The "time-limited" "Israel model" LOL

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The 'Israel model' was first mentioned last month by the New York Times, which described it as a time-limited commitment to maintain the flow of Western weapons to Ukraine.

"TIME-LIMITED COMMITMENT."       


US preparing 'Israel-style' security guarantees for Ukraine – Biden         
Kiev is not yet ready for NATO membership, the US leader told CNN
https://www.rt.com/news/579366-biden-ukraine-israel-style-security/

The US is willing to offer Kiev a sort of security arrangement currently offered to Israel instead of membership in NATO, President Joe Biden told CNN in an interview previewed on Friday.

"I don't think it's ready for membership in NATO," Biden said of Ukraine. "I don't think there is unanimity in NATO about whether or not to bring Ukraine into the NATO family now, at this moment, in the middle of a war."

Membership in the US-led military bloc means a commitment to defend all of its territory, so "if the war is going on, then we're all in a war. We're at war with Russia, if that were the case," Biden told CNN's Fareed Zakaria.

Ukraine has demanded an invitation from NATO, or at least an announcement of when it might be ready to bring it on board, at the upcoming summit in Vilnius, Lithuania. The octogenarian US president said it is "premature" to call for a vote right now and described NATO as "a process that takes some time" and involves reforms such as democratization. The US needs to present a "rational path" for Ukraine to qualify for membership, Biden said.

"And one of the things I indicated is, the United States would be ready to provide, while the process was going on, and that's gonna take a while, to provide security a la the security we provide for Israel: providing the weaponry they need, the capacity to defend themselves," Biden said, adding, "If there is an agreement, if there is a ceasefire, if there is a peace agreement."

It was not clear what he meant by this, as Kiev has rejected any talk of a 'frozen conflict' or ceasefire, and the US has pledged not to negotiate about Ukraine without the Ukrainians, while Russia has said it will not deal with President Vladimir Zelensky, but only with his Western handlers.

The 'Israel model' was first mentioned last month by the New York Times, which described it as a time-limited commitment to maintain the flow of Western weapons to Ukraine. The US and its allies have supplied Kiev with over $100 billion in weapons, ammunition, and equipment in 2022 alone, according to Russian military estimates.

Biden told Zakaria that his priority is "holding NATO together" because it is his assessment and that of the US intelligence community that breaking up the bloc is one of Russia's policy objectives. He also said that Russian President Vladimir Putin had asked for a US commitment that Ukraine would not join NATO at the summit in Geneva two years ago, but that Biden refused, citing the bloc's 'open door policy'.

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US reveals substance of 'Israeli-style' security guarantees for Ukraine     
The framework would include material support and intel sharing, a national security advisor has said
https://www.rt.com/russia/579462-us-israel-model-ukraine/

Israeli-style security guarantees, which the West could potentially offer Ukraine in lieu of full NATO membership, would provide Kiev with long-term military assistance and other types of support, National Security Advisor Jake Sullivan proposed on Sunday.

Speaking aboard Air Force One en route to London, Sullivan was asked to elaborate on the 'Israel-style' security arrangement for Ukraine which US President Joe Biden mooted last week. The president said that while Ukraine will not be ready for NATO membership until the conflict with Russia is over, the West could still provide the Ukrainians with the "capacity to defend themselves."

Sullivan described the concept as a "multilateral framework" that should be discussed first with America's allies and partners.

Washington "will negotiate bilateral security commitments with Ukraine for the long term," which means that the US would be "prepared to provide various forms of military assistance, intelligence and information sharing, cyber support and other forms of material support" to Kiev so that it can "defend itself and deter future aggression," he said.

Sullivan noted that Biden would likely discuss this plan with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky, as well as other Western leaders, at the NATO summit in Vilnius, Lithuania scheduled for July 11-12.

The next stage will involve negotiating the terms and duration of the Israeli-style support, he said, adding that this framework would also necessitate "working very closely with the Congress, because to provide that support effectively requires resources."

Deliberations about an 'Israeli model' for Ukraine were first reported by the New York Times in mid-June. At the time, the paper noted that while this plan would not provide Kiev with collective security guarantees, it would ensure an uninterrupted flow of arms to the embattled country.

The report also suggested that this commitment would be shorter than the ten-year agreement signed with Israel. According to the 2016 memorandum of understanding, the US provides Israel with $3.3 billion in foreign military financing annually, with another $500 million earmarked for cooperative programs for missile defense.

In recent weeks, Ukrainian officials have attempted to shift the blame for the lack of battlefield successes onto the West, pointing to delays in weapon shipments, while intensifying their demands to be accepted into NATO.

The US-led military bloc has been reluctant to make guarantees to Ukraine, with NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg saying that any meaningful discussion on the matter could only start if Kiev prevails over Russia.