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Military assistance to Ukraine becomes Israeli electoral issue

Human rights activist and former Israeli minister Nathan Sharansky met last week in Kyiv with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and apologized for being the first Israeli official to come.
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Former Israeli minister Nathan Sharansky met last week in Kyiv with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. Sharansky is a renowned refusink who was imprisoned during the 1970s and 1980s by the Soviet regime. He met with Zelenskyy in his current position as chair of the Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Center board. 

“I was embarrassed to be the first Israeli public figure to meet with him. Since the outbreak of the war, many world leaders have come to Kyiv to meet with Zelenskyy," said Sharansky after the meeting. "No one has come from Israel, not even a Knesset delegation. It’s really a disgrace. In every meeting there is massive disappointment with Israel.”

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