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Haaretz: Neither Israel nor Iran trust Russia. But only Putin can prevent war between them, by Shimon Stein and Shlomo Brom

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The 1979 revolution that transformed Iran into an Islamic republic was also a turning point in Iran’s foreign policy – and in particular, its approach to the State of Israel.

Its hostility towards Israel has manifested itself over the years in repeated declarations by Iranian leaders that Israel should be destroyed, as well as anti-Semitic assertions and Holocaust denial, leading to an escalatory cycle of Israeli reactions and Iranian counter-reactions.

Iran has avoided direct military confrontation with Israel, but at the same time provided substantial military, financial and political support to Hezbollah and Palestinian terror groups for their operations against Israel and Jews, on the basis that they serve Iran’s interests.

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