Jerusalem 'unaware' of Putin visit next month

[uhnope]

Source: The Times of Israel

Israel’s Foreign Ministry said Thursday it was unaware of any planned visit by Russian President Vladimir Putin next month, rebuffing reports in Palestinian media that the strongman was headed to the region.

The Palestinian al-Quds newspaper reported Thursday that Putin was planning a trip to Israel and the Palestinian territories in early February as part of a tour of the Middle East.

Putin’s state visit was said to include meetings with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in Ramallah and with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in a bid to inject life into the peace process.

Jerusalem responded to the report saying that it was unaware of any plans for Putin to travel to Israel in February. There was no announcement of an upcoming visit to Israel on the Russian president’s website.



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"strongman." nice euphemism.

[Stephen Retired]

1. Maybe Putin should send some surrogates to Israel to let them know he's coming

Around 200,000 surrogates. With weapons. Strictly for self-defense, of course!

[BumRushDaShow]

2. "Israel’s Foreign Ministry said Thursday it was unaware of any planned visit"

Ahem.... Sound familiar?

[ripcord]

3. Is he going to visit the Middle East

the same way he "visited" Ukraine?

[Johnny Rash]

4. Can't deny it, this "Symbolic Gesture", here, hits me in the face, like a BRICK!

But tomorrow is another day, and we will find out, the whole thing was only a baaaad RUMORS!

[Igel]

5. Lots of Russian speakers in Israel.

Who are, according to Putin, "Russian" and therefore under his protection.

[dembotoz]

6. maybe Boehner invited him

prob spelled his name wrong but i don't care