Israel doesn’t need “a navy confrontation” with Russia, the prime minister has mentioned
Israel will fastidiously examine the opportunity of supplying Ukraine with defensive weapons, together with the Iron Dome air protection system, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has mentioned. He added that his nation doesn’t desire a confrontation with Russia in Syria.
“I’m going to look into it. However I’ll choose it in one of the best ways that [I] can,” Netanyahu informed the French information channel LCI on Saturday. He acknowledged that Israel would look at the problem “in mild of our nationwide curiosity.”
The PM defined that Israeli and Russian warplanes “fly inside spitting distance over the skies of Syria.”
We’re not focused on having a navy confrontation between Israel and Russia. I don’t assume that may serve anybody’s objective. Up to now, we’ve prevented it.
The Israeli Air Power makes use of Syrian airspace to “destroy Iran’s navy positions which are aimed in opposition to us,” Netanyahu mentioned. “So now we have a consideration, maybe, that different international locations don’t. However we assist Ukraine in lots of different methods.”
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In contrast to many Western international locations, Israel has to this point not despatched weapons to Ukraine and has solely equipped Kiev with protecting tools, similar to fuel masks, flak jackets, and helmets. The nation has additionally offered humanitarian help, together with armored ambulances. Israel additionally has not imposed sanctions on Russia.
Russian International Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova reiterated this week that the circulation of international weapons would solely escalate the battle. “We are going to view these weapons as official targets for the Russian Armed Forces,” she mentioned.
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