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Russian Ambassador to Syria: Israel is Provoking Us to React

The Russian ambassador complained that Israeli strikes aim to "escalate tensions and allow the West to carry out military activities in Syria."

Just a month after Russia entered Ukrainian territory, and claimed that Donetsk and Lugansk are independent, the Bear can't stop complaining about Israel.

Russian Ambassador to Syria Alexander Efimov warned Thursday that Israeli strikes in Syria are “provoking” Russia to react, in one of the strongest Russian condemnations of Israeli operations in Syria.
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The statement comes amid the ongoing Russian invasion of Ukraine, which Israeli officials have condemned. Israel has also provided hundreds of tons of humanitarian aid to Ukraine and opened a field hospital in the country.

Foreign Minister Yair Lapid stressed during a conference at Reichmann University on Thursday that Israel has had to balance its security interests in Syria, which are coordinated with Russia, with its moral obligation to Ukraine amid the Russian invasion.

Earlier this month, the Russian embassy in Israel said that it saw military coordination with Israel in Syria continuing, saying: “Our military officials discuss the practical issues of this substantively on a daily basis. This mechanism has proven to be useful and will continue to work.”

In January, Syrian and Russian military jets jointly patrolled the airspace along Syria’s borders, including near the Golan Heights, with plans to make such flights regularly, the Interfax news agency quoted Russia’s defense ministry as saying.
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The last Israeli airstrike in Syria was reported on March 7 when an alleged Israeli airstrike targeted sites near the Damascus airport and the Al-Assad suburb, with the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) reporting that two of its officers were killed in the strike.

The IRGC warned a few days after the attack that “the Zionist regime will undoubtedly pay the price for such a crime.”

So they criticize Israel for bullying them but they failed to admit that is exactly what they are doing to official Israeli territory as recognized by US government during Donald J. Trump's administration.  If they ever claim that Golan Heights does not belong to Israel, that would also mean that neither Crimea nor Donetsk and Lugansk territorial claims are real as well.

Russians are playing a dangerous and hypocritical game here.
It is basically a "rules for thee but not for me" game.

White House press secretary Jen Psaki plans to leave for an on-air role at MSNBC

President Joe Biden's press secretary, Jen Psaki, is planning to depart the White House to take an on-air role at MSNBC, a source familiar with the matter told CNBC.

Psaki, who has not finalized an agreement with MSNBC, is expected to leave the White House around May, Axios reported.

TV networks have long hired former government spokespeople for their political coverage.

Psaki pushed back on questions about the ethics of courting a media job while being employed as a government spokeswoman.

 Did she get tired of dealing Joe Biden's issues on a daily basis?
I couldn't blame her for that.