New Israeli foreign minister Eli Cohen signaled a policy shift on Ukraine in his 1st speech hinting the new government will take a more pro-Russian line. He said he will speak on Tuesday with Russian FM Lavrov, the first such call since the SMO began. We’ll see where this goes. Even as a Palestine supporter, Israeli politicians are known to be very rational and calculating. I personally think that this latest announcement, if followed through on, could be very significant
The thing is, Israel is just about guaranteed money and favor from the US. In that position it makes sense to angle for good deals. They kind of lean towards Russia and this curries some favor with Russia in their corner and then get drawn back by the US stuffing even more money in their pockets in response.
Some of it is keeping their options open but mostly it’s just manipulating the US and racking up free tiny amounts of goodwill with countries outside the NATO sphere. Stuff like selling China US drone secrets is to hedge their bets, because no one including the US can stop them, and to up the ante for the US to try and pay them off even more heavily to sit on their side of the sports arena.
So no. Israel is just playing geopolitical games. There may come a time where they will, if the US ever were to actually grow opposed to their genocide and occupation of Palestine and do something they’d do some punishing things with western secrets being handed over to Russia/China and make a big show of walking over to sit in the Russia/China section permanently. But as long as the US checks still clear in large enough amounts and the US doesn’t undermine their core interests of genociding the Palestinians slowly and stealing their land their visits to the Russia/China fan sections will merely be stopping by to talk or watch for a while on the edge of the seat, just long enough to make the US jealous and worried so that the US has some good treats for them when they get back.