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While the United States remains Israel’s main strategic ally, despite a difficult personal relationship between Mr Netanyahu and President Barack Obama, Israel has been working hard in recent years at diversifying its alliances. It has courted not only Mr Putin, but the leaders of other regional powers including Egypt and Saudi Arabia, and farther afield the prime ministers of India and Japan. As America’s influence in the Middle East declines, this should serve Israel well.
“The last thing Putin needs now is a fight with Israel, he’s too busy scoring points against the Americans,” says Zvi Magen, a former Israeli ambassador to Moscow. “Israel made clear to him that we have no real problem with Assad, just with Iran and Hizbullah, and that message was understood.”
full: http://www.economist.com/news/middle-east-and-africa/21669563-though-opposite-sides-syrian-conflict-binyamin-netanyahu-and-vladimir-putin-agree
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