By Daniel Greenfield, FPM Mar 25/22
A week ago I took part in a debate on whether Israel should try to mediate or stay out of the Russia-Ukraine conflict. My position was, “Stay out.”
Israel is fortunate enough that there is a conflict that has the attention of the world and that does not in any way, shape or form involve it. Unfortunately, everyone is trying to drag Israel into it anyway. Including Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, the head of a dysfunctional leftist coalition, whose efforts to “mediate” between Russia and Ukraine, have satisfied neither side and only infuriated everyone…
Prime Minister Netanyahu recently called out Bennett’s foolish posturing, saying that, “In days like these, it’s advisable to take positions with the utmost caution.”
“I call on the government to behave responsibly, to speak less about what they don’t need to talk about and to deal more with existential security threats,” he urged.
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