Ukraine and Israel, morality and realpolitik - opinion
Israel’s government should consider a foreign policy that aligns with real political interests, but no less with its basic values.
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Israel’s government should consider a foreign policy that aligns with real political interests, but no less with its basic values.
The Russians were surprised by the gap between the strategy to obtain rapid victory and the inability to implement it at the operational level.
They hold opposing interests and the mutual suspicion is still there, but the two countries have no better option.
From the blog of Alexander Portnoy at The Times of Israel
Zvi Magen, a former Israeli ambassador to both Ukraine and Russia, and currently a senior research fellow at the Institute for National Security Studies, said the Russian president’s main ambition is “to make Russia a global superpower.” That has implications for Israel.