Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas has gone to Russia. This is considered very important, especially when there is a full-scale war going on between Palestine’s Hamas and Israel for almost 10 months. So is Russia going to mediate in this, or can it, being a Palestinian organization, help Hamas? Calling itself impartial, Russia supported Palestine’s existence as a separate country from the very beginning.
maintained diplomatic relations with Palestine
According to Middle Eastern media house AI Monitor, relations between Palestine and Russia (then the Soviet Union) began to take shape in the year 1974. At the same time, Palestine Liberation Organization, an organization working on the rights of Palestine, also opened a branch in Moscow. In a way, this was like opening a diplomatic branch, although Palestine was still not an independent country, rather it was occupied by Israel.
Now the question is why Russia was so generous to Palestine. The reason for this is the mutual relations between Russia and Israel. Relations between Moscow and Tel Aviv continued to deteriorate, but broadly speaking, it was like a knot in a rope, that is, even after getting better, it has deteriorated.
Relations with the Jewish country had deteriorated
With the formation of Israel, Russia recognized it as a country. But within about two decades their relationship started deteriorating. In fact, in June 1967, there was a war between Israel and the Arab countries, in which Israel ultimately won but Russia kept helping the Arabs in this. He was providing them ammunition. After the fighting ended, Moscow broke diplomatic relations with Tel Aviv. After this, relations between the two continued to deteriorate. He started openly talking about Palestine being a separate country.
Why did you hate Israel?
– Russia does not have much relation with Israel, but it has good relations with Arabs. Israel is a small and lonely country, whereas there are many prosperous Muslim countries in the Middle East. To establish its influence in the region, Russia always chose Arabs and Israel over Arabs.
America and Europe were also a factor in this. Russia is their opponent, while these forces are with Israel. That’s why relations between Russia and Israel were not that good.
– Russia is making its influence in all those places where the West is somewhat weak, be it the Middle East or African countries. He does not want a repeat of the Cold War era, when most countries were on America’s side, and he was isolated with selected countries.
Another factor is religion. Earlier in the Soviet Union, Russia had a very high Muslim population. To keep itself stable, Russia also wanted to strengthen relations with Muslim countries, especially Arab countries.
Putin had shown leniency
Israel-Russia-Palestine relations took a new turn after the end of the Cold War, i.e. in the early nineties. After a few years Vladimir Putin came to power. He had a soft corner for the Jews, which he often mentioned. There was a Jewish population of around 1 million in Russia, who spoke Russian. putin them nashi Yevrei That is, our Jews used to call.
Still supporting behind the scenes
After Putin became President, diplomatic relations between Russia and Israel were restored, but as we have said, the relationship had come to a standstill. Russian troops are still present in Syria, which is a matter of concern for Israel. Apart from this, Russia’s support for two-state solution is also a major reason for the problem. Even after Hamas attacked Israel on October 7, Russia continued to defend it in the UNSC.
In the same February, i.e. just a few months after the attack, Moscow had organized the Inter-Palestine Dialogue, in which many leaders from Palestine Islamic Jihad also attended. Let us tell you here that this group is nothing but the political wing of Hamas. However, both Israel and Russia are openly avoiding conflict.
what does russia want
Russia, which is trying to defeat America by building relations with Arab countries, has no concrete plan for Israel and Palestine. In a report by German media DW, Russian-Middle East affairs expert Ruslan Suleimanov had said that Russia has no road map for Palestine, especially the Gaza Strip. If it has to mediate, then apart from Hamas in Gaza, relations with Israel will also have to be improved. Only after this his dominance in the area will increase.
What can happen in the latest meeting
It is believed that Palestinian President Abbas can talk to Russian leader Putin about strengthening relations apart from the ongoing war. Abbas himself had said that he wanted to take Russia’s help because it has a big position in global politics as well as the UN Security Council.