Israel's Prime Minister naftalibennett arrived in Russia on Saturday to meet with President Vladimir Putin, breaking a sacred religious edict in the hopes of achieving peace.
The prime minister, who is Jewish, took off for Moscow early Saturday morning, a day when many Jewish people rest in observance of Shabbat. The two leaders engaged in conversations on Wednesday, and Bennett has also spoken with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky over the phone since the conflict began, Bennett's office said in a statement Saturday.
Bennett is Israel's first Orthodox Jewish prime minister, and his decision to travel on Shabbat may in fact be allowed under Jewish law, which provides exceptions if traveling could save a life. "I told them that we are here to fulfill God's will, and on this Shabbat, His will is for us to escape to save lives," the rabbi said, according to lawyer Arsen Ostrovsky.
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