Mid East Peace might best be served by supplying weaponry and expertise sufficient enough to deter Israeli bullying and attack. Plus any fresh accords mustn't be allowed to block such transfers...i.e.honoring the Iranian contract.The world looks to Russia to counter the bias shown by the U.S. in that region / doing the right thing's all important ...A sense of fairness would certainly go a long way to enhance Russia's world standing.

The best way to test own identity is cooperation.

boz: "A sense of fairness would certainly go a long way to enhance Russia's world standing." Such nonsense never enters into Russia's strategic thinking. Russia is the winner in this agreement, because Israel has what Russia wants - advanced military technology siphoned from the USA. The best access to such highly guarded technology is through Israel. Perhaps, Israel is also losing faith in Obama's America as a reliable supporter of Israel, and such an agreement with Russia may be a way to put the squeeze on the US. But, "sense of fairness" and "world standing" are irrelevant to the folks in Kremlin.

Is Israel now cajoling to Russia with a carrot after the stick was unsuccessful? On the one hand you got Jews in America still supporting Cole War embargo against Russia called: Jackson—Vanik amendment; and on the other hand you got missionaries Jews asking Russia for support in the new age coming against blood thirsty enemies surrounding the Jewish state. Will these Jews ever learn that friends don’t malice each other?

Russia has a world standing because of the choices it makes to not have a policy of bias in the Middle East towards Israel and against all other countries in the region like the US does. It has a position as a country that balances the US in the region. Whether it cares about such a thing or not is irrelevant. Israel has signed agreements with many of its neighbours but these are not friendship treaties they are like the Molotov Rippentropp agreements between the Soviets and the Germans which were basically non aggression pacts that outlines what cooperation is possible between two parties that are clearly not friends. Real allies don't sign such non aggression treaties because real allies can trust each other to back off if one steps on the others toes. This is the same thing... an agreement between two parties that are not friends that outlines how they can cooperate to each of their own advantages. Right now the Russian Airforce has little experience in using UAVs and UCAVs for recon and other roles so they are buying Israeli knowhow to get experience and to learn what they want from such vehicles. Once they know how to operate them they can write up specs and requirements for Russian makers to design UAVs for them. I doubt these Israeli drones will enter Russian service, they will just be used as training tools. If they do then that is not really a surprise as Israeli UAVs are in service in dozens of air forces around the world.

If Israel after the end of the cold war instead of being aligned with the US and their policies against Russia including support of jihadist terrorists and destruction of Yugoslavia aligned themselves with Russia they could have avoided Russia's partnership with Iran and weakened Middle Eastern countries in the region by working with Russia and helped develop a new energy sphere in Eurasia that dwarfs those of the Mid East with Russian influence there and Israeli technical knowhow. Not to mention the fact the Israel imports its oil from Russia, is a major trading partner and needs Jewish immigration primarily from Russia having one of the largest Jewish communities in Eurasia to keep the country afloat from a larger Palestinian growing population who birth rate dwarfs that of Israelis. @Kihnu "But, "sense of fairness" and "world standing" are irrelevant to the folks in Kremlin." I think you are getting confused with the folks in Washington DC after all they did help “create a predominantly Muslim state in the very heart of Europe” and “for jihadists of all colour and hue” to take notice as former house speaker Tom Lantos remarked.