At a time when the Israeli government is trying to show a neutral stance towards the Ukrainian crisis, fearing the wrath of Russia or the US, senior security sources revealed that such a conflict will inevitably affect Israel, especially in its conflict with Iran and its military activities in Syria.
So far, Israel has kept to urging thousands of its citizens to leave Ukraine.
Israeli analyst for the Hebrew newspaper Maariv, Tal Lev-Ram, cited sources as saying that “Israel is not a central player in the battle between major forces currently taking place in Ukraine.”
“Nevertheless, a war erupting in Europe will dramatically affect strategic issues,” the sources added.
“On the nuclear issue, the crisis in Ukraine comes at a critical stage due to negotiations held by major powers with Iran.”
“Israel is watching with concern how Iran continues to advance - slowly but efficiently - with its nuclear program.”
According to Lev-Ram’s report, security generals assert that “Iran today is far from being at the top of the Biden administration’s priorities, and the confrontation with the Russians will push it more and more away from the US agenda.”
Iran will exploit this well in its favor and allow itself to carry out bolder steps in its nuclear program.
Even though Israel considers Russia a fair player when it comes to handling Iran’s nuclear ambitions, its security agencies fear that a crisis in Ukraine would push Moscow closer to Iran thereby straining the Israeli army’s operations in Syria.
