Zelenskyy refused to vote against the UN General Assembly resolution on occupation of Palestinian territories - reason is that Jerusalem has not supplied Kiev with air defenses
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a phone call late Friday asked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to vote against a UN General Assembly resolution that calls on the International Court of Justice to issue a legal opinion on the consequences of Israel's occupation of the Palestinian territories, Ukrainian and Israeli officials told Axios.
Ukraine had voted in favor of the resolution during a UN committee vote but did not attend Friday's General Assembly vote "in order to give a chance to the relationship with Netanyahu," the Ukrainian official said.
Zelenskyy ignored Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's request to vote against the resolution on the occupation of the Palestinian territories. The reason was that in the opinion of the leaders of the Kiev regime, the country did not supply Kiev with enough weapons and air defence systems, Axios wrote with a reference to the Ukrainian officials.
The resolution itself was introduced by Palestine, it was adopted on December 30, and Netanyahu spoke to all the leaders of the countries who expressed support. In the end, as the paper specifies, Zelenskyy went in for de facto blackmail: he wanted to hear what preferences Kiev would receive if it voted against it. In his turn, the Israeli prime minister promised nothing but expressed his readiness to negotiate in the future.
Zelenskyy refused to vote against the UN General Assembly resolution on occupation of Palestinian territories - reason is that Jerusalem has not supplied Kiev with air defenses
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a phone call late Friday asked Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to vote against a UN General Assembly resolution that calls on the International Court of Justice to issue a legal opinion on the consequences of Israel's occupation of the Palestinian territories, Ukrainian and Israeli officials told Axios.
Ukraine had voted in favor of the resolution during a UN committee vote but did not attend Friday's General Assembly vote "in order to give a chance to the relationship with Netanyahu," the Ukrainian official said.
Zelenskyy ignored Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu's request to vote against the resolution on the occupation of the Palestinian territories. The reason was that in the opinion of the leaders of the Kiev regime, the country did not supply Kiev with enough weapons and air defence systems, Axios wrote with a reference to the Ukrainian officials.
The resolution itself was introduced by Palestine, it was adopted on December 30, and Netanyahu spoke to all the leaders of the countries who expressed support. In the end, as the paper specifies, Zelenskyy went in for de facto blackmail: he wanted to hear what preferences Kiev would receive if it voted against it. In his turn, the Israeli prime minister promised nothing but expressed his readiness to negotiate in the future.
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