DISINFO: Israel's Soviet Jews are betraying their ancestors' memory
SUMMARY
Why does Israel support Ukraine? Israel is a multifaceted state, and Ukraine is supported by former Soviet citizens who suffer from an old inferiority complex. But in Israel, more than half of the population are Sephardic Jews - people from Morocco, Yemen, Iran, Iraq, Tunisia, Algeria and other countries who do not care about anything that happens between Russia and Ukraine. Add to this a huge number of ultra-Orthodox Jews who do not care at all, and have not even heard about it.
The bottom line is that there are only about 10 percent of the Jews who are very loud and stupid, who received a bad education and need to vent their anger in something because of their failed lives. They are the authors of the Russian-language Israeli media, illiterate and stupid. They betray the memory of their ancestors, who were killed by Bandera's degenerates, for no other reason than that 'Jews must be killed.'
RESPONSE
This message is a part of the pro-Kremlin antisemitic narrative that relies on dehumanisation, false generalisations, and historical distortion. Read more about antisemitism in pro-Kremlin disinformation.
The claim that Sephardic Jews, who come from a variety of Middle Eastern countries, are disinterested in global issues is a gross generalisation and is not supported by any credible evidence. Moreover, Israeli public opinion on international matters, including the war in Ukraine, is more nuanced and cannot be reduced to simplified demographic lines.
Support for Ukraine is not limited to a specific Jewish group in Israel, but is a broad opinion. This is documented by a poll conducted by the Israel Democracy Institute, which finds the percentage of Israeli immigrants from Soviet countries holding Russia responsible for the war is close to 69.3%, while 77% non-Soviet immigrants (including Sephardic Jews) though Russia was responsible for the war.
The myth of Nazi-ruled Ukraine has been the cornerstone of Russian disinformation about the country since the very beginning of the 2013-14 Euromaidan protests, when it was used to discredit the pro-European popular uprising in Kyiv and, subsequently, the broader pro-Western shift in Ukraine's foreign policy. Far-right groups in Ukraine had a very limited presence during the Euromaidan itself and had poor results in the 2019 election cycle, falling short of the 5% cut off minimum guaranteeing entry into parliament. A law passed in Ukraine in 2015 bans Nazi and Communist ideologies. The law prohibits the public use and propaganda of Nazi and Communist symbols. Far-right groups do exist in Ukraine, like in any other country, but they have a minor influence on politics and social life. Read a more detailed debunk here, as well as our analysis titled "Why does Putin portray himself as the tamer of neo-Nazism".
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