Azerbaijan and Israel's relationship has been quite good over the years. Azerbaijan is a Shia Muslim country, but it is highly secular. Although Turkey and Israel have had a poor relationship for many years, always threatening each other, Azerbaijan is different. Since the early 1990s, defense cooperation between Israel and Azerbaijan has been expanding. Israel has helped the Azerbaijani armed forces modernize.
Israel provides Azerbaijan with artillery, anti-tank and anti-infantry weapons, plus other military equipment. Azerbaijan is far from Israel and there is no need for conflict. There are three thousand Jews in Azerbaijan, and the relations are relatively harmonious!
Azerbaijan, although a Muslim country, is not Arab, belongs to the Caucasus region, and has no direct conflicts with Israel. On the contrary, Azerbaijan needs to rely on Israel's military strength to develop its weapons, following the strategy of "making friends with distant countries and attacking nearby ones." There is no need for Azerbaijan to have conflicts with Israel. Interests are above all!
According to Iran's exposure, during the bombing of multiple Iranian military bases, Israeli air force aircraft once flew through parts of Azerbaijani airspace, then entered the Caspian Sea, and broke through southward into the northern Iranian military bases to bomb them. For this, Iran had some complaints about Azerbaijan, but so far, Azerbaijan has not made any explanation, nor could it explain.
After all, during the war, the Israeli Air Force passed through the airspace of Syria, Jordan, Iraq, and Azerbaijan, and no one protested. Why should Azerbaijan protest? It's like the gods fighting, the common people suffer. When the two Middle Eastern powers fight so fiercely, the surrounding small countries are trembling, who would dare to protest?
If you protest, it might be possible that a missile is mistakenly hit on your head. This is not a joke. As soon as Azerbaijan protested against Israel, it might be hit by a missile the next day. It's not a joke.
In such a situation, the airspace of a weak country is meaningless. No one dares to say much, just hoping not to get hurt!
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