Putin and Israel – a Complex and Multi-layered Relationship

By The Saker

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article43803.htm

December 24, 2015 "Information Clearing House" - "The Saker" - The recent murder of Samir Kuntar by Israel has, yet again, inflamed the discussion about Putin’s relation to Israel. 

This is an immensely complicated topic and those who like simple, canned, “explanations” should stop reading right now.  The truth is, the relationship between Russia and Israel and, even before that, between Jews and Russians would deserve an entire book. 

In fact, Alexander Solzhenitsyn has written exactly such a book, it is entitled “200 years together”, but due to the iron grip of the Zionists on the Anglo media, it has still not been translated into English. That should already tell you something right there

The real story behind the killing of Samir Kuntar

Hezbollah's high-profile figure was setting up a resistance movement in the Golan Heights against Israeli occupation.

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Beirut, Lebanon - Amid an array of Lebanese, Palestinian and Hezbollah flags, thousands gathered in Beirut's southern suburbs on Monday to attend the funeral of Samir Kantar, 54, a high-profile member of the Lebanese movement Hezbollah, who was killed in a suspected Israeli air strike in neighbouring Syria.

The crowd marched behind the coffin - shrouded in Hezbollah's yellow flag - as residents and mourners alike threw flower petals from the neighbouring balconies.

"His death will not stop the resistance against the enemy," said Abdallah, one mourner attending the funeral.

Comparing Beirut and Paris

Analysis: Just as innocent - comparing Beirut and Paris

A Lebanese journalist asks why we categorise Lebanese victims as we mourn French ones.

Habib Battah  

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The irony was not lost on some in the Australian press, who noted that there werethree times as many Lebanese Australians as French Australians. And yet, when the country's prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, tweeted "Australians' thoughts, prayers & resolute solidarity with the people of France", there was no mention of Lebanon.

"You'd think if we were able to identify with anyone, it would be with Lebanese Australians - after all, so many of them are among the most beloved in this nation, and have contributed enormously to public life," wrote Chris Graham in New Matilda.