Volodymyr Zelenskyy
“Israel must side with Ukraine against the dangerous combination of Russia and Iran,” member of Knesset Yuli Edelstein said.
Naftali Bennett adds that U.S. President Joe Biden asked him “to promise me that you’ll update me on any action you take in Iran.”
The Ukrainian leader urged the Israeli people to remain strong in the face of the twin bombings.
“When you hear the silence, especially from Israel, you begin to hear the voice of Nazis,” says the Ukrainian president.
“This is the decision of your governments…not to annoy the Kremlin, which was adopted a long time ago,” the Ukrainian president says.
In response, Israeli Yair Lapid responded: “We hope to see an end to the war soon, and for Ukrainians to live in peace and prosperity.”
The Israeli prime minister “expressed his condolences for those killed and injured in the war, and called for reaching a diplomatic solution in order to end the fighting.”
“Tell me how can you not help the victims of such aggression?”
He told Ukraine’s president: “What you’ve done—the way that you’ve rallied the country, the world—it’s really inspiring.”
The United Nations hosted an Israeli writer who explains the real story of death and survival in the former Soviet Union and the Middle East, and how Russians and Ukrainians view a World War II without a Holocaust.
Before the British parliament, the embattled president of Ukraine talked of World War II and Shakespeare. Before the U.S. Congress, it was Pearl Harbor and 9/11. But despite being Jewish, Volodymyr Zelenskyy was less successful in his appeal to Israel’s government.
“This is why I want to remind you of the words of a great woman from Kyiv, whom you know very well. The words of Golda Meir: ‘We intend to remain alive. Our neighbors want to see us dead. This is not a question that leaves much room for compromise,’ ” says Ukraine‘s president.
