Rasim Aghayev: "We are now facing the act of revenge, typical for Israel and thus aimed at both tactical and strategic goals"

"The offensive in Gaza, currently held by Israel, has been prepared for long, said famous political scientist Rasim Aghayev.

According him, when an offensive is held by all rules of military art, it seems excessive to him to speak about who is to be blamed for it.

"We are now facing the act of revenge, typical for Israel and thus aimed at both tactical and strategic goals. The tactical goals of Israel are caused by an intention to terminate the radical wing of Hamas and the intention to rehabilitate after the defeat during the previous military actions in Lebanon, where Israeli army faced strong resistance of Islamic organizations.

As for the strategical purposes of Israel, it aims to become a dominating force in the Near East. This is connected with the fact that since the USSR collapse the world order, preserved by previously reached agreement, has collapsed as well. Therefore, the United States supports Israel in open, Russia preserves neutrality, while Europeans observe the developments as the moments of one more fight movie.

No one wants to recognize the fact that the policy of force Israel was orienting to for the past ten years, is currently failing. Yes, Israel is able to eliminate the radical wing of Hamas, but in the result this externally backed offensive in the Gaza strip made Palestinians stronger, while implies their readiness to military actions with any enemy", said Aghayev.  

As for the position of Azerbaijan  considering the statement of the Foreign Ministry of our country about Azerbaijan's support to efforts of Palestinian people for attaining peace and stability in the region and creation of an independent Palestinian state, the expert said.

"Azerbaijan's position in this conflict had been balanced before the current offensive of Israel in the Gaza strip. But our country needed to display a clearer position due to the fact of killing civilians in this region. Our country needed to define its attitude towards Palestinians. As not only Israel is bellicose at this stage, but Arabians also share their responsibility for the continuation of war, though it is, certainly, necessary to find peaceful ways of the conflict settlement. And in this connection, Muslim countries, including Azerbaijan, could play their positive role", said the expert.

He noted that Azerbaijan's policy towards Israel is developing successfully and he considers that there are areas for deepening and expanding the relations.

"Yes, today world Armenians poses a threat to Azerbaijan and therefore, we need allies in the face of the Jewish lobby.

But this circumstance must not cause the distancing of our country from the Palestinian-Israeli conflict but promote activity work in Azerbaijan for rapproachment of the conflict parties and the soonest and peaceful resolution of this conflict, while our distancing from the conflict may weaken the position of our country in the Muslim world", concluded the expert.

/Day.Az/