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How Israel Is Trying to Solve Its Ukraine Conundrum
The government will find it harder to stay on good terms with Putin in light of Russia’s atrocities, but national security considerations can’t be set aside.
Complicated relationship.
Photographer: Yevgeny Biyato/Sputnik/AFP/Getty Images
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When Russia invaded Ukraine, the free world began a diplomatic dance, led by the U.S., that continues today. In that dance, Israel got off on the wrong foot by initially declining to co-sponsor a United Nations Security Council resolution condemning Russian aggression.
Israel eventually did an about-face and supported the resolution. It was one of many signals suggesting that the government wants to edge back into the Western mainstream. It will need to proceed cautiously.