Interfax-Ukraine published an interview with Israeli Ambassador Mikhail Brodsky, who believes that Ukraine can use the Israeli experience of building a state, while noting the need to rely on one’s strength, preserve democracy and strengthen ties with the diaspora.
According to Brodsky, there are three points that Ukraine can use. “The first is to rely only on yourself. This comes with time and I am sure that Ukraine will learn from this war… Yes, we have partnerships with many countries, we have strategic relations with the United States, this is a very important trump card, but in “In a military sense, Israel relies only on itself. It has its own military technologies, it actively exports them all over the world. And proceeds from the fact that in a moment of danger one cannot count on anyone’s help. The second is to preserve democracy and freedom at all costs.” words. And this is the lesson that Israel has learned over the 74 years of its existence, because this is the strength of the state. In different opinions, the opportunity to express one’s opinion, to have discussions. Despite wars, despite such traumatic events as the assassination of the prime minister minister, for example. In such conditions, there is a danger of slipping into authoritarianism, strangling freedom of speech. Israel did not follow this path and it was right. Ultimately, this would weaken society and the state in… The third is everything related to the connection with the Diaspora… The Ukrainian Diaspora is growing. On the one hand, these are losses for the state. I think that some part of the people will not return to Ukraine. You can look at this as a loss, or you can look at it as an asset of the state with which you need to work. And which in the end can support the country in difficult times and not only. This is what Israel had from the very beginning. Ukraine, I think, needs to work more actively with immigrants from the country in different regions of the world and rely on their support,” Brodsky said.
It should be noted that Mikhail Brodsky expressed the same theses a week ago during a conversation with Ukrainian journalist Yuriy Romanenko and adviser to the head of the office of the President of Ukraine Oleksiy Arestovich.