Israeli-Iranian relations : past friendship, current hostility
Abstract
With decades of multilayered close cooperation transformed into outright hostility, Iran and Israel have been trying to strengthen their strategic posture vis-à-vis each other: Israel by attacking Iranian-related targets in Syria and befriending Arab countries; Iran by supporting armed militias and terror organisations and pursuing a nuclear weapons programme. While neither state seems interested in military confrontation, miscalculations can never be fully excluded.
Citation
Furlan , M 2022 , ' Israeli-Iranian relations : past friendship, current hostility ' , Israel Affairs , vol. 28 , no. 2 , pp. 170-183 . https://doi.org/10.1080/13537121.2022.2041304
Publication
Israel Affairs
Status
Peer reviewed
ISSN
1353-7121Type
Journal article
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