Benjamin Netanyahu, who is still the head of the Israeli government, telephoned Vladimir Putin to congratulate Russia on the anniversary of its May 9, 1945 victory over Hitler's Germany.
This commemoration of the end of the "Great Patriotic War" has become the main official holiday in Russia.
Israel is the only country that has recently built a monument in honor of Red Army soldiers.
The Jewish state does not forget that they liberated Auschwitz in January 1945.
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But the two leaders, who have known each other for a long time, did not just talk about the past in Europe.
They also spoke of the future in the Levant.
Israel has accepted Bashar al-Assad's victory in the civil war in Syria as a fait accompli.
The Jewish state sees no problem with the Russian military, naval and air presence in Syria.
But there is no question for him to accept an Iranian presence at its borders.
Tehran's theocratic regime has not formally
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