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Podcast: USArabRadio
Episode: Israel, Ukraine & The United States
Description: While Israel is striking Palestinian targets in the occupied West Bank it has approved for the first time exporting electronic defense systems against Iranian-made drones used by Russia in its war in Ukraine.
One major reason for Israel’s initial reluctance to help Ukraine appears to be its strategic need to maintain freedom of operations in Syria, where Russia largely controls the airspace. Israel in Syria targets Iranian and Syrian positions. But the US is unhappy with Israel’s right-wing policies on settlements and judicial reform. So what are the deep reasons behind the changing web of interests for the diff...