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Al-Araby
Al-Araby
In recent months, Russian-Israeli ties have been drastically affected by Moscow’s invasion of Ukraine, triggering a war of words and accusations. In April Israel condemned Russia’s war, calling it a “flagrant violation of the international order”. It also voted for the suspension of Moscow from the United Nations Human Rights Council, prompting Russia to announce it was leaving the forum. Moscow angrily responded by labelling Israel’s statements as ‘anti-Russian attacks’, claiming that Israel is using the invasion of Ukraine to ‘distract’ from its conflict with Palestinians. Moscow also condem…