They tried to compare Ukraine to Gaza. They tried to compare Russia's occupation to Israel in the West Bank.
Facts, of course, are not part of the conversation. Modern antisemites rely on emotion and analogy, as well as the ignorance of their audience.
But you don't hear much from them lately about this analogy. Because the Ukrainians and the Palestinians aren't following the script.
Ukrainians have compared themselves multiple times with Israel standing up against a hostile Arab world, not with Palestinians.
And now Mahmoud Abbas, who has pretended to not take sides, has dropped the pretense that he doesn't support Russia.
A month after Hamas leaders met with senior Russian officials (without any negative reaction from Palestinians,) Abbas followed suit and met with Vladimir Putin and other officials.
"Russia adheres to justice and international law, and that is enough for us," Abbas said.
With this, Abbas has placed a "halal" sticker on Russia's invasion of Ukraine as being legitimate, legal and just.
Palestinian activists for years have been repeating the mantras of supporting "justice" and "international law." Now we see that both major Palestinian parties support Russia's interpretation of those two concepts.
And now the same Palestinian activists who have tried so hard to associate Palestinians with Ukrainians look like idiots because Palestinian leaders themselves fully support Russia's invasion - and occupation - of Ukraine.
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