Israel protests Russian stance in war against Hamas
Lazar Berman is The Times of Israel's diplomatic reporter
Russian Ambassador to Israel Anatoly Viktorov speaks to the media at the Russian embassy in Tel Aviv, on March 3, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
An Israeli diplomat had a conversation with Russian diplomatic officials this week to express Jerusalem’s “displeasure with the role Russia is playing” in the war against Hamas, and to stress Israel’s hope that Moscow will take “more balanced” positions, the Foreign Ministry tells The Times of Israel.
Among other positions, Moscow submitted a UN Security Council resolution calling for a ceasefire that did not mention Hamas, and blasted Israel for employing “cruel methods” in its campaign against Hamas.
Hamas sent thousands of terrorists through the border fence on October 7 to rampage through southern Israel, killing some 1,400 people, mostly civilians, and abducting over 200.
