Israel's balancing act with Russia and Syria

Ksenia Svetlova, a former Member of Knesset and executive director of ROPES, the Regional Organization for Peace, Economics and Security, and an expert in the Middle Eastern Affairs, says that Israel was eager to help Russia keep its foothold in Syria, despite Moscow’s close relations with Israel’s enemies, particularly Iran. She told reporter Arieh O’Sullivan that Israel’s recent support for Russia was due to realpolitik, as it was aligning with both the Trump administration in Washington and Moscow’s Vladamir Putin. (photo: Leo Correa/AP) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.