WWIII SHAPING UP: Israel Will Get More Aggressive With Russia, MP Says
Amir Weitmann claimed earlier that Russia is supporting the enemies of Israel and it will 'pay the price.'
Amir Weitmann, the head of the libertarian caucus in Israel's Likud Party, who threatened Russia in October, said in an interview published Sunday that “Israel will take a more aggressive stance against Russia” going forward.
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Weitmann told Business Insider that Russia is “heavily involved in what is happening in Israel,” because it supports Iran, Hezbollah, and Syria’s President Bashir al-Assad.
"Israel will take a more aggressive stance against Russia" and its weapons (which are mainly provided by the U.S.) will start to find their way into Ukraine.
TASS, the Russian outlet, said Weitmann’s comments followed Israel’s top diplomat to the UN Gilad Erdan, who said Israel was “working to provide Ukraine with early warning systems.”
Sergey Lavrov, Russia’s top diplomat, told reporters that Israel’s war with Hamas risks becoming a full-fledged regional crisis. Lavrov said Russia is willing to discuss any constructive proposals to end the conflict and de-escalate the situation.
Russia tried to amend a draft UN resolution in October to call for an immediate ceasefire in Gaza, which was rejected outright by the U.S., which is also a member of the Security Council.
Russia’s Foreign Ministry has also condemned Israeli airstrikes in Syria as a “gross violation of the sovereignty of the Syrian Arab Republic and the basic norms of international law.”
In February 2023, Russia warned Israel that it needs to understand the repercussions of providing Ukraine with its Iron Dome missile systems that had been floated at the time by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Netanyahu said at the time that Israel has a complex relationship with Russia.
“Because not very far from here, a few miles from here, on our northern border in Syria, Israeli aircraft and Russian aircraft are flying within spitting distance of each other,” Netanyahu told CNN.
The Trends Journal has reported on how Israel has tried to strike a difficult balancing act so as not to reject the U.S., but also maintain its relationship with Russia. Moscow is influential in Syria and has been in communication with Israel prior to strikes in the war-torn country.
Israel has provided humanitarian aid to Ukraine since the beginning of the war.
Ukrainian officials sent a letter to its Western allies in September urging them to strike drone-making facilities in Syria and Iran that have been providing Russia with these unmanned aircraft that have been used to carry out attacks in cities throughout Ukraine, according to The Guardian.
There have been some hints at cooperation between Ukraine and its “partners” vis-a-vis Iran.
Earlier this year, Mykhailo Podolyak, the adviser to Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky, praised an apparent attack by Israel on a weapons facility in Isfahan.
“Explosive night in Iran. [Ukraine] did try to warn you,” he posted.