Objectives of Israel’s and Russia’s Wars ‘nearly Identical’ - Did Lavrov Shift Position on Gaza?
Objectives of Israel’s and Russia’s Wars ‘nearly Identical’ - Did Lavrov Shift Position on Gaza?
In a strange shift, Lavrov was quoted as saying that Israel’s war on Gaza is identical to Moscow’s military operation against Ukraine.
In a strange shift, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov was quoted as saying that Israel’s war on Gaza is identical to Moscow’s military operation against Ukraine.
The comments, attributed to Russia’s top diplomat, were cited by Russia Today in an interview on Thursday with RIA Novosti.
“The goals declared by Israel for its ongoing operation against Hamas militants in Gaza seem nearly identical to those put forward by Moscow in its campaign against the Ukrainian government,” RT quoted Lavrov as saying.
According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, 21,320 Palestinians have been killed, and 55,603 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.
Palestinian and international estimates say that the majority of those killed and wounded are women and children.
Many international law experts have accused Israel of carrying out a genocide in the besieged Gaza Strip.
If there’s one thing the Ukraine War should have taught everyone, it’s that you can never expect ideological consistency from Russia’s government or Russian propaganda. Russia’s foreign policy is purely transactional.
It's not even transactional, it's embarrassing. Like the people leading the place
Same objectives, speedrunning warcrimes and every form of genocide.
What are the forms of genocide?
Two weeks now and the numbers of reported Palestinians death in these news articles is 21000.. along with injuries and lack of water, shelter, food, and many diseases.
If what he is saying is that Russia wants the land known as Ukraine and Israel wants the land known as Gaza; I agree, Russia and Israel have similar goals.
And the USA is the innocent littler flower who never did nuffin in either place.
About what, genocide? You might be onto something there, Sergey.
About as expected, sadly Russia and China likes doing both sides on Palestine. Infinitely better than what Brandon and the west are doing but still, L.
Like, Hamas leadership (and PLO in the 90s) has visited Russia on multiple occasions, so clearly the relations are alright. I do think part of Lavrov's rhetoric mentioned in this article is just diplomatic nonsense.
I so miss the USSR
I wouldn't count out the pressure of dual citizens and interest groups too, it's not like the US is the only place that has an Israel lobby, Russian is spoken by around 1/5 people in Israel, although some of that 20% would also account for Russian speakers originally from other parts of the USSR, that is still a very substantial connection.
Looks like Palestinian liberation forces are armed with Chinese weapons. Remember that Chinese foreign policy is realpolitik, and doesn't necessarily represent their ideological line.
You know you're doing something wrong when you're doing the same thing as the Russians (I mean also when you're doing genocide, but apparently that's too little nuance nowadays).
If what he is saying is that Russia wants the land known as Ukraine and Israel wants the land known as Gaza; I agree, Russia and Israel have similar goals.