Israeli PM Bennett meets Putin in Moscow to discuss Ukraine crisis

[Wicked Blue]

Source: MSN

JERUSALEM (Reuters) -Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett met with Russian President Vladimir Putin in the Kremlin on Saturday to discuss the Ukraine crisis, his spokesperson said.

Israel, home to a substantial population of Russian immigrants, has offered to mediate in the conflict between Russia and Ukraine, though officials have previously played down expectations of a breakthrough.

While Israel, a close ally of the United States, has condemned the Russian invasion, voiced solidarity with Kyiv and sent humanitarian aid to Ukraine, it has said it will maintain communications with Moscow in the hope of helping to ease the crisis.

Israel is also mindful of Moscow's military support for President Bashar al-Assad in next-door Syria, where Israel regularly attacks Iranian and Hezbollah military targets. Contacts with Moscow prevent Russian and Israeli forces trading fire by accident.

Read more: https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/world/israeli-pm-bennett-meets-putin-in-moscow-to-discuss-ukraine-crisis/ar-AAUEAhj

[AndyS]

1. I have been hoping that Israel would get involved.

Also hoping Putin pisses them off. Mossad colors outside the lines if you get my drift . . .

[Wicked Blue]

3. From looking at news articles, Israel has offered previously to mediate

Anything is worth a try with the situation that's going on

[Kittycatkat]

6. Wink, wink

[SheltieLover]

7. Odds are good.

Is there anyone the mad man doesn't piss off?

Tossing Mossad a ton of crayons for creative coloring!



🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞

[orwell]

2. Whatever it takes...

...go Naftali. Make him an offer he can't refuse...

[Wicked Blue]

4. I wonder if he brought a horse head along nt

[sop]

5. I'm surprised Trump hasn't flown to Moscow to talk some sense into his good friend Putin.

I'm kidding, of course, but Trump is so delusional he might actually do it.

[Sneederbunk]

8. Would conflict with golf.

[Katcat]

9. Doubtful

As a FORMER president I doubt trump would be allowed to see putin now especially since he could be held hostage. And trump knows not to trust putin. He’s stupid and cowardly but not when it comes to himself.

[sop]

10. Held hostage?

All the more reason he should do it.

[Chainfire]

15. "I am sorry, we can't raise the $3.48 to get you back.

[Raven123]

11. I heard his bone spurs flared up

[JI7]

13. Trump is scared of Putin. He would do it if Putin ordered him to.

[question everything]

12. Israel tries to balance backing for Ukrainians and not offending Russia

But even as Israelis with Ukrainian heritage sign up to defend Kyiv, for Israel’s security establishment, Europe’s new war is still a remote concern compared with dealing with the hostile forces on its own borders. Containing Iranian activity remains the country’s number one priority.

Russian intervention in Syria’s civil war in 2015 turned the tide of the conflict in Bashar al-Assad’s favour. Moscow is now the major power in Syria’s skies, dropping bombs on Syrian civilians in areas still outside the regime’s control, and allowing the Israeli air force to operate against Hezbollah and other Iranian-backed groups active in the conflict.

Michael Herzog, Israel’s ambassador to the US, said in a tweet on Wednesday: “While our moral position [on Ukraine] is clear, we are striving to pursue it in a way that will maintain our freedom of operations against Iran in the region, which is in everybody’s interest.”

In the meantime, the first Israeli shipment of humanitarian aid has arrived on the Polish-Ukrainian border, which includes 17 tons of medical equipment and medicine as well as winter tents and sleeping bags for 3,000 people. About 200,000 Ukranians with Jewish ancestry are eligible for Israeli citizenship, and Tel Aviv is expecting an influx of between 10,000 and 15,000 people in the coming weeks.

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/mar/02/israel-tries-to-balance-backing-for-ukrainians-and-not-offending-russia

[mpcamb]

14. 3 Billion a year and that's what we get?

[stopdiggin]

16. This seems entirely constructive to me

Pretty clear that there is no support on offer here at all. And lines of communication are not a bad thing.