Post by account_disabled on Feb 25, 2024 6:22:43 GMT
Ukraine has voted in favor of virtually all resolutions favorable to Palestine at the United Nations UN. Zelensky himself publicly supports a twostate policy and Palestinian independence. were largely opportunistic misguided and taken out of context. It was said shortly after October that it was a terrible crime regardless of how we judge Israels subsequent actions. Ukrainian foreign policy suffers from opportunism but on the question of Palestine Ukraine is in a much better position than most developed countries. Most Ukrainians know little about the Middle East and its conflicts.
But largescale war has tended to normalize a proPalestinian position Jordan Mobile Number List society. Firstly most Ukrainians have a low opinion of the Israeli authorities due to their friendship with the Russian leadership. Even now while the Russian Federation supplies weapons to antiIsrael groups Israel refuses to lift its blockade on the supply of European weapons made with Israeli technology to Ukraine. Secondly more and more Ukrainians are becoming familiar with postcolonial ideas and seeing parallels between the actions of Israel and Russia indiscriminate attacks on residential areas settlements in occupied territories etc.
The main difference between our conflicts is that the Ukrainian people have a fully functioning state while the Palestinian people are deprived of it. Russia would no doubt like to see the same thing happen with Ukraine as it would be easier for it to kill Ukrainians. We saw it during the Chechen war. Benjamin Netanyahu is in many ways repeating what Russia did in the Chechen republic of Ichkeria. That is why Ukrainians need to know more about Palestine not only for moral reasons but as a warning of what our enemy wants to achieve and the methods he can use. Note The original version of this article in English was published on Links on and is available here.