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Russia shows itself to be no friend of Israel
National Post ^ | 10/14/2023 | Adam Zivo

Posted on 10/15/2023 9:07:21 AM PDT by marcusmaximus

After years of cozying up to Vladimir Putin, Benjamin Netanyahu finds himself abandoned.

Russia has responded to Hamas’ slaughter of Israeli civilians with silence, false equivalencies and, in some cases, outright glee. At this point it seems obvious that the Kremlin is no friend of Israel’s and that Israeli President Benjamin Netanyahu’s strategic courtship of Moscow was a mistake.

When Russian President Vladimir Putin came to power, he made a concerted effort to strengthen relations with Israel. To this end, he helped establish visa-free travel between the two countries in 2008 and promoted Russo-Israeli cultural ties.

This rapprochement was significant given that, during the Soviet era, Moscow encouraged both legal and informal antisemitism, spurring thousands of Jewish Russians to emigrate to Israel.

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After Hamas slaughtered more than 1,000 people in Israel this weekend, a chorus of indignation rose from almost all of the country’s friends — and in that din, Russia was silent.

For days, Putin made no calls to Netanyahu, even though the two men had a close relationship and had spoken 11 times the previous year. The Russian response to Hamas’ attack was to pin blame on the United States and call for a ceasefire, which would effectively leave Hamas off the hook.

At an emergency meeting of the UN Security Council, Russia joined China in condemning “all attacks against civilians,” but did not specifically criticize Hamas. Russia has also advocated that Israel pull its borders back to where they were in 1967 — a move which Israel has traditionally rejected.

Russia’s state media and online propagandists have celebrated the slaughter of Jews with barely-concealed joy.

(Excerpt) Read more at nationalpost.com ...


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KEYWORDS: hamasfriend; hezbollahfriend; iransfriend; israel; netanyahu; newtrollformarcus; putin; putinsfolly; russia
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To: JoSixChip

He’s a Soros/Schwab/Zelensky spambot. Nothing but globalist lies and disinformation from the ultra-left, trying to foment WW3.


21 posted on 10/15/2023 9:26:11 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (America Owes Anita Bryant An Enormous Apology)
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To: marcusmaximus

Israel and the rest of the world.

It’s a spiritual war.

Demons know it is in the Bible, Jesus will return to the land of Israel.. And Jesus is the final word in all of history.. And the future.
People may not know why the world sides against Israel.. But the demons know.. They are the influencers..of the mind.

People dont decapitate babies.. It’s too horrible to even think it.. But the demons of hell are totally void of any limits.. They do the work of Satan..

And their followers were in the streets condemning Israel.. They are under the control of those demons..
You will find Israel defended by the Christians.. And God in Heaven.


22 posted on 10/15/2023 9:26:18 AM PDT by frnewsjunkie
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To: JoSixChip
Russians gonna Russia.


23 posted on 10/15/2023 9:27:47 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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To: fieldmarshaldj

Tell Putin to condemn Hamas.


24 posted on 10/15/2023 9:28:47 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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To: marcusmaximus

Reagan’s quote doesn’t apply to the corrupt D.C. establishment who wants us involved in foreign wars.


25 posted on 10/15/2023 9:30:48 AM PDT by Extremely Extreme Extremist
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To: marcusmaximus

Tell Zelensky to stop sending weapons to Hamas.


26 posted on 10/15/2023 9:32:19 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (America Owes Anita Bryant An Enormous Apology)
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To: Extremely Extreme Extremist

27 posted on 10/15/2023 9:33:51 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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To: Dutch Boy

How does a Russian begin telling a joke? By looking over his shoulder! Now it’s happening here.


28 posted on 10/15/2023 9:34:37 AM PDT by Torahman (Remember the Maccabees )
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To: fieldmarshaldj
Your Arafat died of AIDS.


29 posted on 10/15/2023 9:35:21 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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To: Torahman

Scary but true.


30 posted on 10/15/2023 9:36:02 AM PDT by Dutch Boy (The only thing worse than having something taken from you is to have it returned broken. )
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To: JoSixChip

31 posted on 10/15/2023 9:42:22 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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To: MinorityRepublican

I don’t trust Turkey in NATO


32 posted on 10/15/2023 9:43:35 AM PDT by tsowellfan
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To: marcusmaximus

Never has been.


33 posted on 10/15/2023 9:45:01 AM PDT by vpintheak (There is no Trans. There is only mentally ill)
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To: tsowellfan

I would prefer Egypt in NATO instead of Turkey. But I know that depends on the government. Turkey used to be pro-American when their Generals were influential and tried to follow the secular state under Ataturk.


34 posted on 10/15/2023 9:46:25 AM PDT by MinorityRepublican
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To: fieldmarshaldj

Anti-Israel protesters attack people with Israeli flags at a protest in Los Angeles, USA

https://twitter.com/visegrad24/status/1713596172877668661


35 posted on 10/15/2023 9:46:53 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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To: marcusmaximus

Replace Erdogan with Xi and you have the full axis.

Of evil, that is.


36 posted on 10/15/2023 9:51:02 AM PDT by libh8er
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37 posted on 10/15/2023 9:54:04 AM PDT by marcusmaximus
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To: marcusmaximus

Two front war

Much better for Russia now

Dnc marxist mobocrats want regime change

In independent diversity free Russia - Israel too


38 posted on 10/15/2023 9:56:10 AM PDT by Firehath (Quackery - An irrelevant simplification / undetected Complex problem - attacking symptoms)
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To: marcusmaximus

Your boyfriend ? That would explain a lot about you.


39 posted on 10/15/2023 9:57:25 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (America Owes Anita Bryant An Enormous Apology)
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To: marcusmaximus

You gonna tell your idol Zelensky to stop selling weapons to Hamas ?


40 posted on 10/15/2023 9:58:19 AM PDT by fieldmarshaldj (America Owes Anita Bryant An Enormous Apology)
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