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Sharansky praises Lapid’s tough line on Russia: Saving Israel from global shame
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Former refusenik, prison of Zion, Soviet dissident and Israeli cabinet minister, Natan Sharansky in Kyiv, Ukraine, Oct. 6, 2021. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
Natan Sharansky praises Prime Minister Yair Lapid for taking a tough line on Russian threats to close the Jewish Agency and for shifting Israel’s position on Ukraine.
“He brought Israel out of global shame,” Sharansky tells the Ynet news site, speaking about Lapid.
“Israel’s concerns about telling the truth about the Russian invasion reminds me of the status of ‘court Jews,’ who had to say ‘yes’ to a ruler. Israel is not a court state, and certainly not of Russia,” Sharansky says.
Sharansky is a former prisoner of Zion, human rights activist, Israeli government minister and Jewish Agency chief.
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