RUSSIA TELLS ISRAEL:
THE GOLAN HEIGHTS DO NOT BELONG TO YOU
As Russia pummels Ukraine in an invasion waged on Thursday, Moscow’s Deputy Ambassador to the UN, Dmitry Polyanskiy, leveled the same type of sentiment at Israel as the Kremlin did towards Ukraine.
“We’re concerned over Tel Aviv’s announced plans for expanding settlement activity in the occupied Golan Heights, which contradicts the provisions of the 1949 Geneva Convention. Russia doesn’t recognize Israel’s sovereignty over Golan Heights that are part of Syria,” he tweeted.
Putin refused to recognize republics Donetsk and Luhansk as sovereign Ukraine like the Golan.
Interestingly, Polyanskiy referred to Israel’s capital as Tel Aviv rather than Jerusalem.
Russia has boosted Syria’s President Bashar Assad in Syria’s decade-long civil war. Many speculate that Russia’s latest comments regarding Israel respond to Israeli Foreign Minister (big mouth) Yair Lapid, who seemed to side with Ukraine after announcing that Israel will follow suit if Washington enacts sanctions against Moscow.
(ready to learn how to say some Russian words, like “don’t shoot”?)
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