[HIGHLIGHTS] The Challenge of the West - and Kyiv: Bringing the Countries of the Global South Closer | Israel Hayom

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy made a surprise visit to the Arab League summit in Jeddah. It was the first time since the outbreak of Syria's civil war in 2011 that a president had lost his league status.

For Saudi Arabia, the invitation was a continuation of the game of neutrality, writes Frida Ghitis. Ghitis: Without the Global South, the West may find itself in a kind of isolation. "We will never surrender to foreigners or colonialists," the Ukrainian president told his Arab hosts.