MORE PROOF THAT RUSSIA IS THE HUB OF THE AXIS OF EVIL: LAVROV PRAISES HAMAS!

JPOST: Russian FM praises ties with Hamas

"We are certain that this is needed," the Interfax news agency quoted Lavrov as saying after a meeting with exiled Hamas leader Khaled Mashaal in Damascus.

Lavrov is in Syria to attend a summit of foreign ministers of Islamic countries and is scheduled to meet Syrian President Bashar Assad on Sunday.

Russia is the only member of what is known as the Quartet of Middle East negotiators that does not boycott Hamas

HAARETZ: Israel furious over Russia FM's meeting with Hamas leader

Senior officials in the Foreign Ministry were furious on Sunday over the news that Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov met Hamas leader Khaled Meshal in Damascus.

Diplomats in Damascus said new Middle East peace moves by U.S. President Barack Obama may have helped spur the meeting between Lavrov and Meshaal...

RUSSIA IS NOT AN ALLY AND SHOULD BE TREATED AS A FOE OF THE ENTIRE WEST AND THE FREE WORLD.

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