Russia-Ukraine war: Israelis are in denial at parallels between their occupation and Putin’s
Gideon Levy | 14 March 2022 | Middle East Eye
▻https://www.middleeasteye.net/opinion/russia-ukraine-war-israel-denial-occupation-putin-parallels
The shockwaves from the Russia-Ukraine war quickly reached Israel, revealing some embarrassing truths and challenging Israelis to see their country as it actually is - so very different than what they like to imagine.
It began with Foreign Minister Yair Lapid’s declaration, shortly after the war began, that Russia’s invasion was “a grave violation of the international order”. Under other circumstances, this might almost have been amusing, highlighting Israel’s longstanding lack of self-awareness of its own less attractive attributes - like a camel that can’t see its own hump. (...)