Yury Kobzar20:26, 03.11.23
Negotiations are currently ongoing at the highest level.
President of Ukraine Vladimir Zelensky may arrive in Israel as early as the beginning of next week; negotiations are currently ongoing between the two states on the possibility of such a visit. This was reported by the Israeli Channel 12 , citing diplomatic sources.
“At this stage, all the details have not yet been agreed upon, but we could see the Ukrainian president landing in Israel as early as Monday or Tuesday,” the statement said.
The publication recalls that Ukraine proposed organizing Zelensky’s visit to Israel immediately after the tragic events of October 7. Then official Jerusalem refused under the pretext that it was not the right time.
“Zelensky’s arrival in Israel, and his expected photo with the Israeli political elite, including Prime Minister Netanyahu and President Herzog, will convey to the world a unique message of unity, according to which the civilized world that is under attack stands against the less civilized world that is under attack. It is expected that this will be a kind of front in front of the Russian-Iranian axis, so the visit has important diplomatic significance,” notes Channel 12.
(C)UNIAN 2023
Bah!
I will leave my thoughts of such a visit to myself and only wish President Zelensky good luck with whatever the hell he is trying to accomplish with such a visit.
No comment here too.
I’m not sure that’s a good idea. The current Israeli government consists of dangerous rightwing extremists, whose responsibility for the escalation towards the brutal terror act will be exposed in the future. So, photo ops will backfire for democratic politicians. Also, Israel’s behaviour in the West Bank and towards Gaza had been very much like the Russian occupation in Donbass and the blockade of shipping and flight travel. And that state had rejected to support Ukraine with arms. Doesn’t make much sense to me that Semenskij honours that rather unfriendly government with a visit.
Israeli action in Gaza is nothing like what the rashists did in/to the Donbas. But unless Israel is going to start helping with a lot of military and technical support to Ukraine, I don’t see the point in this visit.