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Zelensky blasts Israel over refusal to sanction Russia
AFP (Agence France-Presse) ^ | JUN 23, 2022

Posted on 06/25/2022 2:06:19 PM PDT by Mount Athos

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on Thursday intensified his criticism of Israel's refusal to sanction Russia, during an address by the Jewish leader to the Hebrew University of Jerusalem.

Bennett has refrained from criticising Russia's invasion and stressed Israel's close ties with Moscow and Kyiv while his administration has not imposed sanctions on Russian President Vladimir Putin's government.

Zelensky, who has family in Israel and visited the country several times, told Hebrew University in a video address that he has struggled to understand the Jewish state's soft approach towards Russia.

Israel's government and major rescue organisations have sent humanitarian and medical aid to Ukraine, but arms supplies have remained off the table.

"Why we have this miscommunication, misunderstanding with representatives of the government, I don't know."

Israel has so far walked a cautious diplomatic line on the Ukraine conflict in part to preserve Russian cooperation in Syria, where Israel regularly conducts air strikes with tacit acceptance from Moscow, which has forces in the country.

(Excerpt) Read more at straitstimes.com ...


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More than 15% of Israel's population speaks Russian.
1 posted on 06/25/2022 2:06:19 PM PDT by Mount Athos
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To: Mount Athos

Hey Zelenskyy..kiss my a@@ OK..by the way, all the talk about how Ukraine is “Winning” the war against Russia, not from what Im seeing, just today Russia took another city in Ukraine..so yeah “Winning” my fannie


2 posted on 06/25/2022 2:09:04 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: Mount Athos

And if Iran attacks Israel, Zelensky is going to run to the rescue??


3 posted on 06/25/2022 2:09:14 PM PDT by Sacajaweau ( )
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To: Mount Athos

Maybe playing havangila with his privates wasn’t such a smart move.


4 posted on 06/25/2022 2:10:13 PM PDT by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: Mount Athos

Maybe it’s all the NAZIS Zelinsky is surrounded by?


5 posted on 06/25/2022 2:11:09 PM PDT by Dogbert41 (Blessed are the peace makers.)
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To: Mount Athos

Homo-erotic dancer and Soros puppet Zelensky can get help from neocons who are itching to escalate the war.


6 posted on 06/25/2022 2:14:58 PM PDT by entropy12 (Trump/DeSantis & MAGA! are the only way to keep USA viable.)
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To: Mount Athos
Zelensky, who has family in Israel and has visited several times...

Tell us more.

How many is "several"? Is he a citizen? Describe his family who live there.

And then explain, why on earth should Israel be denouncing Russia, with whom they have friendly relations?

7 posted on 06/25/2022 2:18:12 PM PDT by Jim Noble (I’ve stumbled on the side of twelve misty mountains)
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To: Mount Athos

W H I N E R


8 posted on 06/25/2022 2:18:48 PM PDT by cranked
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To: BenLurkin

Do remember the corrupted beggar Zelensky is an actor ( immoral one at that) ,ALL his “ cabinet “ is PR, media fake news goons-spin masters- below even dirty politicians- gullible Americans bought into Biden’s war, hook line and sinker, when do Americans wake up? Nothing good will come of supporting Ukraine, THE most corrupted “ nation” on Earth… ( they rank 136 out of 138 for corruption).


9 posted on 06/25/2022 2:21:39 PM PDT by delta7
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To: Mount Athos

Israel is nothing if not survival oriented. Can’t sat the same for Zelensky or his supporters.


10 posted on 06/25/2022 2:25:38 PM PDT by Salman (It's not a "slippery slope" if it was part of the program all along. )
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Maybe it’s all the NAZIS Zelinsky is surrounded by?

The Azov Nazis are fighting on the front. Zelensky is surrounded by Ukraine's oligarchs, a group that includes Jews and likely Muslims, none of whom are Nazi.

Azov and the oligarchs are united for now, due to a more immediate common foe. They don't actually like each other.

11 posted on 06/25/2022 2:34:24 PM PDT by Angelino97
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*** Zelensky, who has family in Israel and has visited several times... ***

I think his parents were in Krivoy Rog (Kryvyi Rih) Ukraine until he recently bought them an eight million dollar house in Israel.


12 posted on 06/25/2022 2:34:54 PM PDT by sockmonkey (Conservative. Not a Neocon.)
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that’s right, that’s where they are from.
It’s not a safe place now


13 posted on 06/25/2022 2:37:04 PM PDT by Mount Athos
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To: Jim Noble

Zelensky describes his relatives in Israel as “an aunt of my mother, and her relatives”. They emigrated to Israel in the ‘90s.

Z visited Israel a number of times, doing his comedy act and lining up investment and technical media help for his entertainment company.

There is no indication that he sought Israeli citizenship. In fact, he won’t comment on whether he has converted to Christianity. His wife and children are practicing Christians.

https://www.ijn.com/ukraines-zelensky-loves-israel-israelis/


14 posted on 06/25/2022 2:38:36 PM PDT by jjotto ( Blessed are You LORD, who crushes enemies and subdues the wicked.)
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Is he a citizen?

I don't know, but he's ethnically Jewish, so Israeli citizenship is his for the asking.

15 posted on 06/25/2022 2:38:55 PM PDT by Angelino97
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To: Mount Athos

Saint Zelenksy’s chain pullers in the American regime want to throw Israel under the bus. Hence the attempts to get Saudis and Iran to snuggle.


16 posted on 06/25/2022 2:55:24 PM PDT by Long Jon No Silver
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To: Mount Athos

“More than 15% of Israel’s population speaks Russian.”

The politics of the (Syrian, Turkish, Iranian, Russian, Iraqi, USA, Lebanese, Kurdish)/Israeli war is an astonishing minefield to thread your way through. Israel has worked a deal where they regularly are allowed by Russia to attack Russia’s ally Iran when it tries to arm the Lebanese or anybody else. Russia has not, apparently been helping their “ally” Iran design nuclear weapons. Condemning Russia could have potentially devastating effects on Israel. I think the Israelis are wisely looking the other way until Ukraine and Russia sort themselves out.


17 posted on 06/25/2022 2:57:25 PM PDT by Gen.Blather (Wait! I said that out loud. Sorry. )
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To: Mount Athos

tell me again how well the sanctions imposed by the EU and US have worked!!!

Russia is selling more oil/gas at a much higher price than before the war started.

The sanctions against Russia are punishing the American citizen, not the Russians. Was that another of Biden’s plan????


18 posted on 06/25/2022 3:17:47 PM PDT by elpadre (W )
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To: Mount Athos

Zelensky really needs to stop. Other nations have their own foreign policy concerns and can’t cater to his whims.


19 posted on 06/25/2022 3:47:01 PM PDT by AnotherUnixGeek
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To: Mount Athos
My understanding is that many Israelis are not at all terribly fond of Ukraine. The old timers know that Ukraine was terribly brutal to Jews during the Holocaust period. They were worse than the Polish, and that is no small thing.

It is rarely mentioned but it is the elephant in the room. I am certain that Putin has considerable support, sympathy in Israel.

I am not even Jewish in any percentage, but I have read a few things since my teens back in the 1970s.

20 posted on 06/25/2022 3:56:21 PM PDT by Radix (His Fraudulency Joe Biden…)
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