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“What is so frustrating is that people have little to no information about all the efforts that were made, literally starting in 1948, but certainly moving most dramatically to the year 2000, to actually create a state for the Palestinian people. I say that because even when I’m teaching with very smart students — and the students are from all over the world at the School of International and Public Affairs — they have no idea about any of this. They have no idea about the collapse of the peace process, the rise of an intifada. They have no idea about then–prime minister Ariel Sharon, a man noted for his military experience, withdrawing from Gaza. They have no idea of Hamas’ takeover of Gaza. They have no idea that another Israeli prime minister back when I was secretary of state, namely [Benjamin] Netanyahu, was willing at least to keep talking about some kind of two-state solution process.”

— Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, as quoted in National Review, February 20, 2024

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The relationship between Moscow and Tel Aviv has gone through many permutations. The Kremlin had initially allied itself with Yassir Arafat and other revolutionary groups, and during the 1967 Arab-Israeli War, Russia allied itself with the Arab states, with some Sovietologists even arguing that Moscow had encouraged and escalated tensions helping to provoke the 6 Day War. In the last decade, the relationship between Israel and Russia seemed to reach a status quo. When Putin invaded Syria in 2015, he seemed to allow Israel into their airspace, primarily for self-defensive operations.

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