The same western countries demanding that Jerusalem condemn Moscow’s actions in Ukraine are the ones leading policy that goes against Israel’s existential interests.
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(JNS) Israel will meet its moral obligation in the Ukraine war in two ways. One is by logistical planning to take in Ukrainian Jews, thereby doing more than other countries to address the problem of refugees that has emerged in Poland, and possibly elsewhere, as well.
The other is by looking out for the need to protect Israel’s existential security interests—the battle against the Iranians and Hezbollah in Syria, and the strengthening of sovereignty on the Golan Heights
Israel has no moral obligation to throw itself into the Western states, led and followed by the United States, in their conflict with Russia. If the report that Prime Minister Naftali Bennett spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin and offered to mediate between Russia and Ukraine is true, Israel has made a serious mistake, which follows that of the [Yair] Lapid-Bennett government in moving closer to the U.S. from its beginning.
It’s no wonder that everything now appears complicated. A navigational error led us to this point. Former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu led a new policy that created a historic understanding with Putin’s Russia. He moved Israel away from the American administration under President Barack Obama, to give 
The West’s policy on Israel, led by the U.S. during the Obama-Biden administration, can be summed up as: pathetic weakness when it came to Russia; pacifying Iran; and hostility towards Israel.
Israel freedom to maneuver in the north, read Syria and Lebanon, and in Iran.
Political savvy saves bloodshed.
But the more important consideration is that those same “Western” countries demanding that Israel join them in United Nations condemnations of and their alignment against Russia are the ones that have been condemning and diplomatically isolating Israel for years.
A special committee of a U.N. body is on its way to Israel to investigate alleged war crimes. The West’s policy on Israel, led by the U.S. during the Obama-Biden administration, can be summed up as: pathetic weakness when it came to Russia; pacifying Iran; and hostility towards Israel. So Israel, apart from humanitarian solidary with a nation under attack, should not attach itself to failed American policy.
The current government’s turn has neutralized Israel in dealing with the Iranian nuclear threat. President Joe Biden’s U.S is different from what we knew, and its major mistakes have led to the current war. It’s amazing to read a Thomas Friedman piece published in The New York Times in 1998 that predicts exactly the current tragedy.
Friedman interviewed legendary “X”—George Kennan—who shaped the U.S. policy of containment for decades of the Cold War. At 94, he despaired of the policy then-President Bill Clinton and his people were leading to push NATO eastward. He and Freidman predicted a disaster.
”I think it is the beginning of a new cold war. I think the Russians will gradually react quite adversely and it will affect their policies. I think it is a tragic mistake,” Kennan told him. At the time, no one knew who Putin was.
Biden’s American is also the America that demonstrated horrifying weakness in its disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan and the way in which it has crawled towards a new Iran nuclear deal while removing sanctions on the regime. The Russians realized that they had an unfit American leader and were tempted to make an offensive move.
There is no valid moral reason to adhere to the failed U.S. policy on Russia at a time when, in dealing with our main enemy, Iran, the U.S. is operating against Israel’s vital interests.
The Russians have already responded to Israel’s official declarations with a message that refused to recognize the Golan Heights as Israel.
A prominent Russian analyst said, “The Syrians are free to liberate the Golan Heights.” It would be better to focus on humanitarian aid for the Ukrainians and avoid condemning Russia officially or politically.
Amnon Lord is a well-known veteran Israeli journalist. His articles and essays about media, film and politics have been published in “The Jerusalem Post,” “Mida,” “Azure,” “Nativ” and “Achshav.”This article first appeared in Israel Hayom.
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Damn right!
The slow death of Schwab’ s wokism.
630.000 Refugees from the Ukraine now have fled to places like Poland, Hungary and Romania. Yet one completely insane commentator on Israpundit says that Ukraine (or NATO) is attacking Russia.
I do not use the word insane for dramatic effect or to be insulting but what other explanation could there be.
Insanity meaning the losing touch with reality.
@Reader
Quite correct. Very much in line with Lapid’s policy of attacking Israel’s eastern European allies.
This is not accident nor is it a contradiction.
They don’t need Israel’s vote.
What they are trying to accomplish, is to destroy the relationship between Israel and Russia which is a part of their overall policy aimed at Israel’s isolation and destruction.
It is amazing to me that no one in Israel (at least among the people who can make a difference) understands this.
I think for Israel joining this vote is bordering on suicidal.
This was the final line in an article by Techno Fog published today(link)
Techno Fog’s article was about Ukraine, but it should be noted that this guiding principle is true of all proxy states. Israel has no role in Ukraine. Their humanitarian assistance is important and will be well received, but Israel has no need to take sides in this battle between Russia and NATO. As Ted has pointed out, Russia has aided Israel in recent years, though as Bear notes on some of these occasions they have had aligned priorities. Still, despite the aligned priorities on those occasions when they were aligned, there is no reason for Israel to make themselves a target of Russian animosity and risk the advantage of Russian cooperation to play a symbolic proxy in this European political dogfight. Rather, Israel should, as Bear previously described it well, focus upon threading the needle in this conflict. Well, it seems that the current Israeli govt has acted as if they had no idea that a needle even has an eye, which should be no surprise to any who have been observing the America First priorities emanating from Jerusalem since Saar and Bennett first took to allying themselves with Abbas, Horowitz and Lapid. Regardless of choices chosen, it is best not to play the role of a proxy unless you find that you are one, and then recognize the fact that the adage remains true:
This was the final line in an article by Techno Fog published today(link)
Techno Fog’s article was about Ukraine, but it should be noted that this guiding principle is true of all proxy states. Israel has no role in Ukraine. Their humanitarian assistance is important and will be well received, but Israel has no need to take sides in this battle between Russia and NATO. As Ted has pointed out, Russia has aided Israel in recent years, though as Bear notes on some of these occasions they have had aligned priorities. Still, despite the aligned priorities on those occasions when they were aligned, there is no reason for Israel to make themselves a target of Russian animosity and risk the advantage of Russian cooperation to play a symbolic proxy in this European political dogfight. Rather, Israel should, as Bear previously described it well, focus upon threading the needle in this conflict. Well, it seems that the current Israeli govt has acted as if they had no idea that a needle even has an eye, which should be no surprise to any who have been observing the America First priorities emanating from Jerusalem since Saar and Bennett first took to allying themselves with Abbas, Horowitz and Lapid. Regardless of choices chosen, it is best not to play the role of a proxy unless you find that you are one, and then recognize the fact that the adage remains true:
I would not get carried away by this analysis. I was struck by some assumptions in this paragraph:
“A special committee of a U.N. body is on its way to Israel to investigate alleged war crimes. The West’s policy on Israel, led by the U.S. during the Obama-Biden administration, can be summed up as: pathetic weakness when it came to Russia; pacifying Iran; and hostility towards Israel. So Israel, apart from humanitarian solidary with a nation under attack, should not attach itself to failed American policy.”
The Ukraine is not the country under attack. It is Russia that is being mercessly attacked by NATO and forced to defend against certain destruction just as Yugoslavia was.
Do you not see a direct parallel to the way the Ukrainian victim thing operates and the Palestinian. It is blatant, wholesale and ruthless. And we have to find the ways to answer.