Reading the Globe #020: Israel and Ukraine; Cuban Artist Protest; Boston Bomber Condemned; Times Publishes Student's Lament on Academic Chill

Reading the Globe: A weekly digest of the most important news, ideas and culture around the world. por Michael Washburn

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The Israeli Path to Peace

There may be hope. Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelensky, and Israel’s prime minister, Naftali Bennett, have been speaking on a regular basis since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine on February 24. On March 8, Zelensky personally thanked Bennett for intervening in the conflict and trying to help bring Vladimir Putin to the negotiating table. And if Bennett is not quite Talleyrand, he does appear to have brought diplomatic skills of a very high order to the table.

An article in the Jerusalem Post on March 8 describes Bennett as an intermediary who has been “passing messages” between Russia and Ukraine without explicitly identifying himself with one side or the other.

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