{"id":1348803,"date":"2022-02-28T09:37:50","date_gmt":"2022-02-28T14:37:50","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1348803"},"modified":"2022-02-28T09:37:57","modified_gmt":"2022-02-28T14:37:57","slug":"report-israel-pm-naftali-bennett-refused-ukrainian-request-for-military-aid","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/report-israel-pm-naftali-bennett-refused-ukrainian-request-for-military-aid\/","title":{"rendered":"Report: Israel PM Naftali Bennett Refused Ukrainian Request for Military Aid"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Freport-israel-pm-naftali-bennett-refused-ukrainian-request-for-military-aid%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1348803&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/02\/israeli-leader-naftali-bennett-640x335-1.jpg\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" alt=\"image\" \/><\/div>\n<p class=\"subheading\">Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett declined Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky\u2019s request to provide military assistance to the embattled eastern European nation, Israeli media reported Sunday.<\/p>\n<p>Zelensky asked for \u201cassistance with military implements and weapons\u201d during a phone call with Bennett on Friday, the Kan public broadcaster <a href=\"https:\/\/www.timesofisrael.com\/ukraine-conflict-could-spark-rush-to-iran-deal-ex-national-security-adviser-warns\/\">reported<\/a> according to a translation by the<em> Times of Israel<\/em>.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"D-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B1\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"gmxrevmore\" class=\"H\"><\/figure>\n<p>Israel responded with \u201cdiplomatic politeness,\u201d but ultimately demurred from fulfilling the request, the report said.<\/p>\n<p>Israel is an ally of both Russia and Ukraine and has been cautious about taking sides since Moscow\u2019s invasion. Russia also has heavy military presence in Syria and controls its skies and as such, Jerusalem coordinates all military strikes on Iranian targets in Syria with Moscow.<\/p>\n<p>In addition, both Ukraine and Russia have large Jewish communities and Israel sees itself as a protector of Jews in the Diaspora.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B2\" class=\"a8d\"><\/figure>\n<p>According to a separate report last week, Jerusalem prevented the U.S. from transferring Israel\u2019s Iron Dome missile defense system to Ukraine last year in an attempt to maintain Israel\u2019s ties with Russia.<\/p>\n<p>During the same phone call with Zelensky, the Ukrainian president asked Bennett if Israel would <a href=\"https:\/\/www.breitbart.com\/middle-east\/2022\/02\/27\/israeli-pm-bennett-proposes-that-israel-mediate-between-russia-and-ukraine\/\">serve as a mediator<\/a> between Ukraine and Russia.<\/p>\n<p>Ukraine\u2019s Ambassador to Israel Yevgen Korniychuk told <em>The New York Times<\/em>, \u201cWe do believe that Israel is the only democratic state in the world that has great relations with both Ukraine and Russia.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Sunday\u00a0Bennett floated the idea to Russian President Vladimir Putin during a phone call.<\/p>\n<p>According to the Kremlin readout,\u00a0Putin told Bennett that Russia had sent a peace delegation to Gomel in southern Belarus to conduct talks with Ukraine.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"M-ROS-B3\" class=\"a8d adSo\"><\/figure>\n<p>The Kan report said that during the phone call, Bennett reassured Putin that a plane headed for Ukraine this week contained only humanitarian supplies and not weapons.<\/p>\n<p>Bennett convened a meeting of the security cabinet on Sunday evening for a \u201ccomprehensive\u201d discussion to examine \u201cthe implications of the situation for Israel.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>According to Kan, Bennett told ministers during a Sunday meeting on the implications of the war on Israel, that the Jewish state needs to \u201cmaintain a low profile\u201d in the conflict.<\/p>\n<p>At Sunday\u2019s cabinet meeting, Bennett maintained that Israel is behaving in a \u201cmeasured and responsible way.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>On Thursday, Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid came out in harsh condemnation of Russia, saying its invasion of Ukraine was \u201ca grave violation of the international order.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>It was\u00a0the first time Jerusalem came out in direct censure of Moscow. According to the report, Lapid was drafted two statements by foreign ministry officials: one that mentioned Russia and one that did not, and he chose the more direct condemnation.<\/p>\n<p>During Sunday\u2019s meeting, Bennett announced that Israel would be sending 100 tons of humanitarian aide to Ukraine.<\/p>\n<p>Thousands of Israelis have left Ukraine by land since the invasion on Thursday and 2,500 more have requested that Israel allow them to immigrate, the foreign ministry said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett declined Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky\u2019s request to provide military assistance to the embattled eastern European nation, Israeli media reported Sunday. 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