Israel is increasingly going public with its support for Ukraine while avoiding public condemnation of Russia, the primary backer of the Syrian regime which is classified by Israel as an enemy state on its northern border.
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The outbreak of the Ukraine conflict coincides with what Iranian negotiators have called the “finish line” ofOn Saturday, the Russian Embassy said that its military coordination with Israel over Syria will continue, after Moscow expressed displeasure with a statement by Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid condemning the “Russian attack on Ukraine” on Thursday.
On Friday, Zelensky spoke with Bennett and asked Jerusalem to host negotiations between Ukraine and Russia. In a meeting between Bennett and Putin last October in Sochi, Putin refused an offer by Bennett that Israel mediate between Russia and Ukraine, according to Israeli media.But a growing number of grass-roots groups in Israel say that, as the war intensifies, their government can no longer afford to stand on the sidelines.