Pro-russian activists without russian flags rallied near the Ukrainian Embassy in Israel
A small rally of elderly pro-russian activists without russian flags took place near the Ukrainian Embassy in Israel in Tel Aviv, which was skeptically assessed by Israeli observers. Journalist Shimon Briman gave an appropriate assessment of the event.
«Grand» success of the russian Embassy in Israel! As many as thirty people from all over Israel have staged a protest picket in front of the Ukrainian embassy on Yermiyahu Street in Tel Aviv. Pro-russian activists, fed by various russian agencies, drowned each other, did not want to hold joint actions and quarreled over slogans and personal ambitions. From the right decisions of the organizers of the picket (in terms of picture and PR), I would note the use of Israeli flags and the total absence of russian flags», - he wrote.
The columnist also stressed that those present held placards against «Ukrainian Nazism».
«It was obvious that most of those who came to shout were of pre-retirement and retirement age. Whereas pro-Ukrainian rallies in Israel, which easily gather thousands of participants on ordinary days and, in the largest cases, 20,000 Israelis, consist mainly of young and middle-aged people. This is the generational difference between the past and the future», - said Shimon Briman.
The journalist also noted that the Ambassador of Ukraine to Israel Yevhen Korniychuk addressed the audience.
«He did what russian diplomats never do, who are locked in the embassy building during real mass protests by Israelis. Ambassador Korniychuk was not afraid to shout. When he approached them, he politely asked how much they were paid per hour and whether the Israeli law on the minimum hourly wage was being violated», - the columnist concluded.