r/Israel • u/Regulatornik • Mar 11 '24

News/Politics Ukrainians overwhelmingly support Israel over the Palestinians., 69% vs 1%

https://www.kiis.com.ua/?lang=eng&cat=reports&id=1334&page=1#:~:text=As%20can%20be%20seen%2C%20the,sympathize%20with%20both%20sides%20equally

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u/Broad_External7605 Mar 11 '24

Yet Israel has not supported Ukraine with weapons. only lip service.

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u/CHLOEC1998 England Mar 11 '24

Iirc Israel made it possible for Ukraine to launch NATO missiles from Soviet jets. Haven’t seen any articles on direct military aids tho.

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u/Broad_External7605 Mar 11 '24

I hope that's true.

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u/CHLOEC1998 England Mar 11 '24

Link to article.

It appears that Israel is doing it discreetly.

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u/[deleted] Mar 11 '24

No, it’s not. Article talks about how it “could have been done” not “have been done”. This is a fictional idea, that never happened. Jets were modernised by us, Ukrainians.

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u/CHLOEC1998 England Mar 11 '24

Didn't Poland deliver these jets to Ukraine already? And we did see Ukrainian's old Soviet jets launching NATO missiles.

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u/Way_too_grad_student Mar 11 '24

And Ukraine voted Yes to a ceasefire in the UN. What's your point.

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u/notfrumenough Mar 11 '24

There were Israeli boots on the ground in Ukraine prior to the 7th

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u/Flostyyy Israel Mar 11 '24

Same with Ukraine and obviously we don’t need to have more problems with Russia, we already coordinate with them in Syria.

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u/Broad_External7605 Mar 11 '24

So Israel would rather kiss Putin's ass. I get it.

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u/ApprehensiveTour8602 Mar 11 '24

Israel recently sent Ukraine missile alarm system

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u/Way_too_grad_student Mar 11 '24

Unlike some countries, we can't just flip the bird to every political leader we don't like. Israel is pretty dang explicit about its foreign policy decisions; we have a responsibility to our tiny country which everybody hates anyway, and to the Jews around the world. Russia can make our lives even worse, and happens to have an awful lot of Jews living in it.

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u/Broad_External7605 Mar 11 '24

Israel seems to be flipping the bird at the US. I guess Israel would rather have Russia as an ally.

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u/Way_too_grad_student Mar 11 '24

Israel is making the decisions it can within the confines of what it must. To be brutally frank about it, we have to flip the bird at the US right now - or at least think we do - for our own survival, and we don't have to for Ukraine. This is the reality. Our ability to afford moral posturing is limited and circumscribed, and it's pretty hypocritical to pretend like we have an exclusive and greater obligation to throw ourselves on the sword of international moral causes.

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u/[deleted] Mar 11 '24

Russia is allied with the Palestinians via Iran.