“For [Vladimir] Putin, the Israel-Gaza war is viewed largely in the prism of Russia’s own standoff with the US. Given that the US has supported Israel’s position on Gaza, Putin has made the calculation to increase engagement with Israeli and US adversaries, including both Hamas and Iran,” says Eugene Chausovsky, a defence expert and a senior analyst at New Lines Institute.
“As such, we have seen Russia host delegations from Hamas and ramp up its contact with Tehran.”
Putin has linked Israel’s deadly use of force on Palestinian territory to a failure of the US to manage crises in the Middle East, he tells TRT World.
Read more here: https://www.trtworld.com/magazine/how-is-russia-approaching-the-gaza-war-15960647
