Posted on 02/08/2023 10:58:45 AM PST by aMorePerfectUnion
Both Moscow and Kiev appeared to have been ready for a ceasefire, Naftali Bennett says.
Peace might’ve been agreed between Russia and Ukraine shortly after the start of the conflict, but Kiev’s Western backers blocked the negotiations between the two neighbors, former Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett, who mediated those contacts, has said.
Bennet, who gave an almost five-hour-long video interview to Israel’s Channel 12 on Saturday, claimed that his efforts as a middleman came close to succeeding as both Moscow and Kiev appeared to be ready to make concessions and agree to a truce. Read more: Azerbaijan unveils recent number of vaccinated citizens
It didn’t happen because “I think there was a legitimate decision by the West to keep striking [Russian President Vladimir] Putin… I mean the more aggressive approach,” he said.
When asked by the host if the US and its allies “blocked” the peace process between Moscow and Kiev, the former PM replied: “Basically, yes. They blocked it.”
“I claim there was a good chance of reaching a ceasefire. But I’m not claiming it was the right thing,” he clarified.
Russia’s Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova reacted to the revelations by the Israeli politician on Telegram, saying that they were “yet another confession” that the West wasn’t interested in peace in Ukraine.
According to Bennett, his mediation “was coordinated down to the last detail with the US, France and Germany.” After the conflict broke out last February, there was no unified approach on how to deal with it among Western leaders as “[British PM] Boris Johnson adopted the aggressive line; [German Chancellor Olaf] Scholz and [French President Emmanuel] Macron were more pragmatic, and [US President Joe] Biden was both,” he said. Zelensky behind Macron’s calls to Putin – Paris Zelensky behind Macron’s calls to Putin – Paris
Some 17 or 18 drafts of the peace deal between Moscow and Kiev had been prepared with his involvement, the former PM said. Bennet claimed that, among other things, he managed to secure a pledge from Putin that he was “not going to kill [Ukrainian President Vladimir] Zelensky,” who feared for his life. The Russian leader was also ready to retract his demand for the demilitarization of Ukraine, while Zelensky promised to give up on his aspirations to join NATO, he added.
Can’t stop the money train!
Russia can have all the peace it wants when the Russian army marches back to Russia.
Yep, as we all know this the biggest money laundering op in history.
Of course, why would the aggressors agree to a cease-fire if they still think they can win? After all, they haven’t completely run dry the credit of the American people yet.
‘Can’t stop the money train!’
Exactly. We gotta meet that quota for Blackrock and friends.
Joey winks
Bennett sold out everything he believed in to become Prime Minister and in his war on Netanyahu. Bibi has floated the idea of sending weapons to Ukraine to punish Russia for working with Iran. Hence, Bennett’s new lie.
Hard to say he lied when he was the go between for an extended round of exchanges and witnessed it first hand.
The problem with “Zeeper science” is that it isn’t falsifiable - like climate change.
Instead of adjusting views to take facts into account, Zeepers adjust facts to fit their views.
Their view can never be wrong, facts be damned.
Demonstrated on this forum daily.
A ZEEPER is a Zelensky FReeper:
Marked by continual posting of propaganda from western intelligence services in liberal news sources.
In the ZEEPER mind, critical thinking has been replaced by mass formation psychosis, stories are one-sided narratives, and history began last February.
They are fact-blind to the globohomopedos in control of Ukraine and western democracies.
They willingly believe all propaganda fed to them. They have no choice, since they have abandoned all objectivity.
Sad.
Homosexual acts are a crime in Ukraine. You know nothing but KGB propoganda.
—> Homosexual acts are a crime in Ukraine. You know nothing but KGB propoganda.
https://www.cnn.com/2022/08/03/europe/ukraine-zelensky-same-sex-partnerships-intl/index.html
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