Russia and Israel mull 'gas for no arms' dealRUSSIA and Israel may be on the verge of signing a multi-billion dollar gas deal in return for Moscow promising to curtail strategic arms sales to Syria and Iran. Senior officials from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs indicated that the landmark deal was discussed during Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's three-day visit to Russia last week, the second by an Isreali head of state since relations were normalised after the fall of the Soviet Union.