Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky faces a difficult balancing act between showing his support for Israel and maintaining adequate resources for Ukraine, writes Frida Ghitis.
Hours after Hamas terrorists launched their brutal rampage against Israeli civilians, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky issued a fierce defense of Israel and an unequivocal condemnation of Hamas. “Terror is always a crime, not just against country or specific victims, but against humanity as a whole,” he wrote. Zelensky added that “Israel’s right to defense is beyond question” — and urged the world to stand united against terror.
The potential benefits to Russia of the Hamas attacks on Israel are so evident, that some are speculating that Moscow was involved, pointing to Russia’s strong ties with Iran — Hamas’ principal sponsor — to nearly half a dozen visits to Moscow by top Hamas officials since 2020, to the fact that the attack happened on Putin’s birthday, the same date that Russian journalist Anna Politkovskaya, one of Putin’s most effective critics, was assassinated in 2006, in what some believe was a birthday...
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