in berlin is ben aris, founder and editor in chief of bne intelli news.also the former moscow bureau chief for the daily telegraph. also in bratislava, pavel dharmesh, a former slovakian foreign prime minister and advisor to slovakia's first president after the breakup of czechoslovakia. a warm welcome to all of you and thank you for joining us on the program. before we look at the broader geopolitical implications of this election, i want to first get your take on the results. were you surprised by fico's win , albeit he does need to form a coalition still, but what does that say about voters in slovakia? guest: it was a very tight election and one of those extremely important ones because they were deciding about policy both at home, and also foreign policy of slovakia. and until the last moment, it was not clear whether he is going to win, or now a second progressive party which happened to be the second, or the international community got quite interested in this, because the unity of nato, two groupings of which slovakia is a member of since 2004, sh

explained, but not all israeli politicians consider the palestinians to be equal people; knesset member ben ariabies in the gas deserve to die. there's no equality there is no equality, the children in gaza brought this on themselves, and we, the people who live in peace and want to live, have no equality, so it is not surprising that the unconditional support of the allies that netanyahu spoke about does not seem unconditional at all, that's what it is about writes the washington post. undoubtedly, the biden administration has changed its position, from the original, we will support you, just tell me how, it has moved to, you really need it. his own strategy, biden has his own interests, a protracted war, this is what the public and israeli politicians are preparing for, destroys the us strategic plans for the alliance of the sunni monarchies of the persian gulf with israel against iran, and sharply reduces the chances of survival of the hostages, about whom biden is asked regularly, not to mention the need to justify an ally who carried out a massacre on a patch of land with a population of t

his name is arie ben yehuda, he is 58 years old, and he has nothing to do with ukraine.ties with ukraine, my ex corrects me an israeli policeman who has been fighting for ukraine for over a year and a half. after seeing footage of the war from ukraine and hearing president zelensky's call to foreign fighters to come to help ukraine, i thought: "i have knowledge and experience, i should go and help." the experience of serving in the israeli army and more than 22 years of police service is what was needed, he was confirmed at the ukrainian embassy in tel aviv, and a few days later he was already in ukraine, and soon on the front lines. he names places where he had to fight side by side with ukrainians. first as part of the international legion, and later in the regular ukrainian brigade. according to him, ukrainians welcomed him with open arms. to the front line, the more ukrainians appreciate what you do for them, the attitude of those whom we freed cannot be compared with the attitude of people in kyiv or lviv, who are also sometimes bombed, but they are not under threat