Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky said, on Sunday night, from Sunday to Monday, that Jerusalem would be “the right place to find peace,” referring to negotiations with Russia, which he called for.
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Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett is trying to find a way to negotiate with Russia, and we are grateful to him. Despite all his efforts, so that sooner or later we can start a discussion with Russia. Perhaps in Jerusalem. This is the place to find peace. If possible, the head of state said in a video posted on Telegram.
Naftali Bennett attempted to initiate mediation between Ukraine and Russia, traveled to Moscow to meet Mr. Putin, shortly after the invasion began, and doubled down on phone conversations with Mr. Zelensky.
As Volodymyr Zelensky joked about “Russian preachers” who have a “difficult task”, because for the first time in history, a foreign head of state spoke via video recording in the Knesset and in front of the entire State of Israel. The President of Ukraine, accused of Nazism in Russia, spoke in the Knesset, in front of the State of Israel.
Russian President Vladimir Putin has called Ukraine’s leaders “neo-Nazis” and put Ukraine’s “de-Nazification” among the goals of his military offensive that began on February 24.
Mr. Zelensky, himself of Jewish descent, had asked Israel on Sunday to “make a choice” by concretely supporting Ukraine against Russia, during a video address to Israeli lawmakers.
According to Israeli media, Bennett has repeatedly refused Kyiv’s requests for military assistance.
In its quest to balance the West and Russia, the Jewish state has not joined the train of Western sanctions against Russia and the oligarchs close to President Putin, some of whom also hold Israeli citizenship, such as Roman Abramovich, the owner of an English football club. Chelsea.
However, last week Israel vowed not to allow Moscow and the targeted oligarchs to “bypass” the sanctions and will deploy a clinic in western Ukraine this week.
