Peace in the Middle East: Russia’s Role in the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict

... recognizes Canada as a state and vice versa. What each state does internally is its own business. Under Netanyahu’s leadership, he has always suggested that the Palestinians are divided and when they did unite he suggested that they are aligning with Hamas—a “terrorist” organization—and, thus, Israel cannot negotiate with the Palestinians. In reality, Hamas conducted terrorist activities in the past, but today they are very popular with Gazans, East Jerusalemites, and West Bankers. If elections ...