Israeli political scientist: There are absurdities that require a  historical adjustment 

ArmInfo.Paradoxically, after the war, new weighty preconditions appeared for the development of relations between Jerusalem and Yerevan. Famous Israeli political  scientist and public figure Avigdor Eskin expressed this opinion in  an interview with ArmInfo correspondent.

The political scientist noted that six months after the 44-day war,  information appeared about the possibility of the return of the  Armenian Ambassador to Tel Aviv. Shortly before the war, an Armenian  embassy was opened in Israel, but from the very beginning of  hostilities, the ambassador was recalled.  As Eskin recalled, during  the war Yerevan accused Israel of selling weapons to Azerbaijan. An  atmosphere of mutual claims reigned: Israel blamed Armenia for  refusing to establish relations for almost three decades and military  cooperation with Iran, and Armenia expressed dissatisfaction with the  contract for the supply of weapons to Azerbaijan.

Against this background, as the political scientist emphasized, with  all the privileges and benefits from cooperation with Azerbaijan,  Israel failed to anyhow succeed in political cooperation. That is,  strategic interaction on Iran continues and has a mutual interest,  the sale of oil by Azerbaijan and the purchase of weapons also turned  out to be economically profitable, but Baku's anti-Israel position in  all international organizations has undergone no changes. Moreover,  Azerbaijan now still refuses to establish diplomatic relations with  Israel.

It is interesting, according to Eskin, that Jerusalem reacted very  coldly to Turkey's attempts to begin to improve relations. Israel  does not exclude the continuation of economic cooperation and the  possibility of limited political interaction. But so as not to damage  the strategic alliance with Greece, after all, a $ 1.65 billion  contract was recently signed between Athens and Jerusalem, under  which Israel will improve the Greek Air Force. Israel will also not  risk its friendly relations with Arab countries, which are in a state  of confrontation with Erdogan.

As for Armenia, he is convinced that no expert would argue that the  refusal of the Armenian Ministry of Defense to purchase Israeli  advanced weapons in 2015 was a mistake. The army now needs urgent  modernization, and Israel may be a natural address. Cooperation in  the field of agriculture, high technology and medicine is possible.   Yerevan also drew attention to Tehran's position during the war, when  the spiritual leader of Iran directly called for Armenia's complete  renunciation of Karabakh. So it turns out: Azerbaijan, friendly to  Israel, refuses to establish diplomatic relations with it, while  Armenia is ready to do it. And Iran, friendly to Armenia, calls for a  complete secession of Artsakh from Armenia, while Israel is always  emphatically neutral. Such absurdities require a historical  adjustment.