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It’s “Buy Danish” by a landslide.

The Google has spoken.

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Israel is upset over Vladimir Putin’s invitation to have Hamas leaders visit him in Russia. Well, duh.

“It’s not just a slap in the face to Israel. It’s a slap in the face to Western countries,” said one Israeli official, speaking on condition of anonymity because talks with Russia were ongoing. “We are waiting for an explanation.”

The administration of U.S. President George W. Bush has also asked Moscow to explain Putin’s statement.

Israel is looking for an explanation.

Putin’s move is considered by Israel as a breach of the international circle of agreement regarding Hamas. Following the PA elections and talks held by Acting Prime Minister Ehud Olmert and Foreign Minister Tzipi Livni with state leaders and foreign ministers, it appeared that Russia would act according to the same understandings.

According to the understandings, there would be no dialogue with Hamas before it renounces terror and disarms, and until Hamas recognizes Israel and stops calling for its destruction and commits to all of the agreements signed between Israel and the PA since the Oslo agreement in 1993.

I don’t think they’re going to get one. I think this is another way Putin is trying to make Russia dominant again, just as his relationship with Iran is screwing the U.S. and the rest of the Western world. He is an unrepentant former Communist. Some of us remember what they were like. Some of us remember the nuclear nightmares facing us. Some of us think that Putin wants to turn back the clock and be the number two superpower, vying with the U.S. for supremacy. But there’s no there there, and so he plays with the fire of Islamic terrorism (all the while murdering Chechnyans indiscriminately in the name of anti-terrorism), and thinks that it won’t reach up to bite him in the ass.

The Jihadis want Russian territory too, Putin.

Vladimir Putin has invited the leaders of Hamas to Russia to discuss the situation. Russia, he pointed out, has never considered Hamas a terrorist organization. Those of us with any knowledge of Russia and the Jews are wholly unsurprised at this. Russia gaveus the Pale of the Settlement (is that where the phrase “Beyond the pale” comes from? and that execrable hoax, The Protocols of the Elders of Zion, which was written in Russia for the explicit purpose of libeling Jews.

So. This is not a surprise at all, just as I am not surprised that anti-Semitism in Russia is up again. (Or should that be “still”?)

MADRID, Spain (AP) - Russian President Vladimir Putin on Thursday invited leaders of Hamas to Moscow, saying his country - unlike most of the West - does not see the Palestianian group as a terrorist organization.

Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh said in Gaza group members would be “delighted” to visit Russia if officially invited. Israel reacted coolly.

Hamas’ surprise Jan. 25 election victory sent shock waves around the world. The group’s founding manifesto calls for the destruction of Israel, and it has refused to move away from that position since the election.

Alexander Kalugin, Russia’s special envoy for the Middle East, said in Moscow that Russia would use the meeting to ask the militant group to recognize Israel’s right to exist. Putin, ending a two-day visit to Spain. urged the world not to turn its back on Hamas.

“Hamas came to power … as a result of democratic, legitimate elections and we must respect the choice of the Palestinian people,” he told a press conference. “We have to look for solutions for the Palestinian people, for the international community, and also for Israel.”

Israeli Foreign Ministry spokesman Mark Regev said a dialogue with Hamas can be established only if it abandons terrorism and recognizes Israel.

Although Hamas has claimed responsibility for violent attacks including suicide bombings in Israel, Putin refused to label it a terrorist organization.

“We have never considered Hamas a terrorist organization,” he said.

No, because Hamas hasn’t targeted Russians. Oh, wait. Actually, they kinda have. They just haven’t been found out yet.

As far as I’m concerned, Vladimir Putin is merely continuing Russia’s centuries-long habit of anti-Semitism. Again, unsurprised. I know someone with more information on Russian anti-Semitism, but it will be up to him to chime in. Write it. I’ll link.