Azerbaijan - Israel relations

The ‘Azerbaijani Way’: Three lessons from Baku to Jerusalem - opinion

The ‘Azerbaijani Way’ lights the path to a more stable region.

Israel and Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev speaks during a signing event with U.S. President Donald Trump and Armenia's Prime Minister Nikol Pashinyan (not pictured), at the White House, in Washington, DC, August 8, 2025.

Aliyev’s Nazi comparison of Armenian leaders is outrageous and dangerous - opinion

(From L-R) Head of the National Artificial Intelligence Directorate, Brig.-Gen. (res.) Erez Askal, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, and Azerbaijan's Digital Development and Transport Minister Rashad Nabiyev, February 3, 2026.

Israel, Azerbaijan sign declaration of cooperation on AI as ties deepen

Rabbi Zamir Isayev, the Sephardic chief rabbi of Azerbaijan, visited Israel this week as part of events marking the Knesset’s anniversary, which fell on Tu Bishvat, the date of the inaugural sitting of Israel’s first Knesset.

Baku Sephardic rabbi visits Knesset, highlights Azerbaijan commitment to Jewish community security


Azerbaijan thwarts attack against Israeli embassy in Baku - report

Footage released by Azerbaijani authorities showed the suspect near the Israeli embassy in Baku.

 Azerbaijani and Israeli flags.

Jewish festival returns to Azerbaijan, one sign of Baku’s growing ties with Israel

The June 11 event was the second gathering in under a year in Azerbaijan for Limmud FSU.

 Limmud FSU volunteers pause for a photo with Israel's ambassador to Azerbaijan George Deek (in center with red tie), former Israeli Supreme Court Justice Elyakim Rubenstein (in foreground), and Limmud FSU founder Chaim Chesler (in dark suit).

Israel-Azerbaijan ties based on ‘shared values for future’ - ambassador

Azerbaijan recently opened an embassy in Israel and Israel’s foreign minister and president both traveled to Baku in recent months.

Azerbaijani envoy to US Khazar Ibrahim speaks at the Jerusalem Post 2023 Annual Conference in New York, June 5, 2023

Iran again slams Azerbaijan for ties with 'Zionist regime' - analysis

The Iranian Foreign Ministry said that “the one who should scare the people of Azerbaijan is the Zionist regime, not a civilized and Islamic Iran.”

President Isaac Herzog and first lady Michal Herzog are greeted upon their arrival in Baku for a state visit in Azerbaijan on May 30, 2023

Herzog's Azerbaijan trip highlights other side of Israel-Baku ties

DIPLOMATIC AFFAIRS: The presidents and the ambassador may have wanted to shift focus away from defense, but it plays a huge role in ties between the countries.

 PRESIDENT ISAAC HERZOG and his wife, Michal, are greeted in Baku on Tuesday

Israel's Herzog to visit Azerbaijan, key ally bordering on Iran

Israeli President Isaac Herzog's visit to Azerbaijan comes amid Baku-Tehran tensions; Foreign Minister Eli Cohen will visit Central Europe.

Azerbaijan's ambassador to Israel, Mukhtar Mammadov, presents his credentials to President Isaac Herzog on March 26, 2023.

Stories of redemption: Jerusalem and Shusha - opinion

On May 28, Azerbaijan will celebrate its own Independence Day marking the founding of the Azerbaijan Democratic Republic (ADR) as the first secular democratic state in the Muslim world.

 HE CITY sign for Shusha: The Azerbaijani joy surrounding the liberation of Shusha mirrors world Jewry’s sentiments on the reunification of Jerusalem under Israeli control in 1967, says the writer.

Azerbaijani-Israeli relations: Past and future - opinion

The close ties between Azerbaijan and Israel are first of all connected with the presence of Jewish communities that settled in Azerbaijan along the years.

 Ilham Aliyev inaugurated complex of State Border Service’s military unit in Jabrayil

Israel outreach to Azerbaijan, Turkmenistan shows diplomatic potential - analysis

The trip to Azerbaijan had a large delegation and highlighted business and trade ties. Israel already has trade relations with Azerbaijan, but these are expected to increase.

 Foreign Minister Eli Cohen inaugurates Israel's new embassy in Turkmenistan, located only 17 km. from the Iranian border, on April 20, 2023

Israel-Azerbaijan ties show the benefits of mutual cooperation - editorial

Israel’s flourishing ties with a slew of Middle Eastern and Central Asian countries demonstrate that these relationships are underpinned by far more than shared threats.

 Azerbaijani and Israeli flags.