As far as has been noticable from Europe, the US governments have been pushing their mal-management on to Israel for years on end now.
The Russians were just a good cover up story, because many americans still view the Russians as the big evil alcoholic druglords.
Yes, Russia has some.. strange things going on. But not all of the problems can be blamed on that. Sure, things havnt been great in Israel either, but no blame there either really.
The irregularities became obvious with the exploding floors in the WTC. when suddenly the middle east was to blame for that, when in reality it was an inside job. Not just an airplane... Oh well.. seems like they have some great makeup artists... Making up cover stories...