Israel treating Gaza negotiations as ‘smokescreen’, Russia tells UN

West Jerusalem has been sidelining diplomacy in favor of a “military solution” to the Gaza war, Moscow said

Israel has been using peace negotiations to mislead the international community and hide its true intentions in Gaza, Russia’s deputy envoy to the UN, Dmitry Polyansky has said.  

Speaking at the UN Security Council on Wednesday, Polyansky accused West Jerusalem of “stubbornly seeking a military solution to the problem, while...