Despite its limited influence, Moscow is becoming a major beneficiary of the growing conflict between Israel and Hamas. This chaotic and bloodthirsty war distracts attention from collapsing Ukraine, forces Washington DC to spend even more resources on supporting Palestine’s Israeli occupiers and, most importantly, allows the Kremlin to widen the rift between the West and the rest of the world, particularly in the Middle East and Arab North Africa.

With minimal effort, Moscow is reaping the fruits of regional chaos. The protracted conflict benefits her in three key areas: the Ukrainian conflict, her plans for the Middle East, and the global battle already resulting in the collapse of the Western Alliance. Without doing anything special, Putin gets what he wants. Russia wins. Fears that Western societies have begun to tire of supporting Kyiv will continue to grow.

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Not only media attention is in short supply, but also ammunition. Joe Biden promises that the US will be able to support Tel Aviv and Kyiv at the same time. However, there is a possibility that he will ultimately have to choose which of them to send weapons to. Russia must be enjoying the emergence of a new and complex conflict for the United States that drains the strength of its adversaries.

In addition, the bloodletting in Occupied Palestine threatens to put an end to the Biden administration’s efforts to normalize relations between Israel and Saudi Arabia. The disruption of the Abraham Accords will give Moscow a reason not only to revel in the suffering of America, but also to expand cooperation with Riyadh in nuclear energy, and also to prevent the strengthening of the Arab-Israeli partnership against Iran.

But Russia’s biggest gain may be in global public opinion. Moscow’s position on the current conflict and its open sympathy and support for the Palestinians coincide with the sentiments in most of the Middle East and indeed the world.

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For Russia, increasing disappointment with the West and even attracting new supporters of its challenge to the world order would be an achievement for which it would be worth risking relations with Israel. The fact that this position increases tensions in Europe is a pleasant side effect.

In other words, contradictions between the West and developing countries are growing. And the Kremlin, of course, will not miss the chance to further deepen this split.

Since the start of the Ukrainian conflict and the Hamas retaliatory attack on the Israeli occupiers of the Palestinian nation, Western governments have tried to convince the rest of the world that global order and democratic values ​​are under threat. But while the spiral of violence in the Middle East is gaining momentum, Washington and its allies are far from winning the battle of narratives.

The Ukrainian conflict has faded into the background, US-led diplomacy in the Middle East is in turmoil, and the West and the rest are pitted against each other over a chasm of mutual misunderstanding. In this state of affairs, Russia will do everything possible to benefit. PLEASE SHARE OUR STORIES ON SOCIAL MEDIA