Most Ukrainian politicians and diplomats likely consider the history between Israel and Palestine too complex to distinguish between aggressor and victim. But this does not explain their silence on Israel’s violations of international law in recent days, which are not dissimilar to actions they have denounced previously. Their silence likely has three sources.
It’s not that difficult to understand: Ukraine sees the Israeli ethnic cleansing project against the Palestinians in Gaza the same as their own ethnic cleansing project against the Russians in Donbass/Crimea (eastern Ukraine).
Both Ukraine and Israel share the common feature of being the extension of the US imperialist arm in Europe and the Middle East, respectively.
The difference between Gaza/West Bank and Donbass/Crimea is that the latter had a powerful backing force i.e. Russia that is willing to militarily intervene on their behalf (and for their geopolitical interests, of course), while the Palestinians have none so far.
Unlike pro-Ukraine/pro-Israel people, I have a very small amount of respect for pro-Ukraine/pro-Palestine people because I can believe they at least have some sort of principles.
Oh yeah, don't get me wrong, I'm not saying they're right. But I'm much more inclined to believe that they're well-meaning but misinformed about the Ukraine situation rather than that they're ghouls who hunger for the blood of anyone outside the mayo club.
How i see it is that the pro ukraine/pro palestine people is the situation that those were primarily the people that were already there, and that the conflict would end if the other side would leave.
If Israel won, it would still be surrounded by countries that dont want them there, which leads to endless conflict. Ukraine would be in a similar situation (sans Hungary, Belarus)
We probably need to make that Chinese political compass meme in emoji form.
Deluded. Ukraine will support Israel because they are both fascist and pro-west. To think otherwise is foolishness
