Is Israel backing Russia against the EU?

Israel and Russia against the EU: the awkward alliance nobody confirms

Is Israel supporting Russia in its standoff with the European Union? The question sounds like a spy movie script, but it circulates freely in certain geopolitical analyses. The thesis is simple: Israel benefits from a weak, divided and dependent Europe, an order closer to that of 1991, when decisions were made in Washington and Moscow, than to the current one. And to achieve it, it would have extended a hand to Russia, looking the other way on Ukraine while Moscow does the same on Gaza.

The shadowy friendship between Pilingui and Netanyahu

The relationship between the two leaders is the core of this line of thinking. The claim is that both need each other: Russia needs Israel not to push for Ukraine, and Israel needs Russia not to condemn its actions. The price, according to this reading, would be paid by Europe, pushed onto a double front: military in the east and energy in the south.

Flour as a barometer

The data point squeezed as proof of Europe's fragility is small but telling: in Germany, a kilo of flour costs around 0.70 euros and social benefits have risen again. For supporters of the thesis, that is the result of a geopolitics in which Europe never quite wakes up, a sleeping giant that has yet to discover its own strength.

Of course, the story has holes. The same discussion admits that Russia is a colossus of clay, cornered in Ukraine and far from Soviet-era capability. If Israel were betting on such an ally, someone should warn it that the ship is taking on water. It may all be smoke in the end, but in the meantime nobody explains why the EU keeps playing on every front at once.