Netanyahu’s policy until October 7 was to support Hamas as a wedge against Fatah in the West Bank, as a means of keeping the Palestinians politically divided. And it’s not like the nature of Hamas was somehow hidden or a secret beforehand, yet Netanyahu had deemed it necessary for Israel’s policy towards the Palestinians...until it wasn’t. So all the barking about Russia supporting an “Axis of Evil” rings hollow.
Historically speaking, even countries with similar cultures and a shared moral vision nonetheless came into conflict; how much more so, when their worldviews are diametrically opposed? Considerations thus tend to default to the pursuit of whatever the national interest is...and with Europe and America predisposed to oppose anything Russia does, why is Israel surprised that Russia turns to other countries that are opposed to Israel, given Israel’s ties with the anti-Russia West? (Nice attempt at drawing parallels between Ukraine and Israel, even though there’s few - if any - actual historical, economic, or geopolitical parallels between the UA/RU conflict and the Israel/Palestinian conflict.)
Then again, I find it somewhat ironic that Israel is accusing the UN of “losing legitimacy”, when they habitually criticize the UN and tell them to pound sand whenever they side with the Palestinians or against Israel on any given resolution.
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