Turks and Jews appear to consider themselves superior to all the other nations and lay claims to as many as four states. The historic thesis about Turks and Azerbaijanis being one people living in two states (Azerbaijan and Turkey) advanced by the Turkish ex-president Süleyman Demirel and taken up by the father of all Azerbaijanis Heydar Aliyev has received full support on the part of the two states’ incumbent leaders, Ilham Aliyev and Recep Erdogan.

Israeli President Shimon Peres has made a similar claim. In his interview with the Israel-based Novosti Nedeli (Weekly News) newspaper, the Israeli leader made the following statement: “I can show you a quotation from Sochnut leader Arthur Ruben’s speech at the 14th Zionist Congress in Vienna in 1925. As far back as then he said that Palestine would be divided into an Arab and Jewish states. This is the historical point of view David Ben-Gurion had initially held… I have always been a follower of Ben-Gurion and considered his historical analysis to be accurate. Israel will eventually arrive at this solution. It has taken six decades for us. At present the issue ‘Two states for two peoples’ can be said to be historically settled. The idea of Erets Israel shlema [One and indivisible Israel] is being removed from the agenda…”

Thus, the Israeli leader plainly stated that the Jewish people can have two states, namely, Israel proper and part of Palestine populated with Jews.

The Turkish and Jewish peoples’ aspiration to expand the geographical area of their habitation and strengthen their positions in the international area could have been welcomed if it were not to other peoples’ detriment. By publicly acknowledging their own right to two states, the Israeli, Turkish and Azerbaijani leaders – for some reason -believe they can forbid other peoples from building up their future on the same principles. Specifically, during his recent visit to Azerbaijan Israeli President Shimon Peres felt it his duty to voice his support to the so-called “territorial integrity” of Azerbaijan thereby actually challenging the Armenian people’s right to have two states – the right to a peaceful life in Armenia and Nagorno-Karabakh without facing a threat of being annihilated. Mr. Peres believes this right to be reserved exclusively for Jews, as well as for their Muslim Turkic partners. One can suspect the Israeli President would not object to a third Turkish state, for example in the territory of Northern Iran. Strangely enough, the name of the second, junior Turkish state, Azerbaijan, sounds similar to that of an Iranian province.

The incumbent Azeri leader Ilham Aliyev considers the existence of two Armenian states – the Republic of Armenia and the Nagorno-Karabakh Republic – to be nonsense. He is even joking: Armenians have exercised their right to self-determination in this region and cannot do the same in a different territory. Then what can justify the existence of Azerbaijan — a second Turkish state? May be it is high time for them to unite? This is what they are actually seeking, but Armenia is on their way – geographically!

While we have a clear idea of the strategy implemented by the junior Turkish state, Azerbaijan, we can only guess at Israel’s purposes. The statements made by President Shimon Peres in his interview with the Nosvosti Nedeli newspaper suggest some ideas. The Israeli leader, who recently visited Baku, said: “I consider our partnership with Azerbaijan to be of fundamental importance as well. We are in good relations, but this country is seriously pressured by Iran. Moreover, a territorial dispute with Armenia has not been settled…”

What is the pressure on the part of Iran mentioned by the Israeli leader? It may be just the opposite: Azerbaijan is pressuring Iran by supporting the “centrifugal” processes in Northern Azerbaijan or poses a threat to Iran’s security by allowing the USA to deploy its troops and tracker stations in its territory. However, Azerbaijan’s pressure on Iran is most insignificant as compared with Israel’s policy aimed at causing disagreements between Turkey, Iran and Azerbaijan. A stronger Turkic factor in the Caucasus suits Tel Aviv fine as reducing the risk of Iran’s extending its influence.

This is the reason why, as some analytical sources say, Israel provides direct support to the radical forces in Turkey, including the antigovernment organization Ergenekon. According to some information, Ergenekon members have attained rather strong positions in Azerbaijan’s state power structures and exert direct influence on the Baku-Ankara relations, “adjusting” the initiatives for Armenian-Turkish rapprochement launched by Abdullah Gul himself.

Israel does not need détente in the South Caucasus. Peace in the region will deprive Israel of what is most important for her, namely, its capability to implement an anti-Iranian policy. This is the reason why it is not peace initiatives, but contracts for the supply of arms to Azerbaijan that President Shimon Peres brings to the region.

A stronger Turkic factor in the South Caucasus is pregnant with the dissemination of pan-Turkic ideology as far as North Caucasus (Russia), Middle Asia and China. In this context, Uighur’s aggressive marches in Xinjiang, China, and increased activities of gunmen, including Azeri mercenaries, in the North Caucasus are a component of the global domino effect game. The first fillip may be given from Washington. It is a global nature of the task that accounts for the fact why the Jewish people, which experienced Holocaust, became a partner of Turkey, a strategic ally of Nazi Germany, which masterminded and committed the Armenian Genocide in 1915.