Look, no Arab country wants to fight Israel over Gaza. Why should we, non-Arabs? Who are we to be hostile to America, which stands behind Israel?
You probably know about the Abraham Accords. This is an agreement between Israel and Arab countries like the UAE, Saudi Arabia and others. All these Arab countries cooperate with the US on security issues! Don't they see that the Americans stand behind Israel?! They see it, and yet...
So why should we (Azerbaijan) be hostile to Israel over Gaza, forgotten by Allah? Why should we be, as they say, more Catholic than the Pope?
And yet, in all UN votes, we invariably support Palestine along with 57 Muslim states.
The Arab-Israeli problem is not our problem. Even the superpowers cannot (most likely do not want to) solve it. Why should we, a small state with its own problems, get involved in someone else's thousand-year-old problem and feud with someone over someone?
Even a newcomer to foreign policy, the new leader of Syria, Ahmed al-Shara, understands and, it seems, approves of our position. Yesterday, he sent Aliyev a letter congratulating him on the Ramadan holiday: "Mr. President, dear brother!" etc. etc.
Our foreign policy has been tested for decades. Over 34 years of independence, not a single government has considered it necessary to change it even by an iota. Simply put, it is:
1. alliance with Turkey;
2. distancing ourselves from Russia and Iran;
3. hostility with Armenia;
4. friendship with Georgia.
