Why Netanyahu’s geopolitical strategy failed, and why committing to a free Ukraine can put Israel on the path back to global acceptance

While most of us were focused on the confusing endgame to the latest war with Iran, and on the scapegoating of Israel by American politicians and pundits for its failure, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky climbed down from a Turkish government plane in Damascus to a full pageant of Syrian military guards. Upon reaching the tarmac, Zelensky walked the red carpet through a show of pomp to a waiting limousine, which whisked him away to the Syrian presidential palace and a warm bearhug by Ahmed Hussein al-Sharaa, which Zelensky returned. Nothing better captures the failure of current Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s foreign policy, nothing better encapsulates the geostrategic debacle he led us into.

Can’t believe that the Jewish, pro-Israel president of Ukraine would take the Turkish president’s plane and embrace the former jihadist president of Syria? See for yourself in a video produced by the Syrian president’s office, a video that should serve as a warning to the Israeli electorate as to how far we’ve fallen. Because, as the video shows better than any essay, Netanyahu’s insistence on keeping Israel neutral on Ukraine and strictly aligned with American President Donald J. Trump’s Russian-learning geopolitical strategy has weakened Israel, isolated it further, and deprived our country from the resources we need to realize our potential in the 21st century.

It was only a short while ago when Ukraine sought out Israel’s help to acquire the Iron Dome, the world’s leading defensive system against ballistic attacks. While Ukraine has become the world’s leader in anti-drone technology, it still........

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