Sat 05 March 2022:
Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett secretly traveled to Moscow to meet Russian President Vladimir Putin on Saturday, Axios reported
This is a highly unusual move by Bennett, who has been communicating in recent days with both Putin and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky to try and promote a cease fire.
Bennett is accompanied by Ukrainian-born Minister Zeev Elkin, who joined previous meetings between Israeli prime ministers and Russia’s Putin, as well as senior advisers.
While Israel, a close ally of the United States, has condemned the Russian invasion, voiced solidarity with Kyiv and sent humanitarian aid to Ukraine, it has said it will maintain communications with Moscow in the hope of helping to ease the crisis.
Bennett, a religious Jew, took a flight in violation of Sabbath law because Judaism permits this when the aim is to preserve human life, his spokesperson said.
The Israel military censor issued a gag order on the trip but the Kremlin spokesman exposed it by issuing a statement.
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