(February 26, 2022)
Following the 2015 Russian intervention in the Syrian civil war, Israel set up a „deconfliction mechanism“ with the big power to prevent them clashing inadvertently during Israeli strikes against Iranian deployments and arms transfers in the neighbouring Arab state.
„Our military officials discuss the practical issues of this substantively on a daily basis. This mechanism has proven to be useful and will continue to work,“ the Russian embassy in Israel said in a statement.
(OCTOBER 27, 2015)
In Russia, Eisenkot met with his Russian counterpart, General Valery Vasilevich Gerasimov – the first time chiefs of staff from Russia and Israel held a direct meeting in Moscow. Eisenkot also participated in part of the meeting held between Netanyahu and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Afterward, the two sides agreed to set up a joint working group led by the deputy chiefs of staff from each country.
It seems that there is no better, no more characteristic demonstration of the huge gap between the aggressively marketed image and what really occupied Netanyahu in his years at the helm. He is obviously not the only politician who likes the proximity of tycoons. Ariel Sharon, Ehud Barak, Shimon Peres and Ehud Olmert also liked being close to rich people and the pampering they could provide.
(04.05.2022)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky consulted in recent weeks with a pair of public relations advisers to Israeli opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu in a bid to galvanize military support for his country as it defends itself from Russia’s invasion, according to a report Tuesday.
Walla news said Zelensky received advice from Srulik Einhorn, who was a senior adviser for Netanyahu’s Likud party during the last election. He also reportedly consulted with Jonatan Urich, a longtime Netanyahu aide who continues to serve as the former prime minister’s spokesman.
Moskau hat Kiew immer wieder vor einer scharfen Reaktion gewarnt, sollte die Krim angegriffen werden.
Dagegen meinte Vizeverteidigungsminister Hawrylow, dass unlängst bereits die Schlangeninsel zurückerobert worden und damit der erste Schritt getan sei. Die Ukraine setzt für die Gegenangriffe auf schwere Waffen aus dem Westen.
Anlass für die „Personalprüfungen“ bei Geheimdienst und Staatsanwaltschaft sei eine hohe Zahl von Überläufern und Kollaborateuren mit der russischen Besatzungsmacht infolge von Moskaus Einmarsch in der Ukraine vor knapp fünf Monaten, hieß es. Allein beim Geheimdienst SBU arbeiten mehr als 30.000 Menschen.
Russian President Vladimir Putin will make a rare foreign trip Tuesday for a summit in Iran with Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan and Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi.
Why it matters: With Syria, Ukraine and oil on the agenda, all three leaders have something to gain from the summit.
He added “Iran has the capability to build nuclear bomb but it has no decision” to do so.
Enriching uranium to 20 percent was “more difficult” but increasing it to 60 percent was done in 2-3 days.
Therefore, he said, it will not be difficult to enrich uranium to purity of 90 percent.
“We’re a screwdriver’s turn away from reaching the 90% purity,” Kharrazi remarked.
Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Khamenei has banned production of nuclear arms.
The former foreign minister reiterated Iran’s long-held policy, saying nuclear weapon “contravenes” Iran’s religious “beliefs” and its „security exigencies“.
However, he added, mastering the nuclear technology and having the capability to build nuclear arms is “deterrent”.
Keiner der drei Parteien gehe es bei dem Treffen um das syrische Volk, kritisiert Bente Scheller, Referatsleiterin Nahost und Nordafrika der Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung, gegenüber der ARD – Putin, Erdogan und Raisi gehe es um „Kriegsmanagement“ und darum, sich für die jeweiligen geostrategischen Interessen in Syrien stark zu machen.