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We are patient, steadfast in our land and we demand a halt to the fighting, the provision of humanitarian aid to the Palestinians, and their non-displacement.,
Abbas said during the meeting I think many will agree with me that this is a clear example of the failure of U.S. policy in the Middle East,
Putin said at a Kremlin meeting with Iraqi Prime Minister Mohammed Shia' Al Sudani This is all very bad. This is an absolutely unacceptable political assassination, and it will lead to a further escalation of tensions,
he said, the Russian state news agency RIA Novosti reported The U.N., due to pressure from the U.S., has failed in its mission to give one solution, to adopt one resolution that would implement, ensure the implementation of the rights of the Palestinian people."
In response to Putin's remarks, Abbas reportedly said Everyone is well aware that Russia today, unfortunately, must defend its interests and defend its people with arms in hand. But what is happening in the Middle East, what is happening in Palestine, of course, does not go unnoticed on our part,
Putin said, according to a Kremlin transcript And of course, we are watching with great pain and anxiety the humanitarian catastrophe that has unfolded in Palestine,
We believe in you, we trust you and we feel your support,
We feel that Russia is one of the dearest friends of the Palestinian people
We are concerned above all about civilian losses,
Putin said, ... according to images shown on Russian state television We are doing everything ... to support Palestine and the Palestinian people,
Moscow doesn’t want to see Israel doing anything to arm Ukraine, and they have been appreciative that the Israelis have been restrained in this regard. Israelis, for their part, cite the deconfliction agreement between Russian and Israeli forces with regard to Syria, whereby the Israelis pound the Iranians and Hezbollah, but don’t harm the Russians,
I think if there’s an Israeli-Iranian conflict, what are the prospects for the US entering such a war, and what can Russia actually do?”
Remember the openly anti-Semitic comments by Putin about Zelenskyy’s Jewish roots, or [foreign minister Sergey] Lavrov’s comments on Jews’ responsibility for the Holocaust … all this happened long before October 7,
Because Russian-Israeli relations have been so strained over their criticisms of the war and [their relations with] Iran, the Russians now have smaller-scale diplomatic goals, like for example, they were engaging with Hamas to get Russian hostages out from their territory,
It’s simply important for the Kremlin to show yet again that it’s playing some role, but I don’t think it will amount to anything,
There are things each want from the other,
said Mark N Katz, professor emeritus at George Mason University, When you’re looking at Russia’s engagement with the Palestine question, it’s about more than just Palestine,
Samuel Ramani, author of Russia in Africa, told Al Jazeera But nothing ever came of it,
noted Ruslan Suleymanov, an independent Russian expert on the Middle East now based in Baku It is expected that an exchange of views will be held on the situation in the Middle East in light of the current aggravation of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict and the unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe in the Gaza Strip,
the Kremlin said in a post on the Telegram messaging app If Israel wants to live in safety and peace with its neighbours as a normal, peace-loving state, it should agree to the implementation of the two-state solution that is based on an international legal framework, including the Arab Peace Initiative,
TASS quoted Abbas as saying