You can’t tell the players without a program, and in today’s Winnipeg Free Press, Mideast columnist Samuel Segev has an indepth look at how Israel “has become indirectly involved in the Russian-Georgian conflict over South Ossetia.”
According to Segev, Russia has been highly critical of Israel’s arming of Georgia, saying that it will not stop supplying  Syria and Iran with defence systems while Israel continues to sell weapons to Georgia. “In addition, two former Israeli generals are in Georgia training elite commando units. Such conduct, [Russia] warned, could eventually harm Russian-Israeli relations.”
Segev traces the relationship between Israel and Georgia to 1993, when Israel approached Georgia about getting information from Iran on missing Israeli navigator Ron Arad. The relationship grew as Israel supplied Georgia with much-needed food and medical supplies and, eventually, arms.
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