The Times of Israel: Azerbaijan is one of Israel’s closest strategic partners

Published: 2026-01-20 08:41

"A Shiite-majority, Turkic-speaking state bordering Iran has become one of Israel’s closest strategic partners. That state is Azerbaijan—and the partnership exposes how international politics actually works when ideology is stripped away and geography is allowed to speak for itself... Azerbaijan supplies Israel with a significant share of its oil, a Muslim state underwriting the energy security of the Jewish state while others issue communiqués," The Times of Israel writes.

By Azerbaijani-Israeli Alliance Global News