From left to right: Iran’s Deputy Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani, Russian Deputy Foreign Minister and Putin's Special Envoy to the Middle East Mikhail Bogdanov, and Hamas head of international relations Mousa Abu Marzouk, during a trilateral meeting in Moscow on October 26, 2023. (Hamas Telegram channel
BY Claire Mom
Israel has lashed out at Russia for having meetings with Hamas, the Palestinian militant group.
On Wednesday, Maria Zakharova, spokesperson for Russia’s foreign ministry, said “representatives of the relevant Palestinian movement” were on a visit to Moscow, the Russian capital.
“Hamas is a terrorist organisation worse than ISIS,” Lior Haiat, spokesperson of the Israeli ministry of foreign affairs, tweeted.
“The hands of senior Hamas officials are stained with the blood of over 1,400 Israelis who were slaughtered, murdered, executed and burned and they are responsible for the kidnapping of over 220 Israelis including babies, children, women and the elderly.
“Israel sees the invitation of senior Hamas officials to Moscow as an obscene step that gives support to terrorism and legitimizes the atrocities of Hamas terrorists.”
Haiat called on the Russian government to expel the Hamas terrorists immediately.
Hamas’ arrival in Moscow comes weeks after Russian President Vladimir Putin met with Xi Jinping, Chinese leader, in Beijing, China’s capital city, to underscore their shared vision of toppling an international order they claim is dominated by the US and its democratic allies.
Dmitry Peskov, Kremlin spokesperson, had said Putin and Jinping would “most likely” discuss the Israeli-Palestinian conflict during their meeting.
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