Israel’s Gaza massacre results in dwindling ties with Russia

Analysts have said Russia’s relations with Israel are dwindling as a result of the Middle Eastern state’s rampage in Gaza, according to The Moscow Times.
Two years ago, the two countries had a growing friendship which can be explained by Israel refusing to support sanctions on Moscow for their invasion of Ukraine. Most EU and western states took a strong stance against Russia and as well as Israel being against sanctions, much to the horror of western elites, Viktor Orban’s Hungary, who continue to be a thorn in the European Union’s side, did not support a punishment against the country.
Orban, seen as a Putin ally by western news outlets and governments, said in 2022 that sanctions against Russia are “doomed to fail”.
Vladimir Putin is now one of Israel’s biggest critics following the Gaza bloodshed and has blamed the escalation of tensions between the state and militants Hamas on “failed” US foreign policy.
America is Israel’s biggest ally, giving them an estimated $3 billion a year in military aid. The US is also against a full ceasefire in Gaza claiming that Israel has a right to self defence.
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Israel’s assault on the besieged Palestinian enclave has resulted in the Kremlin founding relations with Iran, an arch foe of the Israelis.
A few weeks after Hamas’ unprecedented attack on southern Israel on October 7, the Russian government welcomed officials from the Palestinian group and Iran. The government said that these were vital talks that discussed the release of hostages taken by Hamas. Israel castigated the meetings calling it “a reprehensible step that gives support to terrorism”.
On December 7, Putin rolled out the red carpet for Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi as sanction-hit Russia attempts to build relations given a rise in isolation.
Israeli historian Semion Goldin bashed the Russian President due to what he perceived to be a lack of condemnation from him and the country at the atrocities that took place in Israel on October 7.
The intellectual claimed that the Kremlin was “on the side of the aggressor (Hamas), not at all on our side”,
AFP/ The Moscow Times