116 The Israeli Putin and the Russian Netanyahu: The Complicated Relationship Between Russia and Israel
UPDATE: Emptywheel
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The other day Chuck Schumer is like, well, you know, Bibi’s in the way, which is true, of course. And Mitch McConnell and everyone else said, “Oh, my gosh, Chuck Schumer is interfering in the other elections of other people.”
And I’m like, guys, let’s go back and talk about the first time that Trump colluded with Russia. Or let’s talk about the time in 2015 where you guys brought in Bibi to undermine the Iran deal, which Trump’s reversal on it has made the world less safe. There’s a long-standing practice in which Bibi and the Republicans undermine Democrats. That’s another crazy thing that’s going on. ”
To be sure there are a lot of links between Russia and Israel-who are officially enemies-especially-it’s further assumed-post October 7.
But then there was the fact of their cooperation during Russia’s rescue operation of Assad. There’s the fact that Israel was also an actor in Russian Collusion. There’s the fact that the Coffee Boy’s primary alleged expertise was Israel-he certainly had a number of Israel connections. As EW has pointed out Smirnov has not just Russian intel connections but Israel connections-indeed he’s an Israeli citizen.
When Trump leaked classified info to the Russians in the infamous Treason Meeting in the Oval the day after he fired Comey it was Israel intelligence-which Liberman himself has recently acknowledged.
It’s also rather fascinating that Jackson Hinkle had at one time claimed to be a fan of Netanyahu and argued that Bibi’s Israel is also on the side of the Russian-Chinese ideology of “mulitparity.”
Max Blumenthal USESD to be a good journalist? What is he now? Well lets here what his former friend over the the Grayzone has to say about him-Ben Norton.
Nowadays Blumenthal seem obsessed with the idea that there are a lot of Nazis in Ukraine-indeed, he seems to think there are basically only Nazis there-other than maybe CIA operatives. The only good people there judging by the tone of his commentary is maybe the Russian separatists.
However it’s more than a little ironic that he’ apparently finds “Ukiranians Nazis” so objectionable as he is actually quite chummy with American Nazis. Annd while he defends Russia to the uptmost and hindermost and all points beyond today back when he was a good journalist he noted that Putin’s Russia is probably the biggest haven for Nazis in the world
Julia Davis on X: “Meanwhile in Russia: https://t.co/xGwISUvg1x” / X (twitter.com)
How Russia Uses Israeli-Designed Drones in the Syria War (theintercept.com)
ANALYSIS: Drone deals heighten military ties between Israel and Russia | Middle East Eye
Haaretz reader puts it most succiintly on our so called “Israeli allies”
Netanyahu Is Biting the American Hand That Feeds Him – Opinion – Haaretz.com
Chaim Ben-Yehuda