Iran and Israel: Dangerous Wars in the Middle East

Abstract

The paper studies evolution of different aspects in Iran–Israeli relations in the Syrian crisis. Basic developments of Iran Israeli confrontations and analysis of its specific are retrospectively shown. The author examines key internal and external factors, influencing the nature of Iran–Israeli conflict and the character of its development. The author argues that regional and international environment determined the character of Iran–Israeli conflict more than religious and cultural differences of the two nations, while the perceptions of external threats and defense of the national suzerainty and territorial integrity played critical role in Iran–Israeli conflict. The author stresses that in the first three years of Syrian crisis Tel Aviv’s stand towards Iranian support of Al-Assad’s regime was neutral in character, but further developments in the Middle East led to further confrontations between Iran and Israel. This very fact was drastically demonstrated in 2021–2022 after military confrontation between Tehran and Tel Aviv had taken new forms and influenced other Middle East countries and Caucasian region. New developments in Iran–Israeli crisis complicated situation in the region and created potential threats for lunching a new war on the Middle East. In 2023 Iran–Israeli contradiction persisted, although positive developments in regional situation emerged. Measures taken by leading regional and international powers formed perspectives for cooling down the hostilities in the international relations in the Middle East that might result in lessening tension in Iran–Israel relations.