Netanyahu returns to power, will Israel and Iran wage war in Ukraine?

KIEV – Benjamin Netanyahu he returned to power after his party won Israel’s fifth election in just four years.
When he returns to power, a new foreign policy challenge for the country’s longest-serving leader will be how to reconcile his strategic relationship with Mr. Russia who reportedly used Iranian weapons in his war Ukraine .

Israel’s official position under ousted Prime Minister Yair Lapid is to reject Ukraine’s repeated demands for weapons, such as the advanced Iron Dome air defense system.

While reports citing unnamed Israeli and Ukrainian officials suggest potential changes, albeit cautiously, to the provision of communication systems and anti-corruption technology,droneNetanyahu warned that any equipment supplied to Ukraine could end up in Iranian hands.

At the same time, however, Netanyahu also said he would “look into” the issue if he won the Israeli election.

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Now that it has won, it should continue to play a delicate act of balancing that takes into account fears of potential retaliation from Moscow and Tehran, especially in Syria, where Russia has not prevented Israel from regularly carrying out air strikes against allegedly linked targets. Iran.

Amos Gilad, a retired Israeli Defense Forces (IDF) general who previously served as director of the Israeli Defense Ministry’s Politico-Military Affairs Bureau, said News week“We need Russia’s goodwill to operate freely in Syria.”

“And if Israel is attacked, it could happen at any time, from Iran, by delegates from Syria tomorrow, for example,” Gilad said.

“We will be alone. Nobody will help us,” he said, quoted on Friday (4/11/2022).

“I’m not talking about our unique relationship with the United States,” he explained. “But unlike Ukraine, no one will support Israel. We are alone.”