Search: Palestine,Russia (13 materials)

 

The Developments in the Middle East: a Reflection of the World’s Bigger Picture

... bomb might eventually detonate in the foreseeable future, among other things. One explanation for the current situation around Palestine lies in the distinct nature of Hamas, which has an ambiguous reputation in the Arab world. Cairo does not hold it in ... ... 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 ...

06.09.2024

“Light of the World” No More. China and Russia Should Help Restore Multipolarity in the Middle East

... that countries in the Middle East should support the West by standing on the “right side of history”, namely by sanctioning Russia for the military stand-off with Ukraine and China for the “internment camps” in Xinjiang. Yet it ignores the fact that ... ... continues to ignore the elephant in the room and the plight of the Palestinians. Hostilities will resume periodically between Palestine and Israel, which means that permanent peace in the region remains impossible. While the U.S. was initially supportive ...

30.07.2024

Israel Will Have to Negotiate with Hamas

... the same time, we are actively interacting with the Palestinian side and maintaining regular political contacts with the PNA leadership. All analytics prepared after such meetings are sent to Moscow and are taken into consideration when formulating Russia’s foreign policy toward Israel and Palestine. During the visit we also had interesting meetings at the Russian Ecclesiastical Mission in Jerusalem. We discussed the specifics of the Mission’s activities in Israel and the status of land lots that have belonged to the Russian Ecclesiastical ...

18.07.2024

Palestinian Statehood after October 7: Any Odds of Success?

... “falling under the genocide convention” and announced precautionary measures to protect the Palestinian population. U.S.-Israel-Palestine Almost all of the American presidents have paid some heed to the Palestinian problem in their Middle East policy, claiming ... ... conflict is detrimental to its interests in the Muslim world. The monopolization of the peace process by the United States, in Russia’s view, was one of the reasons that led to the horrific events in the Gaza Strip and a new escalation of tensions in ...

27.02.2024

Moscow has long urged for organizing a top-level meeting between Palestinians and Israelis in Russia

... acting as a mediator in talks on the Palestinian problem dates back to the Soviet era. It’s been a non-starter due to the West’s dogged determination to keep the Soviets out of the strategic Middle East region. But although Cold War has ended, any Russian attempt to highlight the Palestine problem as the core issue in the Middle East will run into strong headwinds from Tel Aviv and Washington. So, why is Naumkin, a top establishment pundit (who heads the Russian Academy of Science’s hallowed Institute of Oriental Studies), wading ...

07.06.2018

Trump and Putin Arrive in the Middle East

There has been no better time in recent history where Russia-U.S. bilateral relations are positioned best to leverage their coordinated influence on the divided sectarian and tribalistic theatre in the Middle East to broker a negotiated resolution on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict that has been holding ...

01.02.2017

Western Democracy Is on Trial, More than Any Time Since WWII

... show kindness and compassion to refugees, may be ousted sooner by politics rather than later for her troubles, and other governments balk at attempts to coordinate regional refugee and economic policies. In France, a rising far-right party funded by Russian President Vladimir Putin’s government may possibly come to control France in the coming years. Poland seems to be in the process of destroying its democracy. A series of complacent governments in places like Greece, Italy, and Spain set ...

17.04.2016

Iran’s Regional Policy: A Fresh Start?

... [35] . Now that Iran's economy is unsound, Europe could make Tehran a lucrative offer in order to alleviate its dependence on Russia, which in its turn should do its best and outbid the Europeans by setting out better conditions for the transportation ... ... http://time.com/3138366/iran-and-hamas-alliance-after-gaza-war/ 15 . http://america.aljazeera.com/opinions/2014/8/iran-hamas-palestinenuclearnegotiations.html 16 . Interview of Khaled Mashal to Shamil Sultanov. http://wordyou.ru/v-mire/rossiya-budet-prirastat-blizhnim-vostokom....

16.12.2014

Moscow treads lightly in Gaza

... solution to the Palestinian issue. While the population of the Arab and Islamic world has expressed outrage at Israel’s actions in Gaza, commentators in the media point out that most Arab governments are taking a more cautious stance. The official Russian response to the steep escalation of the situation in Palestine stands between neutral and a somewhat half-hearted wait-and-see. In a July 18 interview with Russia 24, Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov declared that President Vladimir Putin, in a recent conversation with US President Barack Obama and Israeli ...

25.07.2014

Palestine-Israel Talks: Temporary Deadlock or Total Failure?

... 2013–2014. Tel-Aviv: The Institute for National Security, 2014. 7 . President Obama's 2009 idea about resumption of the Israel-Palestine process on the basis of borders before 1967 has driven Israel into deep frustration. The American-Israeli differences ... ... Israel Journal of Foreign Affairs. 2009. Vol. 3. № 2. P. 7. 8 . The issue was many times discussed during the Hamas visits to Russia, i.e. in early March 2006, in late February 2007, and in January 2010. Russian Foreign Ministry underlined that a radical ...

23.07.2014
 

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