Netanyahu talks to Putin amid growing tensions between Israel and Russia
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Netanyahu expressed to Putin his dissatisfaction with Russia's anti-Israeli stance at the UN and its cooperation with Iran. This conversation took place against the backdrop of escalating Israeli-Russian tensions and US military assistance to Israel.
Israeli Prime Minister Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu left a cabinet meeting earlier in the day to have his second conversation with Kremlin leader Vladimir Putin since the start of Hamas' attack on Israel. Vladimir Putin. According to Reuters , citing an Israeli statement, Netanyahu expressed dissatisfaction with with the "anti-Israeli position" taken by Moscow's representatives at the UN, UNN reports.
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu interrupted a cabinet meeting on Sunday and talked for 50 minutes to speak with Russian President Putin. This was the first phone call between Netanyahu and Putin in about two months after their last conversation on October 16.
As reportedly took place amid tensions between Israel and Russia over Russia over Russia's tough anti-Israeli stance on the country's war against Hamas, and after the Russian ambassador made harsh remarks against Israel on Friday. harsh statements against Israel at the UN on Friday. At the same time, Russia supported the UN Security Council's resolution on a truce in Gaza, which was which was vetoed by the United States on Friday. In his conversation with Putin, Netanyahu also expressed also expressed "strong disapproval" of Russia's "dangerous" cooperation with Iran, Reuters reports, citing an Israeli statement.
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