Israel's cautious stance on the Ukraine war — including avoiding direct criticism of Moscow and not providing security assistance to Kyiv — seems to be shifting, a year after the Russian invasion.
Although Israel has clarified to Kyiv that it will not cross certain "red lines" on arms supply, it has been stepping up in recent weeks its assistance efforts, both humanitarian and diplomatic.
While sticking with the position formulated under the former government of Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid, which refused to offer Ukraine any anti-missile defense systems, the Benjamin Netanyahu administration is increasingly helping Ukraine with intelligence, especially on Iranian-made drones used by the Russian army against the Ukrainian population.
Indications of these changes were evident last Thursday in Israel’s Foreign Minister Eli Cohen's visit to Kyiv. Cohen is the most senior Israeli official to travel to the Ukrainian capital to date.
