Is Israel Considering Participation By Russia in UNDOF?
If true, it raises many questions about the shifting regional balance of forces.
![UN-GOLAN/SYRIA Peacekeeping troops from the unarmed United Nations Truce Supervision Organisation (R) (UNTSO) and the UN Disengagement Observer Force (L) (UNDOF) stand on an observation tower located on the Israeli side of the 1973 Golan Heights ceasefire line with Syria March 21, 2012. Blue-helmeted United Nations peacekeeping troops patrolling a slice of Syrian territory to maintain a ceasefire with Israel face new risks as violence between Syrian government loyalists and rebels gets closer. Picture taken March 21, 2012](/sites/default/files/styles/article_hero_medium/public/almpics/2013/06/UNDOF.jpg/UNDOF.jpg?h=2d235432&itok=8MLC60HM)
Given the developments in Syria and the Middle East, it is interesting that Russia might soon participate in the UN Disengagement Observer Force (UNDOF) in the Golan Heights and that Israel is considering Russia’s participation.
It is true that the issue has a purely technical, security and military dimension. But that does not preclude the fact that the issue also has a political dimension.
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