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[QUOTE]MOSCOW — Israel, increasingly confounded by Washington’s Mideast policy, is mulling ways to enhance security cooperation with Moscow without jeopardizing its pre-eminent partnership with the US.
Acknowledging a shared frustration with Saudi Arabia and other US allies in the gulf over Washington’s perceived wavering on Iran and diminishing regional influence, Israeli officials are seeking to cultivate additional sources of support for its diplomatic and security agenda.
“The Americans have a lot of problems and challenges around the world that they need to solve and they have problems at home. We need to understand them and how that affects our place in the global arena,” said Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman.
An outspoken and controversial political ally of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Lieberman was reinstated as Israel’s chief diplomat after being cleared last week of longstanding corruption charges. Speaking Nov. 20 as Netanyahu traveled to Moscow for talks with Russian President Vladimir Putin, Lieberman said Israel should strengthen ties with other powers as a means of advancing critical security interests in the region.
“Israel’s foreign policy for decades has focused on one direction — toward Washington. But my policy is multi-directional,” the Moldovan-born, Russian-speaking minister told a gathering in Sderot near Israel’s border with Gaza.
While expressing gratitude for traditional US support, Lieberman alluded to growing anger with Washington over its willingness to ease sanctions against Iran without a clear commitment from Tehran to dismantle its nuclear program.
“Our foreign policy needs to focus on finding allies and not just complaining and saying, ‘Come support us,’ ” he said.
Since clashing publicly with Washington over what it perceives as a precipitous rush to conclude a nuclear disarmament deal that fails to satisfy Israel’s security concerns, Israel has intensified diplomacy with the five permanent members of the UN Security Council and Germany involved in ongoing so-called P5+1 talks in Geneva.
Prior to Netanyahu’s Nov. 20-21 visit to Moscow, he hosted French President François Hollande in a high-profile state visit profuse with praise for Paris’ insistence on greater concessions from Tehran in exchange for preliminary sanctions relief.
But Israeli officials say diplomatic outreach is principally focused on Moscow, which Jerusalem views as the ultimate source of leverage on Iran in the P5+1 talks.
After more than four hours at the Kremlin, Netanyahu used words normally reserved for Israel’s relations with Washington. Speaking to reporters here Nov. 20, Netanyahu emphasized shared values, common interests and his personal “friendship” with Putin, which are steadily resulting in “closer, warmer, more intimate and productive” bilateral ties.[/QUOTE]
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Doesn't sound good for anyone for Israel to align itself with Russia. Anyone but Israel maybe.
Handing the whiny girl off to the next guy. It can be Russia's problem now.
Surprised at how honestly close to the mark they are when describing their foreign policy.
[QUOTE]“Our foreign policy needs to focus on finding allies and not just complaining and saying, ‘Come support us,’ ”[/QUOTE]
Maybe they are done sucking the US dry?
I can dream :C
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russia and iran share similar interests. it would seem odd for israel would buddy up with the sorta-buddy of their enemy.
The early zionists stopped sucking on Great Britain's teat when she stopped being of any potential use for them, it wouldn't be of any surprise if Israel would begin to shift its ties once it would sense its host running dry. But, if this is more than anything else I would bank its a move to scare the US into being more receptive to their recent warmongering.
Israel is such a cheap filthy manwhore
huh...but isnt russia the guy thats been supplying if not also funding your enemies for decades....
[QUOTE=Sableye;42961943]huh...but isnt russia the guy thats been supplying if not also funding your enemies for decades....[/QUOTE]
Israel doesn't care about anything other than themselves.
They literally sell military secrets, technology, and intelligence to China.
[editline]23rd November 2013[/editline]
Israel literally sells billions of dollars in weapons and technology to China every year.
They're the sole reason why China is able to have modern fighter jets, as they had the USA develop a jet for them, then they sold the rights to it to China, along with all of the brand new tech that ONLY THE USA had, at the height of the cold war mind you.
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IAI_Lavi[/url]
[url]http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chengdu_J-10[/url]
[b]"Canceled" IAI Lavi[/b]
[t]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f9/IAILavi001.jpg[/t]
[b]Chengdu J-10, China's main fighter/multirole jet[/b]
[t]http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/8/86/J-10a_zhas.png[/t]
Also yes. I said [b]Billions[/b] in arms trading with China. They've been China's largest foreign supplier for military goods, exceeding Russia since the 80s.
Not accounting for planes that are being phased out such at the old 50's jets, the J-10 is the main fighter of the Chinese military, the next in class, a copy of the SU-27, only has 140 models produced, versus the J-10 with around 270.
In a broader view, they're responsible for China's growth as a military power, handing them the F-16 tech right as it was developed, and from this, causing a major build up in the militaries of US Allies, NATO, and Russia.
[url]http://www.atimes.com/atimes/China/DL04Ad01.html[/url]
[quote]In March 1997, despite official denials from Israeli officials, the [b]US Office of Naval Intelligence in its unclassified "Worldwide Challenges to Naval Strike Warfare" restated more strongly than it had the previous year its belief that US-derived technology from the canceled Israeli Lavi fighter was being used on China's new F-10 fighter.[/b] It said, "The design has been undertaken with substantial direct external assistance, primarily from Israel and Russia, with indirect assistance through access to US technologies." In fact, according to the annual intelligence report, "the F-10 is a single-seat, light multi-role fighter[b] based heavily on the canceled Israeli Lavi program". [/b]
Until it was canceled in 1987, [i][u][b]much of Lavi technological development was paid for by the United States.[/i][/u][/b][b] Ironically, the potential capability of F-10 fighters was cited by both the US Navy and Air Force as one of the future threats justifying the expenditure of billions on new tactical aircraft, such as the F-22, F/A-18F, and F-35.[/b] The fact that possibly US-derived technology provided by an ally might be contributing to that potential threat is a delicate subject. [/quote]
ya i'm aware that israel's main export is U.S. developed military equipment....
[QUOTE=Sableye;42962531]ya i'm aware that israel's main export is U.S. developed military equipment....[/QUOTE]
TO CHINA!
[QUOTE=Lamar;42960963]The early zionists stopped sucking on Great Britain's teat when she stopped being of any potential use for them, it wouldn't be of any surprise if Israel would begin to shift its ties once it would sense its host running dry. But, if this is more than anything else I would bank its a move to scare the US into being more receptive to their recent warmongering.[/QUOTE]
Israel confirmed for headcrab.
[QUOTE=Thomo_UK;42962646]Israel confirmed for headcrab.[/QUOTE]
That's actually a really appropriate way to describe Israel foreign relations.
Russia's hard line (almost) nationalist government supporting a Jewish state who hates Iran? I don't think so.
[QUOTE=some_hobo;42967304]Russia's hard line (almost) nationalist government supporting a Jewish state who hates Iran? I don't think so.[/QUOTE]
Isn't neo-nazism taking hold in the government as well?
Hey, hey hey Israel. It's rude to suck on the tits of more than one country at a time!
I don't think Russia liked Israel that much either
[QUOTE=Lamar;42960963]The early zionists stopped sucking on Great Britain's teat when she stopped being of any potential use for them, it wouldn't be of any surprise if Israel would begin to shift its ties once it would sense its host running dry. But, if this is more than anything else I would bank its a move to scare the US into being more receptive to their recent warmongering.[/QUOTE]
They're a parasite..
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