Why have there been two, secret high-level meetings between Russian and Israeli leaders?
Russia may be getting Israel’s help with Georgia in exchange for halting missile sales to Iran. Are Russia and Israel cutting a strategic deal aimed at undermining their respective foes, Georgia and Iran? In a week that will see a crucial summit between Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Barack Obama, and Palestinian leader Mahmoud Abbas on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York on Tuesday, and intense discussion about Iran’s alleged drive to obtain nuclear weapons in advance of multi-power talks set for Oct. 1, few may be paying much attention to recent moves involving Russia. But speculation is cranked high in Moscow, after President Dmitry Medvedev admitted in a weekend CNN interview that Mr. Netanyahu paid a secret visit to the Kremlin on Sept. 7. It followed off-the-record talks between the Russian president and his Israeli counterpart Shimon Peres at Mr. Medvedev’s vacation home in Sochi in August. “Prime Minister Netanyahu came to Moscow,” Medvede
