Russia seeks meeting with Knesset chair ahead of Zelenskyy's address

 

Moving on to Israel now which has spoken in defense of Ukraine's territorial integrity but uh did a diplomatic balancing act on the Russian aggression it is now in a precarious position because ahead of the Ukrainian president's  planned address to the parliament in Israel the Russian ambassador to Israel has sought an urgent meeting with the parliament Speaker ambassador ant-holy Victor is reportedly to meet levy today and apparently the objective of this meeting is to protest against zelensky's address to the Israeli law makers the Russian ambassador's request has also sparked fear among the Israeli officials they are now afraid that the meeting may well be followed by a request for president Putin to also address the Parliament besides this the Ukrainian ambassador has said that zelenski speech will be held via zoom on the 20th of march earlier in a bit together public support in Israel the Ukrainian government also reportedly asked to address a large rally at yad vashem however the national memorial yad vashem turned down the Request due to concerns over comparison which will be drawn between the Russian invasion and the holocaust meanwhile Israel's reluctance to come out against Russia lies in its concerns over the country's security architecture Russia acts as a principle broker for Israel in Syria where Israel has got the evy to aim and target Iranian-backedshia militias this unique arrangement has helped Israel to combat Hezbollah the other Iranian-backed groups which have multiplied in Syria in recent years and our correspondent Jodi Cohen sent us this report from tel av iv for a better understanding of this balancing act on part of Israel amid the war in Ukraine ever since the Ukraine Russia war began Israel has been doing a balancing act mediating between the two countries given its relationship with both now a fresh dilemma has surfaced with the proposed address to lawmakers of Ukrainian president zelenski which is expected on Sunday and the russian side taking cognizance of that.