At the beginning of the Hamas-Israel conflict, Russia came out and called for a ceasefire and a stop of violence between the two. But with Israel's bombing continuing to hit the Gaza Strip and tally around 10,000 deaths, Russia has changed its stance in the conflict, now going against Israel despite Russian President Vladimir Putin and Israel's Premier Benjamin Netanyahu having a close relationship and vowing to deepen the connection between their countries. Russia has been put in a tough situation since Russia and Israel have good relations, but Russia also has good relations with Iran, who backs the militant group Hamas. With this situation, Russia was staying neutral in their stance between the two allies of theirs. Russia, however, started to change their stance as Israel has sent airstrikes to Russia's ally, Syria. With Israel now going against and threatening two of Russia's allies, Russia decided to shift against Israel since they feel Israel is hurting the foreign relations that Russia has made throughout the years. President Putin spoke on the Israel bombings saying there is no justification for them and that seeing innocent people lose their lives when they have no where to flee makes his fists clench and tears well in his eyes. With Israel's loss of support from Russia, there is no telling what that will mean for the future of the Hamas-Israel conflict and Russia's future relations with Israel.
Written By: Tyler Surin
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