Facing blowback, Israel’s foreign minister defends siding with Russia at the UN
Saar said Israel voted “no” to support the American push for an end to the war — and that Israel hadn’t changed its views on the conflict.
Israel’s new foreign minister, Gideon Saar, in a photo from a speech he gave in the Israeli city of Ramat Gan, July 10, 2022. (photo credit: JACK GUEZ/AFP VIA GETTY IMAGES)ByBEN SALES/JTA