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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsUkraine's Zelensky asks (Israel's) Bennett to mediate with Russia, host talks in Jerusalem
During a phone conversation with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Friday morning, Ukraines President Volodymyr Zelensky asked that Jerusalem serve as a mediator with Russia to help resolve the military conflict between the countries.
The request was first reported by Israels Kan news, and then confirmed to The New York Times by Ukraines Ambassador to Israel Yevgen Korniychuk and an unnamed Israeli official.
Korniychuk told the Times: We do believe that Israel is the only democratic state in the world that has great relations with both Ukraine and Russia. He added that Bennett did not give an immediate answer.
They didnt say no, he said. They are trying to figure out where they are in this chess play. He noted that Ukrainian officials would be more comfortable holding such talks in Jerusalem than in Russias ally nation Belarus, where Moscow had proposed to negotiate. Israel, Korniychuk said, is seen as a more neutral party.
The request was first reported by Israels Kan news, and then confirmed to The New York Times by Ukraines Ambassador to Israel Yevgen Korniychuk and an unnamed Israeli official.
Korniychuk told the Times: We do believe that Israel is the only democratic state in the world that has great relations with both Ukraine and Russia. He added that Bennett did not give an immediate answer.
They didnt say no, he said. They are trying to figure out where they are in this chess play. He noted that Ukrainian officials would be more comfortable holding such talks in Jerusalem than in Russias ally nation Belarus, where Moscow had proposed to negotiate. Israel, Korniychuk said, is seen as a more neutral party.
https://www.timesofisrael.com/ukraines-leader-asks-bennett-to-mediate-with-russia-host-talks-in-jerusalem/
After initially proposing talks in Belarus, Putin backed away from that and proposed Warsaw.
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Ukraine's Zelensky asks (Israel's) Bennett to mediate with Russia, host talks in Jerusalem (Original Post)
iemanja
Feb 2022
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Budi
(15,325 posts)2. Whoa. Good Choice, .. Bennett/Israel
Budi
(15,325 posts)3. I honestly don't believe there will be a peace meeting at all.
Link to tweet
So, does Putin have the balls to face Zelenskyy mano-a-mano?
I say no, Putin doesn't have the balls to meet hero Zelinsky face to face.
No matter who's mediating.
He a coward without his tanks & missles
crickets
(25,896 posts)4. I have to agree. I think any offer of a meeting is just talk on Putin's part.
That, or a ruse for attempted assassination. The proposal to go for mediation in Israel is a good one, though I'd prefer they at least start with a Zoom call.