... Hamas, which has an ambiguous reputation in the Arab world. Cairo does not hold it in high regard, and Egypt’s current military leadership, not without reason, draws parallels between Palestinian radicals and the Muslim Brotherhood movement (banned in Russia) at home, which has been driven deep underground, but was, alongside Israel, among the founding fathers of Hamas. Damascus has not forgotten that at the beginning of the Syrian civil war, Hamas sided with the political opposition rather than President Bashar Assad. Opinions of Hamas are divided in the Gulf states—while ...
... supporting them. But as state policy becomes less flexible, even this is not enough.
The current US response to the crisis between Israel and its neighbors, which has been dragging on since October 2023, is revealing. We can see that Washington is more reacting ... ... man replacing the diversity of religions and cultures was dominant. This limited the flexibility of foreign policy decisions,
Russia, for its part, sees itself as a Muslim country no less than a Christian one. This means that the concerns and fears of ...
... organization. But for some reason we do not hear any criticism of those countries from Israel.
Bilateral relations between Russia and Israel have taken a hit since the start of the special military operation and the introduction of sanctions against Russia. Israel, which did not impose sanctions on Russia either after 2014 or 2022, is having a rather hard time under pressure from the U.S., its main ally and security guarantor.
For all that, Israel has taken, in my view, a constructive stance on sanctions-related ...
... pan-Arab demands
: “First stop the war, provide humanitarian aid and commit to a just settlement and the establishment of a Palestinian state.” The Saudis do not detail what the Israeli commitments should be, leaving room for constructive negotiations.
Russia, which throughout the Arab-Israeli conflict has consistently pressed for a two-state settlement, welcomes the active participation of Arab states in a comprehensive solution to the Palestinian problem, taking the crisis in Gaza into account. At a meeting with the foreign ministers ...
... detriment of Israeli security. On the other hand, the Israeli leadership is under growing pressure from the West and a large part of the Israeli society to provide more support to Ukraine and to distance itself from Moscow. [
6
] This could result in Russian-Israeli relations becoming more bumpy and less predictable in future.
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Nonetheless, any deterioration of this relationship has its limitations, as Russia and Israel need each other—both ...
... He spoke following his return from Israel, where he bolstered Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu and met with Israel’s war cabinet to demonstrate U.S. support for Netanyahu’s goal of “exterminating Hamas.”
Biden made the case for linking aid to Israel to providing more funds for the proxy war against Russia in Ukraine, which has come under fire in Congress. The ouster of Republican House Speaker Kevin McCarthy on October 3 has plunged the House into chaos. The issue identified by those behind his ouster was made by Rep. Matt Gaetz, who criticized ...
The cost of a conflict with Russia for the United States will be measured not only and not so much by support for Ukraine, but also by the enormous cost of containing the Russian-Chinese tandem
The aggravation of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict is an indicator of the growing imbalance in the existing system of international relations. This imbalance is characterised by the emergence of new conflicts and resumption of old ones, with large-scale human casualties and risks of further ...
... pages of the past, let me recall that the USSR was the first country to recognize de jure the State of Israel back in May 1948. Of course, there were ups and downs in the chronicle of our relationship. Today, it could be assessed with confidence that Russian-Israeli mutually beneficial cooperation has stood the test of time and continues to actively develop in all directions.
Its foundation is formed by an intensive political dialogue, foremost – at the highest level. Inter-parliamentary contacts are progressing,...
... treats it as a secondary issue linked to other, more important policy issues, such as dealings with Iran and the nuclear deal, relations with Turkey, which happens to brand US-backed Syrian Kurdish militias (YPG) as terrorists, as well as dealings with Russia who, in recent years, has become more active in Syria and in the region at large, or ensuring security of US allies in the region (Israel, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Iraq, etc.) who feel threatened by increased Iranian military presence in Syria. Therefore, the Syrian profile is largely viewed in the context of US policies towards Iran, Russia and Turkey, rather than as a separate foreign ...
... is a great power with enormous capabilities and an undeniable contribution in Syria that couldn’t be ignored or rebuked by Iranian officials, the bilateral dynamics may be affected negatively in the long-term.
Notwithstanding close relations with Israel, Russia adopted a position similar to that of Iran regarding the recent peace deals between Israel and some Arab nations. While
underlining
its own role in the Middle East peace process, Moscow
announced
U.S.-brokered peace deals “should not be used ...
