... status-quo or will it be forced to review and to revise its positions towards Israel, Palestinians, Iran and its main partners in the Arab world? Let us have a look at the most important pieces of the rich and diverse Middle East mosaic, namely—on Israel, Palestine, Iran and the Arab Gulf states.
Israel
The Russian-Israeli relations started experiencing problems long before the US 2024 elections. In particular, the launch of the special military operation in Ukraine on February 24, 2022 had a significant impact on the Israeli public opinion and on the country’s ...
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
... 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 ...
... “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 ...
... 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 ...
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 ...
... 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 ...
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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 ... ...
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... 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 ...
