Russia is shifting towards the Palestinians and away from Israel. From Mohamad Hasan Sweidan at thecradle.co:
Photo Credit: The Cradle
In the past few years, Russia’s expanding ties with the Palestinian resistance movement Hamas have contributed to the growing list of issues that muddy relations between Moscow and Tel Aviv. After Hamas’ 27 October visit to Moscow following the Al-Aqsa Flood operation, Israel’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs declared the trip “sends a message of legitimizing terrorism against the Israelis.” Yet Hamas officials have continued to flock to the Russian capital, most recently in late January.
The Russian position on the war in Gaza
Since the onset of Israel’s brutal military assault on Gaza, Russia’s official stance has been closer to the Palestinian position, evident by Moscow’s various UN Security Council activities: calling for a ceasefire, statements by Russian officials criticizing Israeli criminality, repeat meetings with Hamas in Moscow, and the country’s officialmedia’s focus on human rights violation in the Gaza Strip.
Despite the long-term collaborative nature of Russo-Israeli relations, the Ukraine war has rejigged Moscow’s geopolitical calculations significantly. Today, Russia views the Gaza war and its regional implications from the perspective of its competition with the US and, therefore, considers Israel a critical tool of American influence in West Asia. The Russian leadership considers the current conflict to be as much Washington’s battle as Tel Aviv’s – a weakened Israel would mean the further disintegration of US power projection from the Levant to the Persian Gulf, a strategic Russian objective.
Although Tel Aviv and Moscow still retain common interests of value to both, it is the US–Russian strategic competition that currently holds the most sway over the Kremlin’s decision-making.
Did the former west take out Navalny to make Putin look bad?
Moronic scripts that can be figured out a by a sixth grader.
LMFAO! Foreign policy page says Pooty Poot’s (h/t-Shrubya) Byzantine rebuild is destined to fail as everything burns down around them.
Meanwhile in Russia you can be safe on the Metro and it is clean.
Of course alliances are forming up against the sodomite sewer pipe abomination of desolation, as it should be.
Twas ever thus.
Enjoying Russian download pages and might even pick up some Vodka while it’s still allowed.
Love that Cheech and Chong scene where the “honorable” judge has vodka in the water glass on the bench and no I’m not partaking any more of muh weed…for now.