No one could fail to notice it. There have been a striking number of names that show a background from the former Soviet Union among those killed, injured or abducted in connection with the Hamas attack in Israel at the weekend. There are also many people with Russian and Ukrainian roots living in the southern part of Israel, especially in the cities of Ashkelon and Ashdod. They are located just north of Gaza. This means that what is happening now is being followed very closely in Ukraine and Russia, two countries that are in the middle of a bloody war in its second year. Now comes the news that Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will first travel to Moscow to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin. Russian propaganda: The West has no time for Ukraine Institute of the study of wars ISW wrote at the weekend that they are already seeing signs indicating that the Russian propaganda apparatus, supported by the so-called military bloggers, wants to use the escalation in the Middle East to cast doubt on the West’s continued support to Ukraine. Several of the military bloggers have highlighted the losses that the Israeli defense has already suffered. The bloggers also write that the great need Israel now has for military aid and ammunition will make it difficult for Ukraine to get this. Russia’s former president and prime minister Dmitry Medvedev writes that what is happening now shows that the West and the US must pay for ignoring the conflict between Palestinians and Israelis. This, according to the man who is now deputy chairman of the Russian Security Council, is for the benefit of what he calls interference in Russia’s internal affairs. On Tuesday, the Russian embassy in Israel reports that at least two Russian citizens have been confirmed killed in the weekend’s attack. Four are still missing. In recent days, many have laid flowers at the Israeli embassy in Moscow. Photo: Reuters Zelenskyj with full support for Netanyahu President Volodymyr Zelenskyj spoke on Sunday with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, where he expressed solidarity with the country and at the same time offered his condolences to the victims of the attack. At the same time, Ukrainian diplomats cooperate with Israeli police on the safety of Ukrainian citizens in Israel. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyi pledged full support for Israel when he spoke with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Sunday. Photo: AFP Two of those who have been confirmed dead were Ukrainian women who have lived in Israel for a long time. Around 1 million inhabitants from the former Soviet Union live in Israel today. Several hundred thousand of them come from Ukraine, where there has traditionally been a large Jewish population. In the last ten years alone, many thousands of Ukrainians have gone to Israel, away from the conflict in their homeland. Good relationship Russia – Israel Israel and Prime Minister Netanyahu have traditionally had a good relationship with Russia and President Vladimir Putin, partly because of the close ties that the many emigrants have created between the two countries. The same has also been the case between Ukraine and Israel. This has meant that Prime Minister Netanyahu and the Israeli government have hesitated to take a clear position in the conflict, by sending weapons to Ukraine. Israel has nevertheless contributed significant humanitarian aid to Ukraine. But the large and influential Jewish community in Ukraine has nevertheless fully supported the fight against Russian aggression. President Volodymyr Zelenskyj is himself of Jewish descent. He wrote in a statement on Facebook that the fight that Israel is now waging against terrorism is the same defensive fight that Ukraine has against Russia. A woman in the Ukrainian capital Kyiv hangs an Israeli flag, after the weekend’s Hamas attack. Photo: AFP Russia supports two-state solution President Vladimir Putin’s press spokesman Dmitry Peskov said on Monday that what he calls “the operation in Ukraine” is something completely different from what is currently happening between Israelis and Palestinians. The Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov repeated after his meeting on Monday with the leader of the Arab League Ahmed Aboul Gheit, that Russia supports a two-state solution to end the conflict between Israelis and Palestinians. Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov (right) together with the head of the Arab League Ahmed Aboul Gheit in Moscow on 10 October. Photo: AP He said that for a long time the West has not taken the problems that are the background to the conflict seriously, and that it is not enough to say that you only want to fight terrorism. The Jewish community in Russia has largely been very loyal to the authorities in Russia in recent decades. Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar has nevertheless chosen to challenge his old friend President Vladimir Putin by criticizing the attack on Ukraine. Chief Rabbi Berel Lazar with Russian President Vladimir Putin in 2020. Photo: AP At the same time, another Russian Jew, the wealthy businessman Roman Abramovich, known as the former owner of the Chelsea football club, has tried to play a mediating role between Ukraine and Russia. Among other things, he has been active in getting prisoners exchanged between the warring countries.
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