Russian President Vladimir Putin on Tuesday said the escalating Israel-Hamas war is the result of “the failure of U.S. policy” and argued that Western solutions for the Middle East have brushed aside the “interests of the Palestinian people.”
It’s the first time Mr. Putin has commented on the conflict, which began Saturday when Hamas launched a terrorist attack that killed over 1,000 Israelis, wounded scores more and resulted in at least 150 people kidnapped by the Gaza-based militant outfit. At least 11 Americans also were killed.
The Hamas operation, the deadliest attack on Israel in decades, was shockingly violent. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said the Hamas terrorists bound and executed children and took elderly and disabled Israelis as prisoners…
