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Facing blowback, Israel’s foreign minister defends siding with Russia at the UN

JL;DR SUMMARY Israel's foreign minister, Gideon Saar, recently defended his country's controversial decision to vote alongside the United States against a U.N. resolution condemning Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which has sparked significant backlash. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

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United StatesGazaCriticismCeasefireDiplomacyRussiaGideon SaarUkraine InvasionUn Vote

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Ramat Gan, Tel Aviv District, Israel
"Israels new foreign minister, Gideon Saar, in a photo from a speech he gave in the Israeli city of Ramat Gan, July 10, 2022."
California, United States
"Rep. Eric Swalwell, the California Democrat, tweeted that the group of countries voting no which also included North Korea, Belarus and Hungary was the latest iteration of an Axis of Evil."
Ukraine
"Israel joined the United States to vote against a United Nations resolution condemning Russias invasion of Ukraine"

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