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Uncle Joe

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3. I wouldn't be the least bit surprised
Sat Jun 6, 2026, 07:11 PM
Saturday

if Putin and Netanyahu are surreptitiously connected.

Their interests and demographics are largely synchronized.

In the early 90s Russian immigration into Israel exploded with the collapse of the Soviet Union.

Russia/Ukraine (Former USSR)
1,756,701

Morocco, Algeria & Tunisia
364,745

Romania
277,018

Poland
174,187

Iraq
131,065

United States
123,824

Ethiopia
96,208

France
83,538

Iran
81,154

Argentina
64,212

Turkey
64,352

Yemen
51,551

Bulgaria
44,529

Egypt and Sudan
38,046

Libya
36,120

United Kingdom
38,171

Hungary
33,008

India
29,536

Czechoslovakia (Former)
24,785

South Africa
22,623

Germany
21,215

Brazil
15,764

Canada
13,390

Georgia
12,552

Yugoslavia (Former)
11,067

Syria
10,254

https://jewishvirtuallibrary.org/total-immigration-to-israel-by-country-of-origin

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That's a very large percentage of Israel's small total population.

Within a very short period of time after that Netanyahu would lead a mock funeral protest against Yitzhak Rabin's peace attempts with the Palestinians, and Rabin would be assassinated on November 4th, 1995

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/jYeV68qMNlQ

Now as Russia's war against Ukraine is becoming increasingly costly for the Russian People both in blood and treasure, Netanyahu convinces *rump to attack Iran knowing that the Strait Of Hormuz would be closed as result cutting off a major source of oil for the world jacking up the price of oil and, and de facto helping Russia fund it's war against Ukraine.

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