Russia's Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov accused Israel of “trying to blow up the Middle East” during his speech on Saturday at the United Nations General Assembly. “Israel's illegal use of force against the Palestinians and aggressive actions against Iran, Qatar, Yemen, Lebanon, Syria, and Iraq threatened to blow up the entire Middle East,” he alleged.
He also proceeded to condemn Hamas terror attacks on October 7, 2023, but stated that it didn’t provide “justification for the collective punishment of Palestinians in the Gaza Strip, where Palestinian children are dying from bombing and starvation. Hospitals and schools are being destroyed, and hundreds of thousands of people are being left without shelter.”
Russia also condemned both strikes on Iranian nuclear facilities and on Qatar “at a time when negotiations with Hamas were being held there with the participation of American mediators. ”Lavrov explained how all this seems to be an Israeli attempt at “burying UN decisions on the creation of a Palestinian state.” (Ed note: This coming from a nation that doesn't mind bombing civilian hospitals and apartments.) (Read More)
