Azerbaijan - Israel relations

Israel’s Armenia decision could cost it its closest regional friend - opinion

Israel’s recognition of the Armenian genocide may carry diplomatic costs that reach beyond Turkey.

Azerbaijani civilians killed during the Khojaly Genocide in February 1992, when Armenian armed forces, with the support of the former Soviet 366th regiment, seized the town of Khojaly in Azerbaijan’s Nagorno-Karabakh region.
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'Distortion of historical facts': Azerbaijan decries Israel's recognition of Armenian Genocide

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at the signing of an MOU on artificial intelligence between Israel and Azerbaijan, February 3, 2026.

‘Entirely baseless’: Azerbaijan rejects claims it hosted Israeli operations against Iran

ASAF HASANLI, a specialist with Azerbaijan’s state oil company SOCAR, at the Caspian Oil and Gas trade show during Baku Energy Week in Baku, Azerbaijan, June 3, 2026.

As Iran threatens regional fuel shipping, Azerbaijan becomes Israel’s gas buffer


Chief Baku rabbi: Azerbaijan should join Abraham Accords so other states follow - interview

The rabbi explained that other countries would be able to "learn from Azerbaijan how to negotiate and be in a relationship with Israel."

 Azerbaijani and Israeli flags.

Israel seeks to remove sanctions in ‘strategic alliance’ with Azerbaijan

"Azerbaijan is an important strategic ally of Israel in the Caucasus region, with relations encompassing cooperation in security, trade, technology, and energy sectors," said the PMO.

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Iran alarmed by growing Israel-Azerbaijan ties, warns of US involvement

Tehran claims that expanding security cooperation between Baku, Jerusalem, and Washington poses a direct threat to its national security.

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Azerbaijan’s top adviser meets Netanyahu, sparking Abraham Accords talk

Azerbaijan’s top adviser meets Netanyahu in Jerusalem to discuss strategic ties and potential Abraham Accords expansion.

 Assistant to the President of Azerbaijan Hikmet Hajiyev and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meet in Jerusalem, February 18, 2025.

Azerbaijan chooses Mountain Jewish singer as Eurovision 2025 entry

Asaf Mishiev, 32, is reported to be well known in Azerbaijan's Jewish community, which numbers around 30,000 people.

 Asaf Mishiev in an interview with Azeri TV channel ITV Seher

Azerbaijan's example, attitude, friendship, and tolerance give us hope - opinion

This country stood by us during the holiday when people took to the streets wrapped in Israeli flags, and during the war. This country is Azerbaijan.

 Azerbaijan & Israel Cooperation

Backing an assault by Azerbaijan on Armenia is not in Israel’s interest - opinion

Azerbaijan has shown its ambitions extend to sovereign territory in Armenia: the seizure of the so-called Zangezur corridor in southern Armenia, in the region of Syunik.

 AZERBAIJAN’S PRESIDENT, Ilham Aliyev, speaks during the UN climate change conference COP29 in Baku, Azerbaijan, in November. Israel should oppose Azerbaijan’s expansionist moves, the writers maintain.

Azerbaijan’s crucial role in the new Middle East

Insights from Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies.

Azerbaijan’s crucial role in the new Middle East: Insights from Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies

Azerbaijan foils Iranian plot to kill senior figure in local Jewish community

Two suspects – Georgian citizen Aqil Aslanov and Azerbaijani citizen Ceyhun Ismayilov – were apprehended near a Jewish center.

 The Jewish community in Azerbaijan.

Israel’s alliance with Azerbaijan is a Faustian bargain we should reconsider - opinion

Over 120,000 Armenians were forcibly displaced from their ancestral lands in just a matter of days, with reports of civilians being harassed, starved, and intimidated into leaving.

AZERBAIJAN’S PRESIDENT Ilham Aliyev is flanked by UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres and Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan at the COP29 climate conference in Baku, Azerbaijan, last month. Under Aliyev, Azerbaijan stands as one of the most despotic regimes in the world, the writer argues.