The Institute for the Study of War says Russia’s propaganda machine will likely use the conflict in Israel to erode the West’s support for Ukraine.
“The Kremlin is already and will likely continue to exploit the Hamas attacks in Israel to advance several information operations intended to reduce US and Western support and attention to Ukraine,” wrote the Washington-based think tank on Saturday.
The ISW wrote in its report that after the Hamas attacks on Saturday, the Kremlin amplified information campaigns that accused the West of ignoring Middle East conflicts to support Ukraine. These campaigns also pushed the message that global attention — in particular, resources from the West — would shift from Ukraine to the Middle East.
The institute cited examples like Russian TV host Sergey Mardan stating in his Telegram channel that the West “will take its mind off Ukraine for a while and get busy once again putting out the eternal fire in the Middle East.”
Honestly, I don’t care about Israel. If we look at it as a conflict between countries, there are no good guys there.
I just wish the EU would send their navies there to get the children and maybe the women out before the real massacre starts, but I know that’s impossible.
Adults don’t deserve to get out? Men don’t deserve to get out?
Children deserve it more, if anyone is powerless to change the status quo it’s them
Ironically, abducting all the women and children of a people would constitute genocidal behaviour regardless of any positive anti-genocide intentions.