‘You can’t mediate between good and evil’: Zelensky slams Israel, then softens tone

President tells Knesset Israel will have to live with its choice not to take sides but changes tack in video afterwards, saying ‘we understand Israel must protect its citizens’

Zelensky after Knesset speech: We understand Israel must protect its citizens (Times of Israel)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky changes tack and thanks Israel in his nightly video address, after criticizing Israel in a speech to lawmakers earlier in the day

‘You can’t mediate between good and evil’: Zelensky tells Israel how he really feels (Times of Israel)
In a bitter, accusatory address to lawmakers, Ukraine’s president castigates Israel for failing to help his country fight off Russia, savages Bennett’s approach to halting the war

Zelensky tells Knesset Russia envisages a ‘final solution’ for Ukraine (Guardian)
President says Vladimir Putin intends to ‘destroy our people’ and that Israel will have to live with its choice not to take sides

'Why won't Israel give Ukraine weapons?' Zelensky criticises Knesset (Jerusalem Post)
Zelensky praised the Iron Dome as the best missile defence system, asking why Israel was not supplying Ukraine with defensive weapons

'Holocaust is not war': Israeli ministers, lawmakers slam Zelensky's speech (Haaretz)
Some Israeli lawmakers and ministers call to continue supporting Ukraine, despite the Ukrainian president's use of terms like 'final solution'

Arab Israeli MKs skip Zelensky’s Knesset speech: ‘NATO imposed this war’ (Times of Israel)
Only Ra’am’s Walid Taha attends Ukrainian president’s address to the Knesset; no Joint List MKs present, with some refusing to condemn Russian invasion