Israeli leaders have declined to provide weapons or defence
systems to Ukraine and refused to join Western economic sanctions for fear of
jeopardizing its security relationship with Russia, Michael Brodsky, the
Israeli ambassador to Kyiv, said in an interview with U.S. newspaper The
Washington Post on Dec. 18.
He acknowledged he had heard the
frustration of some Ukrainian Jews but stressed Israel’s security ties to
Russia create limits that cannot be overcome.
According to Brodsky, most Ukrainian Jews
understand Israel is in a “tough position.”
“No government in Israel is going to
jeopardize this interest for anybody else, including the Ukrainians,” he said.
The ambassador added that unlike the
United States and Europe, Israel is not part of the North Atlantic Treaty
Organization.
“Our situation is much more fragile,” he
said.
The Israeli Times of Israel online
newspaper reported on Dec. 4 that Russia had reportedly requested that Israel
not intervene or impede its efforts to transfer military equipment from Syria
to Ukraine.
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