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The most notable aspect of the 2015 Israeli parliamentary elections was that the incumbent Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has entered his fourth (and third consecutive) term in office as Prime Minister. His views, his right-wing coalition, and his hesitant nature as a decision maker make it unlikely that he will push for serious peace negotiations with the Palestinians. As the quality of Turkish-Israeli relations is very much linked to the state of Israeli-Palestinian relations, a true improvement (beyond just normalization, which in itself is difficult to achieve) in Turkish-Israeli relations remains unlikely. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]

The article discusses the diplomatic partnership cultivated by Israel and Azerbaijan as shown by the visit of Israeli Minister of Defense Moshe Ya'alon. It is noted that Israel's provision of defense industry exports and training to the Shiite Muslim country has been in response to the relationship between Armenia and Iran while tensions remain in the Nagorno-Karabakh region. Complications in relation with Russia and Turkey under the secular rule of Ilham Aliyev are also taken up.

The article discusses how the tension between Russia and Turkey affects their complex relations with Israel whose involvement with Russia and Turkey makes it an important factor affecting Moscow and Ankara's strategic calculations. It cites the southern part of former Soviet Union as one of 3 main areas of friction between due to its strategic position at the intersection between Russia and the Middle East. It notes that Turkey, as an ally of the U.S., is a more comfortable partner for Israel.

An essay is presented on the formation of a political constellation composed of Israel and four countries including Greece, Azerbaijan, and South Sudan. It discusses Israel's Periphery Alliance 1.0 which aims to promote relations with Iran, Ethiopia and Turkey who have the same enemies in the Arab world, fears Soviet expansionism, and Western oriented, and its Periphery Alliance 2.0 which aims to improve operational activity and intelligence gathering.