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Russia backs Hamas terrorists, calls Israel ‘occupying power’ that ‘does not’ have right to self-defense

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Russia this week declared that Israel has no right to self-defense and labeled its would-be ally an ‘occupying power’ in a move that undermines years of work from Jerusalem to improve its relationship with Moscow.

‘The only thing [the West] can muster is continued pronouncements about Israel’s supposed right to self-defense. Although, as an occupying power, it does not have that power,’ Russian Amb. Vasily Nebenzya said during his speech at the United Nations General Assembly session on the conflict. Nebenzya clarified that Israel can ‘fight terror,’ but urged the country to ‘fight terrorists and not civilians.’ 

Nebenzya also condemned Western ‘hypocrisy’ over Palestinian deaths and compared it to the outcry over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, according to The Moscow Times. 

‘In other situations, [Western nations] call for the respect of humanitarian law, set up inquiry commissions and impose sanctions on those who use force as a last resort to stop years of violence,’ Nebenzya said, but that on the ‘destruction in Gaza … they play mum.’ 

Russian President Vladimir Putin remained muted in the days immediately following the Hamas terrorist attack on Israel, which The New York Times suggested spoke ‘volumes’ about the state of relations between the two countries. To underscore the seeming shift in policy, Moscow hosted representatives from Hamas and Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani. 

The meeting aimed to determine ways to stop ‘Zionist crimes supported by the United States and the West,’ The Times of Israel reported.  

With the Russian ambassador’s statement at the United Nations this week, that policy appears to have flown out the window, according to Rebekah Koffler, a strategic military intelligence analyst and the author of ‘Putin’s Playbook.’ 

‘Russia has unequivocally sided with the terrorists, which marks a reversal of Moscow’s 20-plus years of largely pro-Israel policy,’ Koffler told Fox News Digital. 

‘Putin has been orienting Russia towards the East — China, India — and the Arab world, and will do anything to undermine the West or its allies, in this case Israel’ and that Russia’s actions this week could ‘score points’ with the Arab world and served as ‘payback’ for Israel’s aid to Ukraine, she said.

Koffler noted that Putin’s decisions could work toward ‘undoing years of work suppressing radical Islamic extremism’ and playing into the growing anti-Israel and antisemitic sentiments flooding the world. 

Russia, in particular, suffered a particularly embarrassing and horrifying incident last weekend as residents in the Russian region of Dagestan stormed an airport after hearing that a flight from Israel was inbound. Hundreds of men, some of them carrying banners with antisemitic slogans, even rushed the tarmac to find the plane. 

The men clashed with police officers as what may have started as a protest quickly devolved into a riot that injured 20 people — none of them Israeli — and resulted in 80 arrests. Russia opened a criminal probe into who organized the protest, but Putin attempted to blame Ukraine and Western spy agencies for inciting the incident. 

U.S. National Security Council spokesman John Kirby called Putin’s allegation that Western entities were behind the violence ‘classic Russian rhetoric,’ and Koffler underscored the concern that Russia may be ‘returning to the time of pogroms.’ 

‘The growing antisemitism in Russia harkens back to Soviet times,’ Koffler said. ‘If Russian officials encourage anti-Israel and anti-Jewish sentiment, this could be destabilizing for the Muslim-dominated regions in Russia and is very, very dangerous for the Jews,’ which she stressed ‘would not only be terrifying for the Jews, but it would not be good for Russia, its people or Putin personally.’ 

Israel, under its current Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, has worked toward closer ties with Moscow, finding Putin a potentially vital ally in helping stave off belligerence from Iran proxies in Syria. 

Netanyahu provided a measured response to Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in 2022, voting along with Western allies for a U.N. resolution that condemned the invasion but resisting calls to provide military assistance to Ukraine, which drew heavy criticism from those same allies, according to a review by the Washington Institute for Near East Policy.

Israel finally caved to Western pressure and authorized the sale of defensive military equipment to Ukraine, which included electronic systems to defend against drone attacks. 

The Associated Press contributed to this report. 

Peter Aitken is a Fox News Digital reporter with a focus on national and global news. 

This post appeared first on FOX NEWS
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