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Originally Posted by Catfish
Like Churchill's famous sentence reads "Our island is surrounded by the sea!"[sic!]  Israel is surrounded by enemies, perceived and real ones.
Syriah's Assad does not have to say so much anymore, he has become Putin's puppet by letting the latter "help" him destroy his own cities to subdue the rebellion against Assad. And Assad/Putin allows Israel to cross into syrian airspace to bomb insurgents and terrorist training camps. So Israel or at least its current government holds back in publicly condemning Putin. |
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Originally Posted by Skybird
Israel balances its interests. They want relations with Russia good enough that they can talk with Russia before they strike targets in Syria.
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Both assessments make a lot of sense. I'm sure many countries that aren't publicly condemning the actions of Putin aren't supporting him behind the scenes, either.