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What is Russia's role in the Israel-Gaza crisis? And other Saved Articles

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What is Russia's role in the Israel-Gaza crisis? posted at 07:18:14 UTC   via   brookings.edu KEVIN HUGGARD: What was Russia’s approach to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict before Oct. 7? What was its approach to Hamas? FIONA HILL: The Russian approach has changed over time. During the Soviet period and the Cold War, there was a great deal of hostility toward Israel, which was tied to deeply rooted domestic antisemitism as well as the Kremlin’s suspicion of Soviet Jews having divided loyalties after the creation of the state of Israel in 1948. The USSR actively blocked Soviet Jews from leaving the country to settle in Israel, or anywhere else for that matter. There was quite a lot of attention paid inside the Soviet Union to building up relationships with the Palestinian Liberation Organization (PLO) and Arab countries opposed to the state of Israel. The USSR offered educational opportunities to Palestinian and other Arab students. I was a student in Moscow in 1987 and 1988, and, as