• yesman@lemmy.world
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    14 hours ago

    Israel needs a patron state. During the cold war, she cultivated relations with the first and second world. Israel cozies up to Russia the same way she did with the Soviet’s in the 70s when America’s support was in question.

    (the US airlifted significant aid to Israel during the Yom Kipper war, which led to the oil embargo and subsequent economic damage. This is not the first time supporting Israel has caused an energy crisis.)

    • Rat_in_a_hat@lemmy.ca
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      12 hours ago

      A big chunk of Israel’s population are Russian.

      When the Ukraine invasion happened, the CEO of Yandex said that they wanted to live in a peaceful country, so they moved to Israel…

      Andrey X is another Russian who immigrated to Israel ignorant of the genocide. But unlike others, he’s been documenting the genocide and putting himself in harm’s way.