Gantz, Netanyahu both reiterate Israel’s unwillingness to sell weapons to Ukraine
Political rivals express similar sentiment in separate interviews; Kyiv’s envoy to Israel says defense minister canceled an upcoming call with his Ukrainian counterpart.
In a rare expression of unity between coalition and opposition figures, Defense Minister Benny Gantz and opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday both expressed an unwillingness to alter Israel’s policy of not sending defense equipment to Ukraine.
“We are not selling weapons to Ukraine,” Gantz told the ultra-Orthodox Kol Chai radio station, noting instead the humanitarian aid Israel has been providing, and vowing to continue such shipments months into Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
Gantz also emphasized that Israel had not previously sold weapons to the country.
Yevgen Korniychuk, Ukraine’s ambassador to Israel, told the Maariv newspaper on Tuesday that Gantz had unexpectedly canceled a long-awaited call with his Ukrainian counterpart, Oleksii Reznikov, without any explanation earlier this week.
Korniychuk added that Ukraine was “disappointed” by the move, and that he didn’t think his country’s officials would be speaking with the defense minister going forward.
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