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Podcast: The Turbulent World of Middle East Soccer
Episode: Middle Eastern juxtapositions-The phone call that never came
Description: Populated by fluent Hebrew speakers, the Israel desk of Armenia’s foreign ministry waited back in 1991 in the wake of the collapse of the Soviet Union for a phone call that never came.The ministry was convinced that Israel, with whom Armenia shared an experience of genocide, were natural allies.The ministry waited in vain. Israel never made the call.