How Russia-Iran Leads to Ukraine-Israel with Natan Sharansky

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Moscow’s growing alliance with Tehran to which pursues a policy of annihilation versus the Jewish state to is prompting Israelis to re-evaluate their very cautious stance toward helping Ukraine. Given the large Jewish population in Russia and Israeli need to coordinate with Russian forces in Syria, how far can Jerusalem move toward Kyiv? What options does Vladimir Putin have to slow down this rapprochement? What potential role can Washington play?

Natan Sharansky, a former Prisoner of Zion and leader for the right of Soviet Jews to immigrate to Israel, is chairman of the Shlihut Institute. He co-founded the Yisrael B'Aliyah party in 1996 to accelerate the integration of Russian Jews and served in four Israeli governments, including as minister and as deputy prime minister. He holds both a BA and an MA from the Moscow Institute of Physics and Technology.