GENOCIDE IN PALESTINE: Russian FM minister Lavrov Horrified by Israel’s statement “there are No Civilians in Gaza”

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has described as scaring an Israeli official’s statement that there…

VT Foreign Policy

By Fabio G. C. Carisio

“Now, if you look at what Palestine actually controls, it is very difficult to imagine how on these tiny plots of land it will be possible to form something called a state.”

Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov has described as scaring an Israeli official’s statement that there are no civilians in Gaza and all are terrorists there starting from three years of age.

While answering questions at the 10th international academic and expert forum Primakov Readings Lavrov drew attention to “the tragedy that is observed in Gaza and on the territory of the Palestinian National Authority.”

He recalled that Moscow “immediately condemned the October 7, 2023 terrorist attack and categorically opposed the methods the Israeli leadership opted for to fight terrorists, thus violating all conceivable norms of international humanitarian law.”

“I was very perturbed when Israel and [its leaders] began to argue that these methods are quite justified,” Lavrov said. He also quoted an Israeli official who, when the world community called for sparing civilians in Gaza, uttered something like “there are no civilians there, they are all terrorists starting from the age of three.”

“These are terrible words,” Lavrov stated, according to TASS Russia News Agency

Moscow hopes that Israel will hear the voice of the world’s overwhelming majority on the situation in Gaza, Lavrov said. He shared some details of his recent telephone conversation with his Israeli counterpart, Israel Katz.

“We had a very detailed and frank conversation with him. I hope that they will heed the voice of the overwhelming majority of the world’s countries,” Lavrov said.

He drew attention to the fact that the world’s majority pointed out that Israel’s actions ran counter to international humanitarian law: while stressing the need for eliminating the Palestinian radical movement Hamas Tel-Aviv was in reality destroying Gaza...