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Source: http://www.haaretz.com/news/diplomacy-defense/.premium-1.590482
Russian Missile Ship Barred from Israeli Port over Ukraine Crisis
(Ha'aretz) Barak Ravid - Israel denied a request by Moscow to let a Russian missile boat anchor at Haifa a month ago, against the backdrop of the crisis in Ukraine, said a senior official in Jerusalem. The official said Israel strives to maintain neutrality over Ukraine; pictures of a Russian warship in Israel would convey that Israel was siding with Moscow. The Israel Security Agency also believed that the docking could facilitate Russian espionage activities in Israel. There were reasons to believe that a similar visit last year was a cover for spying.