In a strange shift, Lavrov was quoted as saying that Israel’s war on Gaza is identical to Moscow’s military operation against Ukraine.

In a strange shift, Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov was quoted as saying that Israel’s war on Gaza is identical to Moscow’s military operation against Ukraine.

The comments, attributed to Russia’s top diplomat, were cited by Russia Today in an interview on Thursday with RIA Novosti.

“The goals declared by Israel for its ongoing operation against Hamas militants in Gaza seem nearly identical to those put forward by Moscow in its campaign against the Ukrainian government,” RT quoted Lavrov as saying.

According to the Palestinian Ministry of Health, 21,320 Palestinians have been killed, and 55,603 wounded in Israel’s ongoing genocide in Gaza starting on October 7.

Palestinian and international estimates say that the majority of those killed and wounded are women and children.

Many international law experts have accused Israel of carrying out a genocide in the besieged Gaza Strip.

read more: https://www.palestinechronicle.com/objectives-of-israels-and-russias-war-nearly-identical-did-lavrov-shift-position-on-gaza/

  • DianaHasWings@kbin.social
    41·
    1 year ago

    If there’s one thing the Ukraine War should have taught everyone, it’s that you can never expect ideological consistency from Russia’s government or Russian propaganda. Russia’s foreign policy is purely transactional.

        • freagle@lemmygrad.ml
          2·
          1 year ago

          Literally what other standard could a nation possibly use to engage in foreign relations? The difference between nations with the same ideology is their relative position in the global and regional power structures. The difference between nations with different ideologies is their understanding of what constitutes their national self-interest.

        • brain_in_a_box@lemmy.ml
          11·
          1 year ago

          Doesn’t seem anymore inconsistent than any other country.

          And no, it doesn’t matter how many times you link that Wikipedia page, pointing out double standard has always been, and always will be fair game.

          • DianaHasWings@kbin.social
            31·
            1 year ago

            Russia has in the past two years

            • Claimed Ukrainians are really Russians, and Ukraine has no legitimacy as a nation.
            • Claimed Russia is simply trying to remove Nazis from Ukraine.
            • Claimed they are trying to save Russian speakers in Ukraine, despite the fact those same Russian speakers have suffered and died just the same as any other Ukrainians.
            • Repeatedly bombed and terrorised Ukrainian civilians, including those Russian speakers.
            • Claimed they are at war with NATO, but also made it illegal to call the Ukraine War a “war”.
            • Despite being “at war with NATO”, they’ve moved forces away from the Finnish border to reinforce their units in Ukraine. Is (NATO member) Finland a threat or not?
            • Annexed four Ukrainian oblasts, despite not even occupying them entirely.
            • Said the west shouldn’t interfere in Russian affairs on the grounds of national sovereignty, despite invading their sovereign neighbour.

            I could keep going, but you get the picture. It’s true that other governments have inconsistent policies, and I have agreed with that. But the sheer scale of Russian disinformation, distraction and destruction are far beyond those of other governments. And playing the “what about” card is nothing but a tactic of derailing the conversation; it adds nothing, just making the discourse confused and meaningless. We aren’t talking about “other countries”, we’re talking about Russia.

            • brain_in_a_box@lemmy.ml
              11·
              1 year ago

              But the sheer scale of Russian disinformation, distraction and destruction are far beyond those of other governments.

              Bullshit, the disinformation, distraction, and destruction of the West, talking about human rights and “rules based international order” while committing atrocities that far outstrip Russia more than disproves your point. That’s why you’re having to make up unsourced lies to pad your list.

              And playing the “what about” card is nothing but a tactic of derailing the conversation; it adds nothing, just making the discourse confused and meaningless.

              Pointing out hypocrisy and double standards always has been, and always will be a legitimate thing to do. It doesn’t matter how much you wine about it, or how many little Orwellian nicknames you come up with for it, or how much you impotently demand that people follow your arbitrary debate club rules.

    • mayooooo@beehaw.org
      01·
      1 year ago

      It’s not even transactional, it’s embarrassing. Like the people leading the place