{"id":1216,"date":"2025-08-05T21:22:22","date_gmt":"2025-08-05T21:22:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/?p=1216"},"modified":"2025-08-08T13:50:25","modified_gmt":"2025-08-08T13:50:25","slug":"israeli-settlers-attacked-russian-diplomats-moscow","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/2025\/08\/05\/israeli-settlers-attacked-russian-diplomats-moscow\/","title":{"rendered":"Israeli settlers attacked Russian diplomats \u2013 Moscow"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>The Israeli military did not stop the attack despite being present at the scene, according to the Foreign Ministry\u2019s spokeswoman<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Israeli settlers attacked a Russian diplomatic vehicle in the occupied West Bank last week, causing mechanical damage, Russian Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>The vehicle was carrying members of Russia\u2019s diplomatic mission to the Palestinian Authority, who are also accredited with Israel\u2019s Foreign Ministry.<br \/><em><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Russia considers the incident, which\u00a0occurred on July 30 near the illegal Israeli settlement of Giv\u2019at Asaf, east of Ramallah and about 20 kilometers north of Jerusalem, a violation of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, according to Zakharova.<\/p>\n<p>She\u00a0questioned the Israeli military\u2019s failure to intervene, denouncing their inaction <em>\u201cparticularly puzzling.\u201d<\/em><br \/><em><\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cThe Israeli Defense Force soldiers didn\u2019t even bother to try and stop the attackers\u2019 aggressive actions,\u201d<\/em> she said.<\/p>\n<p><em>\u201cWe regard this incident as a blatant violation of the 1961 Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations,\u201d<\/em> Zakharova said, adding that the Russian embassy in Tel Aviv has submitted an official note to the Israeli authorities.<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>\n        <span><strong>Read more<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<figure>\n            <img src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" alt=\"RT\" class=\"lazyload\" data-src=\"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/68838ac485f540271a2da82a-1.jpg\"><figcaption><a href=\"https:\/\/www.rt.com\/news\/621994-russia-comment-palestinian-statehood\/\">Russia weighs in on Palestinian statehood<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Last month, the Kremlin reiterated that the only solution to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict lies in the creation of a Palestinian state alongside Israel. <em>\u201cRussia has always adhered to a two-state solution as the basis for resolving the Palestinian issue,\u201d<\/em> Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told journalists.<\/p>\n<p>Moscow\u2019s recognition dates back to 1988, when the Soviet Union endorsed the Palestinian declaration of independence.<\/p>\n<p>The statement comes amid the conflict in Gaza, which began in October 2023 after a Hamas-led attack on southern Israel left around 1,200 people dead. Israel\u2019s military response has since killed more than 59,000 Palestinians, according to the health authorities in the enclave, and has drawn global criticism for the scale of destruction and civilian casualties.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Israeli military did not stop the attack despite being present at the scene, according to the Foreign Ministry\u2019s spokeswoman [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1218,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[11],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1216"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1216"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1216\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1219,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1216\/revisions\/1219"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1218"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1216"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1216"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.youtubexyoutube.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1216"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}