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After Bennett trip, minister says Israel has responsibility to try to save lives
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Culture and Sports Minister Chili Tropper at the Khan theatre in Jerusalem on February 23, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
Culture Minister Chili Tropper says he doesn’t believe “there’s much of a chance” that any Israeli mediation between Ukraine and Russia will succeed.
“But we have a responsibility to try to exhaust every small chance to save lives,” he tells Army Radio.
He also praises Prime Minister Naftali Bennett’s trip to Moscow during Shabbat, saying “there is an element here of pikuach nefesh,” the Jewish principle that puts preserving life above most other religious rules such as not traveling on the day of rest.
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