{"id":348,"date":"2022-04-22T12:49:43","date_gmt":"2022-04-22T16:49:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ptnews.org\/wpupdater2\/frontpage\/?p=348"},"modified":"2022-04-22T14:06:56","modified_gmt":"2022-04-22T18:06:56","slug":"two-articles-from","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ptnews.org\/wpupdater2\/frontpage\/2022\/04\/22\/two-articles-from\/","title":{"rendered":"Two Articles from Israel"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Putin blasts Israel\u2019s \u2018disrespect of status-quo\u2019 in call with Abbas<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

 April 19, 2022- World Israel News<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Russian President Vladimir Putin and Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in Sochi, Russia,, November 2021. (YouTube\/TRT World\/Screen grab)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

Putin phones Palestinian leader to express disapproval of Israel\u2019s actions on Temple Mount as fallout from Lapid\u2019s statement about Russian \u201cwar crimes\u201d grows.<\/mark><\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Lauren Marcus, World Israel News<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

On the heels of a\u00a0strongly worded letter<\/u><\/a>\u00a0to Prime Minister Naftali Bennett demanding that Israel transfer ownership of a church compound in Jerusalem to Russia, President Vladimir Putin phoned Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to slam the Israeli security forces\u2019 recent actions on the Temple Mount.<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to a report from Russian state-owned news agency RIA, Putin discussed a number of subjects with Abbas.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As global food prices soar due to inflation, with the supply chain crisis sparked by the COVID pandemic and the war in Ukraine, Putin reportedly told Abbas that Palestinians will enjoy unfettered access to \u201cRussian wheat, materials, and crops.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PA-owned state news agency Wafa said that \u201cPutin stressed Russia\u2019s firm position in support of the rights of the Palestinian people, and that Russia will continue to \u2026support\u2026the Palestinian cause in all international forums.\u201d<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Wafa reported that Putin expressed his disapproval of Israel\u2019s large-scale arrests of violent rioters<\/u><\/a> on the Temple Mount, saying that he did not agree with \u201cthe Israeli practices that prevent worshippers from freely accessing the Al-Aqsa Mosque.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Putin also was said to have criticized Israel for not \u201crespecting the existing historical status quo at Al-Aqsa Mosque and Jerusalem.\u201d<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Moscow has long maintained warm ties with the PA. Dozens of Palestinians in Bethlehem staged a modest pro-Putin rally in Bethlehem\u2019s central square at the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

After Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid slammed Putin for committing \u201cwar crimes\u201d<\/u><\/a> in Ukraine, in a major departure from Israeli government policy of remaining neutral during the conflict, Russia fired back with a harsh statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Israeli Foreign Minister\u2019s statements evoke regret and rejection,\u201d the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Saturday.<\/mark><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThere was a poorly camouflaged attempt to take advantage of the situation in Ukraine to distract the international community\u2019s attention from one of the oldest unsettled conflicts \u2014 the Palestine-Israeli one,\u201d the ministry claimed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Russia warns Israel: Hand over Jerusalem compound immediately<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n

 April 18, 2022- World Israel News<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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People walk outside the Alexander Nevsky Church in Jerusalem Old City on January 20, 2020. (Flash90\/Olivier Fitoussi)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n

After conflicting decisions by Israeli prime ministers, Putin demands ownership of church compound in Jerusalem be officially transferred to Russia.<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Lauren Marcus, World Israel News<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett must immediately follow through on a promise given to Russia by his predecessor, Benjamin Netanyahu, and transfer ownership of a Jerusalem church <\/u><\/a>to Moscow, wrote Vladimir Putin in a strongly worded letter to Israel\u2019s premier on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The timing of the demand is significant, as it came shortly after Foreign Minister Yair Lapid harshly criticized the Russian invasion of Ukraine, accusing Moscow of war crimes.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Israel also recently voted to remove Russia from the UN\u2019s Human Rights Council, a move which sparked Russian officials to summon the Israeli ambassador in Moscow for a dressing down<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Alexander Nevsky Church, also known as the Cathedral of the Holy Trinity, is a prominent holy site for the Russian Orthodox Church, located in the Christian Quarter in the Old City of Jerusalem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

During the Ottoman Empire era, the site was registered as belonging to the \u201cRussian kingdom.\u201d In 2017, Russia requested that Israel officially transfer ownership of the church and its compound to Moscow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Initially, the Israeli government held that such a change in ownership would need to be investigated and decided upon by the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

But after Israeli-American Na\u2019ama Issachar<\/u><\/a> was imprisoned for traveling through a Russian airport with a small amount of cannabis in her possession in 2020, then-premier Netanyahu agreed to formally return the site back to Moscow.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Israeli land registry records were changed to state that the compound belonged to Russia later that year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

However, after taking office, Bennett reportedly ordered that the decision be reversed and the matter once again be determined by the Supreme Court.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Up until recently, it had appeared that a Russia was willing to wait until the case played out in an Israeli court, but Lapid\u2019s comments make have ended Moscow\u2019s patience.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cNow we are fighting for the return of the Compound, and it is very difficult: we were almost there, we worked for five years, we found all the historical documents, but the situation with Ukraine occurred, and Israel behaved as it often does \u2013 playing with both sides, playing ping pong with everyone,\u201d Sergei Stepashin, who is currently visiting Israel and manages Russia\u2019s properties in the Middle East, told media.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Putin blasts Israel\u2019s \u2018disrespect of status-quo\u2019 in call with Abbas  April 19, 2022- World Israel News Putin phones Palestinian leader to express disapproval of Israel\u2019s actions on Temple Mount as fallout from Lapid\u2019s statement about Russian \u201cwar crimes\u201d grows. By Lauren Marcus, World Israel News On the heels of a\u00a0strongly worded letter\u00a0to Prime Minister Naftali … <\/p>\n

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