Illustrative image. Source: the Israeli Ministry of Defense.
Israel will not supply the Iron Dome air defense system or any other weapons to Ukraine because of concerns that they might end up in Iran’s possession, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said in an interview with The Wall Street Journal that was published on June 29..
“I think it’s important to understand that we are concerned also with the possibility that systems that we would give to Ukraine would fall into Iranian hands,” he said.
The Iron Dome was developed by Rafael Advanced Defense Systems and Israel Aerospace Industries mainly to intercept and destroy short-range rockets and shells. However, the system can also engage more traditional aerial targets, like fighter jets, helicopters, drones and cruise missiles.
The system has a maximum range of 70 kilometers. The system has been in service with the Israeli military since 2011. Since then, its effectiveness has been questioned on more than one occasion.
Netanyahu pointed out to The Wall Street that Israel is a densely populated country and so far, it has been avoiding major casualties because the Iron Dome system was shooting down 95% of the rockets and shells targeting Israel’s population centers.
“Now, if that system would fall in the hands of Iran, then millions of Israelis would be left defenseless and in peril,” he added.
Last week, Netanyahu told The Jerusalem Post newspaper that weapons supplied by the West to Ukraine have already surfaced near Israel’s border, without providing any details.
Ukraine has been asking Israel for the Iron Dome and other weapon systems since the start of the Russian special military operation last year. Despite facing pressure from Kiev’s main backer, the United State, Israel has so far limited its assistance to non-lethal equipment, like early warning, radar and electronic warfare systems.
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according to a statement from the russian defence ministry, a pizzeria in kramatorsk near the kramatorsk hotel on a strike on 27 june were destroyed:
2 afu generals, up to 50 officers of the afu, up to 20 foreign mercenaries and advisers.
good catch. cope
well, it makes sense for russia to target any foreign advisor’s and/or id them…………….this war won’t last forever, and russia is known to never forget or forgive.
why would they supply iron dome when they play both sides?
i wonder how many of those dead mercenaries were british, either retired or still serving and if serving they shouldn’t have even been there? maybe questions should be asked at pmq.
some poeple in israel must be disgusted with the nazi banderas in ukraine. i am not a fan of israel but usa uk and eu are far worse
in addition, there are many poles who are not brainwashed and they know that bandera thugs brutally murdered circa ‘two hundred thousand’ polish people who lived in the borderlands of poland and also in ucraine .
the murder of ethnic poles began in the 1930’s and ended in 1955 when the hideouts of the most radical bandera’s were finally smoked-out from their lairs by the soviet army.
most poles and czechs don’t fall for western propaganda but their governments are nato-agents and weak cunts. they’d burn their own countries down to serve uncle sam.
there isn’t a single country on the planet more repulsive than pizz ray elle. there is not one country that is worse. remove the dual citizens from their positions of malevolent influence in the west. ship them to their ‘safe house’ stolen from the palestinians and then bake them at 2000 degrees for 2 hours or until done.
you are fun israel is a terrorist state and much worse than hitler saddam and assad
israel population have a good share of people from russian ascendancy, you can understand why they are prudent on weapons deliveries to banderistan. some still remembers the days babi yar was a canyon and how it became a cliff … netanyahu looks even more prudent on foreign policies since the settlement reached between iran and saudi arabia.
well, this is something positive made by israel. i hope jews community totally stop supporting ukraine nazi-fascists, even zani-ukraine is having a clown jew president.
as an avid judo practicioner, i’d say you can trust netanyahu as far as your can throw him. he has ballooned to gigantic proportions as of late, though…
ukraine = usa and israel doesn’t want to piss off its neighbours in the region who are having a party without uncle sam.
phew eh? the ukrainian junta dodged a bullet there, or more accurately, a missile. it promises a lot from the wrapper but it doesn’t do a lot. if the system does somehow see kiev along with america’s patriot, it could be an interesting night in kiev.
of course not. he wants all targeted ukrainians killed or exiled, so that israel can relocate to ukraine.
or maybe because it would once and for all reveal the iron dome to be what it really is… a very expensive piece of shyte barely able to stop homemade “rockets”
or maybe because it would once and for all reveal the iron dome to be what it really is: an expensive piece of shyte barely able to stop homemade “rockets”
why is this? because it will be clear and evident that it doesn’t work.
i wonder how the pizza is in ukraine. i’m not a big pizza fan though. but it must be the world’s most popular food item.
to die for! 😆😆😆
nuke israhell! kill them all!
murder me pls
sf amused by village idiot sawyer—jens sells fentanyl
yeah, right. israel is like the us, running out of missiles. a couple more ‘uprisings’ and israel will be out of missiles and the us won’t be able to send shit. too bad, so sad…but true.