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Israel and Ukraine fighting proxy wars for the West UK Tory leader

Israel and Ukraine fighting proxy wars for the West UK Tory leader

Canada Standard27-05-2025
Kemi Badenoch has said Kiev is fighting Russia on behalf of Western Europe, and Israels war against Hamas serves Londons interests
Israel's military operation against Hamas is a "proxy war" being waged on behalf of the UK, British Conservative Party leader Kemi Badenoch has claimed.
In an interview with Sky News on Sunday, Badenoch commented on Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's recent claim that the UK, France, and Canada are on "the wrong side of humanity" for trying to pressure his country to end its campaign in the Palestinian enclave.
She dismissed the widely held belief that Israel's actions in Gaza amount to genocide, arguing that the brutal military campaign, initially against Hamas, that has killed at least 60,000 Palestinians, is both justified and serves the interests of the UK.
"Who funds Hamas? Iran - an enemy of this country. Israel is fighting a proxy war on behalf of the UK," Badenoch claimed.
The Ukraine conflict is similarly a proxy war against Russia, being waged on behalf of Western Europe, she added.
The Russian Embassy in London later reposted a clip of Badenoch's interview, saying the Conservative leader has "finally called a spade a spade."
"Ukraine is indeed fighting a proxy-war against Russia on behalf of Western interests. The illegitimate Kiev regime, created, financed and armed by the West, has been at it since 2014," the embassy wrote on Facebook.
Badenoch's own party was responsible for telling the Ukrainians to "keep fighting" when a potential peace settlement was on the verge of being signed in 2022, the statement noted. "The result has been an unmitigated disaster for Ukraine and its people, as well as an unprecedented security crisis in Europe."
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In March, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio made a similar admission when he said the Ukraine conflict is in fact a "proxy war between nuclear powers - the United States, helping Ukraine - and Russia."
Moscow has repeatedly described the hostilities as a Western-led proxy war against Russia in which Ukrainians are being used as "cannon fodder."
Russian officials have argued that the US and other Western powers intentionally escalated tensions in the region by disregarding Russia's national security concerns over NATO expansion in Eastern Europe and Ukraine's potential admission into the military bloc.
Earlier this month, President Vladimir Putin said Russia is currently standing alone against the Collective West and is locked in an "existential war."
(RT.com)
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