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Netanyahu and Putin to get direct and secure hotline
Itamar Eichner
Published: 01.06.14, 14:47
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1. Is Sara in the picture?
Observer ,   Israel   (06.01.14)
2. Good move, both as symbol & strategy.
tom ,   tel aviv   (06.01.14)
3. Sexy...
(06.01.14)
4. To Russia, With Love...
ASTRONAUT ,   SC, USA   (06.01.14)
The tides of political intrigue do run deep – good move, I say, for Bibi & Eretz Yisrael to from a kesher w/Russia. In the long run, who knows? Someday, Putin may have his Bar Mitzvah at the Kotel.
5. A new worthy ally fior Israel!
trump   (06.01.14)
Subsequent treasons from us messiah have logical consequence.. Am Israel Hai ve Za Putinu !
6. Russia would be far better Allies
DT ,   TA Israel   (06.01.14)
than OB and Kerry so nurture and develop Russian ties. The sooner the better
7. It looks like...
Jules   (06.01.14)
... the Prime-Minister has got very tired of the "project Palestine", which the international community is determined to impose on Israel. Since the PLO and HAMAS charters declare no other goal but the destruction of the Jewish state, the Israel's leadership is very frustrated by the fact that the West is so adamant in its support of the Palestinian terrorist organizations.
8. Putin will spite Obama and veto 1967 borders UNSC vote.
Steve Benassi ,   Silver Bay, MN USA   (06.01.14)
9. # 4 I doubt it...
BUILD BABY BUILD !!!   (06.01.14)
If Putin gets Bar Mitzvah ed, Bibi will have to be baptized. Aint gonna happen. ALWAYS BUILDING THOUGH!!!
10. WHAT LAWS GIVE THE EU MORE RIGHTS THAN RUSSIA OVER UKRAINE?
stude ham   (06.01.14)
ABSOLUTELY NONE. the EUrocrats were dead wrong in trying to pull Ukraine from under its Russian influences... in an attempt to invade strategic Euro-Russo border areas with NATO military organs. BIBI is to be congratulated for a very realistic understanding of geopolitical dynamics. as for Obama... whose geopolitical incompetence has now made this world more dangerous the sooner 2016 arrives the better it will be for all humanity.
11. Putin has got Obama's number
Dror ,   Haifa, Israel   (06.01.14)
Putin is ready to flush Obama and the US Dollar down the toilet. He will not hesitate. Time to make friends with Russia.
12. Biggest Mistake
The Bald Sotsman ,   Tampa,USA   (06.01.14)
Israel is making the biggest mistake of its life dealing with Russia and Putin. The USA are Israels closest and best allies. Putin's Russia could never replace them. Aside from that, you are kicking the one country on earth that has supplied the arms necessary to defend ourselves. Also, without American help and American Jewish and Non-Jewish financial Help Israel would either have drowned financially, or be in the process of drowning. I am a proud Zionist. I am also a pragmatist. Do you really want to bite the hand that feeds you, even if there are conditions. What will you do if Obama loses the next election and the Republicans win. They are very strongly supportive of Israel. I must admit though that there is no chance of Putin losing.
13. Reply to #9: so maybe his Brit Milah
ASTRONAUT ,   SC, USA   (06.01.14)
O.K. - no Bar Mitzvah for Vlad, but, how about a Brit Milah? Bibi: "Been there, done that!" :-) Am Yisrael Chai!
14. Careful, careful....
S.ifter ,   USA   (06.01.14)
US technology is light years ahead of Russian tech, albeit excluding some special projects that they excel at. Russians have 500 year old history of anti Semitism . Dismiss Obama as you wish, but America is unique, nothing wrong with getting along with Putin, but be careful.
15. Obama is losing allies left and right
CJK   (06.01.14)
obama has been undoing a hundred year diplomacy all the while thinking that he is a genius. what is happening in reality is that he is losing american allies with his bizarre, dictatorial foreign policy. by the end of his term, america will be weakened in ways that would have been unimanigeable before obama appeaered on the scene.
16. All are critical. PM and FM Lieberman do have a little more
Adi ,   Zurich   (06.01.14)
All are critical. PM and FM Lieberman do have a little more knowledge from the security establishment for what is good.
17. A potentially useful link despite dangers.
Bob K ,   Orlando FL US   (06.01.14)
Obviously Israel can't 'trust' Russia, nobody does since Russia like China acts solely in its own interests, as does the US most of the time. However. the fear and anxiety in some TBs that US might not like it?! Russia, the story says, has hotlines with Britain. France, Italy, Spain and S. Korea as well as the US. Potentially an Israel-Russia direct line could be very useful. E.g. re: Iran. Syria, the Palestinians and maybe more. Russia has backed all the losers in the M/E and N. Africa, from Gaddafi, to Nasser, Assad, Saddam, the ayatollahs, how crazy, just to get some 'presence and leverage' in the region.! How many hundreds of billions of rubles has Russia lent and lost arming these losers. Finally, Putin wakes up and smells his vodka- laced coffee and says, why don't we back the winner - Israel? Israel defeated Egypt and Syria and stopped Russia extending its influence, till the ayatollahs came along. Now their nuclear facilities will be destroyed too. As for Ukraine and the Crimea, the Europeans have been interfering there for 150 years, Britain fought Russia in the Crimean peninsula and lost in 1854. Putin is no democrat but the EU should recognize its moves to incorporate eastern Europe into the EU will make the paranoid Russians anxious.
18. @17
Mathilde   (06.01.14)
I have the impression our Prime minister Netanyahu loves to do shopping, he already got dophins from Merkel, some jets F35 or whatever, then we heard about his private Presidential plane. Now what? He want a Sputnik????
19. @1
Mathilde   (06.01.14)
Which Sara?
20. no. 18, 19 - Mathilde is not the brightest bulb in the room
(06.02.14)
21. putin is the world's 2nd richest person. he is worth $65
debra ,   usa   (06.02.14)
billion according to forbes magazine. the richest person is bill gates with $67 billion. it appears putin is the most powerful man there is. he is head of russia and 2nd in personal wealth. it's a very good idea for israel to have a direct hot line with him.
22. #11
Philip ,   Afula, Israel   (06.02.14)
Never ever under estimate the USA. Also dont forget all the help they have given over the years. Sometimes marriages go through rough patches, so we need to also look at ourselves and take a long term view of things. By the way I am not American born.
23. Madoff was also in those Forbes lists
Mathilde   (06.02.14)
Ps: @20 more important than to conquere my freedom of speech here, mind not to convert or adaopt your opinions to mine,... Spasiva motek
24. 21 What can a sheep gain from ..
Ayala ,   israel   (06.02.14)
being friend with a wolf?
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