Israeli expert: Deeper U.S.–Azerbaijan ties benefit Israel

Published: 2026-02-14 13:44

"Official Jerusalem and pro-Israel lobbying groups have long pushed for stronger U.S.-Azerbaijani relations. Just last year, [Israeli Prime Minister] Benjamin Netanyahu publicly began advocating for trilateral cooperation between Israel, Azerbaijan and the United States... For Israel, deeper US-Azerbaijan ties serve a dual purpose: deterring Iran and amplifying the influence of its closest regional allies," All Israel News quoted Joseph Epstein, director of the Turan Research Center at the Yorktown Institute and a research fellow at Bar-Ilan University’s Begin-Sadat Center for Strategic Studies.

By Azerbaijani-Israeli Alliance Global News