The mobilization news led to a massive exodus of Jews from Russia to Israel. The administration of the Jewish state has chosen to establish refugee camps in Finland and Azerbaijan to assist them. Avigdor Lieberman, the Israeli Minister of Finance, and Pnina Tamano-Shata, the Minister of Aliyah and Integration, are said to have proposed these ideas. Because of the developments in Russia, tens of thousands of Jews are anticipated to immigrate to Israel soon. 

The Israeli government set aside EUR 26.1 million to build camps for Jewish refugees in Finland and Azerbaijan and to aid with the Law of Return's expedited repatriation processes for Russian Jews. The Israeli government reports that 40,000 people have returned home since February of this year, 24,000 of them from Russia. This makes it the most significant Jewish migration in the last 20 years. 

According to reports from the Jewish Agency for Israel (Sochnut), its personnel is in charge of setting up temporary refugee camps in Azerbaijan and Finland that will function similarly to the camps for Ukrainian migrants in Poland and Romania.

Israel recognized the independence of Azerbaijan on December 25, 1991. Diplomatic relations were established between the two countries on April 7, 1992. High officials of the two countries made mutual visits. Delegations of the World Jewish Committee have visited Azerbaijan many times. Azerbaijan is the homeland of approximately 30,000 Jews, who live mainly in Baku and the Red Settlement of the Guba region. The first Jewish Sochnut school in the Soviet Union was opened in Baku in 1982. 

In 2009, Israeli President Shimon Peres announced during his visit to Azerbaijan that the Israeli company Aeronautics Defense Systems would build a factory in Baku. In 2012, an agreement was signed between Israel and Azerbaijan that Israel Aerospace Industries would sell $1.6 billion worth of drones, anti-aircraft, and missile defense systems to Azerbaijan. In January 2019, the State Border Service of Azerbaijan bought a Sky Striker drone from the Israeli company Elbit Systems. Thus, Azerbaijan became the first foreign buyer of Sky Strikers.

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