It is one of the unforgiving principles of the laws of armed conflict that even when one side in a war commits crimes that violate the law, the other is still bound to uphold it.
By uniting Ukraine and Israel, there is an opportunity to remind the world that the fights of these twocountries are also the fights of Europe and the West.
Tetiana Kocheva, a Ukrainian refugee, fled her home in Kharkiv after Russia invaded last year, taking refuge in Israel s coastal town of Ashkelon. Her husband had worked in Israel in the past, and she thought taking their three children there would guarantee living in peace. However, on October 7, Hamas attacked Israel, leading to a war that has since killed thousands. Kocheva, along with several thousand other Ukrainian refugees, fled war for a second time.
UNHCR reveal that refugees are returning to Ukraine, bomb shelters have been developed into classrooms, and houses are being repaired in the run-up to winter.