Analysis
Monday, March 7th 2022 / Saturday, July 23rd 2022
Eric Reguly The Globe and Mail, Feb. 27, 2022 “While there is no doubt the SWIFT weapon will inflict a lot of pain, it is unlikely on its own to deliver a death blow to the banks.” The West’s sanctions campaign against Russia reached a new and unprecedented level over the weekend, when the United […]
Eric Schmitt, Helene Cooper and Julian E. Barnes NY Times, Mar. 3, 2022 “On the battlefield, the Ukrainian military is conducting a hugely effective and mobile defense, using their knowledge of their home turf to stymie Russian forces on multiple fronts…” Ukraine’s soldiers have blown up bridges to halt advancing Russian ground troops. Its pilots […]
Isranet Daily Briefing
Friday, March 4th 2022
Ukraine’s Zelensky to World’s Jews: ‘Do Not Remain Silent Right Now’: Phillisa Cramer, JTA, Mar. 2, 2022 — The morning after Russian bombs fell at the site of a 1941 massacre of Ukrainian Jews, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky called on the world’s Jews to speak out about what is happening in his country. What is […]
Friday, March 4th 2022 / Saturday, July 23rd 2022
Ksenia Svetlova Tablet, Mar. 1, 2022 “While Moscow ratchets up military and economic pressure on Ukraine, many in Israel fear that Moscow’s next move will happen in the Middle East—where Moscow is formally aligned with Israel’s worst enemies.” As Russia pounds Ukrainian cities and flaunts its nuclear weapons, there is little doubt that the implications […]
Asli Aiydintashas, Julien Barnes-Dacey, and Cinzia Bianco European Council on Foreign Relations, Feb. 10, 2022 “… rising tensions between the West and Russia will likely damage regional stabilisation efforts, particularly in Libya and Syria.” Ukraine’s fate hangs in the balance. Renewed international diplomacy strengthens hopes for a negotiated settlement, but the spectre of all-out war […]
Paul Iddon Forbes, Feb. 13, 2022 “What could this, if anything, potentially mean for foreign air forces that routinely carry out operations in Syrian airspace? What is Russia trying to demonstrate or achieve?” In late January, the Russian Defense Ministry announced that Russian and Syrian warplanes had conducted joint patrols along the Golan Heights and […]
Ambassador William Roebuck The Arab Gulf States Institute in Washington, Feb. 25, 2022 “It also provides hints of the type of challenges Russian President Vladimir Putin wants to make to the U.S.-led, rules-based international system that many countries, including in the Gulf, have benefited from.” Russian Defense Minister Sergei Shoigu visited Syria February 15 to oversee Ukraine-related […]
Communiqués Isranet Daily Briefing
Thursday, March 3rd 2022 / Thursday, March 3rd 2022
Citation de la semaine: “La Russie est un rébus enveloppé de mystère au sein d’une énigme.” Winston Churchill L’équilibre mondial remis en question Times of Israel, FÉV 27, 2022 V. Zelensky se félicite de la proposition d’Israël de servir de médiateur entre l’Ukraine et la Russie (ambassadeur ukrainien) i24NEWS, 28 février 2022, Guerre en […]
The Lessons for Israel from Russia’s War on Ukraine: Jonathan S. Tobin, JNS, Mar. 1, 2022 — Sometimes realpolitik must bow to international sentiment. The State of Israel’s instinctual response to the war launched against Ukraine by Russia’s authoritarian leader, Vladimir Putin, was to stay out of it. Perfidy in Vienna?: Melanie Phillips, Substack, Mar. […]
Thursday, March 3rd 2022 / Saturday, July 23rd 2022
Khaled Abu Toameh Gatestone Institute, Mar. 2, 2022 “…. the destructive capabilities and extremism of the Khomeini ideology that exported terrorism, chaos, havoc and destruction to the countries of the region will be enhanced.” As the world’s attention is focused on the Russia-Ukraine war, the Arabs are continuing to EXPRESS fear about the possibility that the Biden […]
Caroline B. Glick Israel Hayom, Feb. 11, 2022 “… both Malley’s and Vaez’s records indicate that even if they didn’t launder Iran’s draft agreement to sell it to the Obama team, they have long been champions of the Iranian regime and apologists for its terror proxies.” Former Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif recently co-authored […]
Lawrence Norman WSJ, Feb. 27, 2022 “The war likely gives Iran a stronger hand in the negotiations—and that raises the risk Tehran will overplay it,” Iranian and U.S. officials are entering a crucial week of negotiations to restore the 2015 nuclear deal, with significant differences remaining on several key issues and new concerns that Russia’s invasion of […]
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