For Russian and Palestinian leaders, it's a war over ideology - opinion

The difference is that Ukraine is not a terrorist organization; it is a sovereign democratic state, and unlike the situation in Gaza with Hamas, Ukraine is certainly not using human shields.

RUSSIAN PRESIDENT Vladimir Putin meets with Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas in Sochi, in November. The Palestinian leadership seems to have a lot more in common with Russia than with Ukraine.

(photo credit: Sputnik/Kremlin/Reuters)

ByEMILY SCHRADER

MARCH 7, 2022 21:36

For Russian and Palestinian leaders, it's a war over ideology - opinion

The difference is that Ukraine is not a terrorist organization; it is a sovereign democratic state, and unlike the situation in Gaza with Hamas, Ukraine is certainly not using human shields.

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For Russian and Palestinian leaders, it's a war over ideology - opinion

The difference is that Ukraine is not a terrorist organization; it is a sovereign democratic state, and unlike the situation in Gaza with Hamas, Ukraine is certainly not using human shields.

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