israel worry about all the covid-19 cases that it has right now? Or does this mean that covid-19 isn’t as serious as the “health experts” are telling us?
Yes, it’s all fake. The entire world’s health establishment is colluding and lying, and only intellectual luminaries like Donald J Trump, YouTube influencers, and anonymous 4chan posters can see through the lies. My mother’s best friend died suddenly two weeks ago in her early 50s, from COVID. But, by all means, listen to obscenely wealthy, divorced-from-reality, sociopathically pragmatic capitalists about how best to handle a respiratory pandemic.
“Israel provides the Azeri military with 60 percent of its weapons. Israel also gets a large amount of its oil and natural gas from Azerbaijan.”
But why does Israel do this?
It is because they plan to use Azerbaijan as a base on the Iranian border. It is about war with Iran, as so much in the region is driven by Israeli plans to force war with Iran.
You mean like Iran uses Lebanon?
Hmmm
How anyone could ever question israel’s motives for arming a nation with a common border, not to mention ports with direct ocean access to the doorstep of the largest city in Iran is beyond me. Israel is the only democratic country in the Middle East, as witnessed by outcome of their latest election. Israel has never attacked any of its neighbors without justification or provocation. Nor has israel ever carried out false flags or endless espionage missions against other countries. Israel maintains the highest standards and respect for basic human rights. So for anyone to suggest that israel is anything other than a kind and benevolent regional neighbor with only the best of intentions by arming Azerbaijan is an act of anti-Semitism…..
Turkey and Azerbaijan appear to have been plotting this terrorist attack for months. I’m not sure what makes them stupid enough to believe they can succeed where a thousand years of imperialist ran sackers have failed violently. The Armenians of Artsakh defended their mountain sanctuary from actual Ottomans. Some chickenshit knock off like Erdogan isn’t going to fair much better.
But now they’ve got Israeli “assistance”.
Hmmm
Golly! Apparently some people don’t appreciate the power of sarcasm. Or do they……