US official warns Israel not to be 'last haven for dirty money' funding Russian invasion of Ukraine

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

Amid the ongoing invasion of Ukraine, the US is urging Israel to take a harder line against Russia and cease accepting its “dirty money.”

“What we are asking among other things is for every democracy around the world to join us in the financial and export control sanctions that we have put on Putin. We have to squeeze the regime, we have to deny it the income that it needs,” US under secretary of state for political affairs Victoria Nuland – a former UN ambassador to Nato – told Israel’s Channel 12 News on Friday.

“You don’t want to become the last haven for dirty money that’s fueling Putin’s wars,” she added.

Thus far, Israel hasn’t joined the US and the EU in levying tough sanctions against Vladimir Putin and his cronies, or in giving military aid to Ukraine.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/us-official-warns-israel-not-to-be-last-haven-for-dirty-money-funding-russian-invasion-of-ukraine/ar-AAUZmPk

Victoria Nuland? Cue the conspiracy theorists.

[Thomas Hurt]

1. Netanyahu has a soft spot for autocrats I think...

[TygrBright]

2. He wants to be one. n/t

[PoliticAverse]

6. He is not the current head of the Israeli government. n/t

[JohnSJ]

9. Yup. One would think some would have realized that

[Thomas Hurt]

10. Yup. One would think some would have realized that just because he is no longer PM...

but is head of the largest political party in Israel and has held some substantial political office for years and years that somehow his influence has faded to nothing in a matter of months.

[uponit7771]

3. Putrid spent good time and money on a cheap resource; democratic politicians ... damn

[50 Shades Of Blue]

4. Shocker.

[paleotn]

5. Time to start turning the screws on those who won't get with the program.

[sarcasmo]

7. Cut Israel's government cheese and watch them fall in line.

[Bev54]

8. Time to move that Iron dome and financing to Ukraine

[JohnSJ]

11. I find it interesting that the Independent repeats the lie that Benjamin urged Zelensky to surrender

To Putin

Interesting that Israel denies this

A senior Ukrainian official said that Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Tuesday that he should take Russian President Vladimir Putin’s proposal for ending the war. An official in the Israeli Prime Minster's Office denies the claim”

Driving the news: The senior Ukrainian official claimed Bennett initiated the call on Tuesday and recommended Zelensky take the offer.

Zelensky and his advisers didn’t like Bennett’s recommendation, according to the Ukrainian official.

"Bennett is basically telling us to surrender and we have no intention of doing that," the senior Ukrainian official said.

A senior official in the Israeli Prime Minister’s Office said that the details of the call as described the Ukrainian official were not true.

“We doubt that the official is a senior person that is in Ukraine now and who was on the call, because it was conducted on a private line. Our contacts are directly with President Zelensky and his close advisers," the official in the Prime Minister’s Office said.

The Israeli official said Bennett didn’t recommend that Zelensky take Putin’s offer because Israel hasn’t received such an offer. “The prime minister doesn’t intend to give Zelensky any recommendations or advice at any stage," the official said.

The Israeli official stressed the call between Zelensky and Bennett was good and long and included a discussion about the possibility of holding a mediation meeting in Jerusalem.

https://www.axios.com/russia-war-israel-bennett-zelensky-told-to-surrender-d5c53a0b-5940-4b09-85e4-ede244a2f5a1.html

The irony is that the paper is owned by a a Russian oligarch

Evgeny Lebedev (41%)[1][2]
Sultan Muhammad Abuljadayel (30%)[1][2]
Justin Byam Shaw (26%)[2]
Minor shareholders (3%)[2]

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Independent