This is another good example of the Open Source CounterIntelligence Analysis: By Josh Rogin: Opinion Putin is helping Hamas to hurt the West posted at 18:46:28 UTC via washingtonpost.com
M.N.: This is another good example of the Open Source CounterIntelligence Analysis : The Washington Post Search inside image Josh Rogin - The Washington Post Opinion Putin is helping Hamas to hurt the West posted at 18:46:28 UTC via washingtonpost.com By Josh Rogin Columnist October 17, 2023 at 7:15 a.m. EDT Ismail Haniyeh, the leader of the Hamas's political wing, is seen leaving the Russian Foreign Ministry headquarters in Moscow on March 2, 2020. (Maxim Shipenkov/EPA-EFA/Shutterstock) When Russian President Vladimir Putin finally called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Monday, he said Russia was trying “to help normalize the situation” in the Gaza Strip, according to the Kremlin . But Moscow has little interest in helping Israel. Russia is on the side of Hamas and its patron, Iran — in part to undermine the United States and its allies. The timing of the attack could not have been better for Putin, who coincidentally was celebrating his birthday on Oct. 7,