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
They’re not “shifting away” from US, they simply have enough 'murican politicians in the bag that they can just do whatever the fuck they want. I was watching an interview with Ali Abunimah recently and he put it very succinctly: Israel is the equivalent of Donald Trump but on the world stage. Trump could shoot an American citizen in broad daylight and he wouldn’t lose any supporters. Israel could shoot an American citizen in broad daylight and they wouldn’t lose any American politician.
The geopolitical relationship between Israel and USA is very one sided thanks to AIPAC. USA has to go through excruciating lengths to defend Israeli interests but Israel isn’t gonna do shit for American interests and any American politician who complains about this one sided relationship will be instantly labeled an anti Semite by Israeli establishment and AIPAC and their entire political career would basically be over.