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Azerbaijani oil was on May 5 still being loaded on tankers bound for Israel at the Turkish Mediterranean port of Ceyhan despite Turkey on May 2 announcing a complete ban on trading with the Israelis, Hebrew evening financial daily Globes has reported, citing Israeli sources. Azerbaijan is a close ally of fellow Muslim-majority nation Turkey, but it is also seen as having strong relations with Israel. It is an important supplier of oil to the Israelis. Oil from Caspian Sea resources is piped to Ceyhan via the Baku-Tbilisi-Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline. Tankers ship the oil from Ceyhan to Haifa. The oil…