 They need the Middle East and any other religious or national conflicts in the world to be directly or indirectly connected in one way or another with Russia, or, more precisely, for them to hit Russia, our society, therefore, they will use lies and provocations, external and internal reasons, to weaken and split our society, To inflame national and religious strife in our home, I will emphasize that now the leaders of public opinion, the leaders of political parties, public associations, the heads of regions of our large country, the shepherds of traditional religions. When the Ukrainian crisis started, I definitely knew that all those who were shot in human right, Russia invaded a sovereign nation, Russia did this, Russia is an occupier, Russia is a destroyer, and Russia this, Russia that, human right this, human right that, butchers this, butchers that. I knew that the hypocrisy that these people who do this, who advocate for this embody is completely unprecedented. Do you know that in all the two years war that have been fought in Ukraine, the number of civilians that have died is far below the number of civilians that the Palestinian civilians that have lost their lives in just some 21 day bombardments of Gaza. Nobody is saying anything about it, and no one is shouting human right this and that. The question is, are Palestinian lives less important than those of the Ukrainians? The truth is that the hypocrisy is quite alarming, and I think Russia is ready to correct that. And a new round of the Palestinian-Israeli conflict has already claimed thousands of lives, thousands. Russia has experienced and knows what international terrorism is, we know what it is, we will always feel the bitterness of the irreparable losses suffered by our country during the years of the fight against international terrorism. I sincerely want to express my condolences to the families of Israelis and citizens of other countries, whose loved ones were killed or injured in the attack on October 7 this year. But it is also obvious to us that innocent people should not be held accountable for crimes committed by others. The fight against terrorism cannot be carried out according to the notorious principle of collective responsibility, when old people, women, children, entire families are also dying, hundreds of thousands of people are left homeless, without food, without water, without electricity and without medical care. This is a real humanitarian disaster. Russia's position on the Palestinian-Israeli conflict is known, and it has been absolutely clearly stated more than once. It does not have any opportunistic nature associated with the current situation, it is based on decisions of the UN Security Council, which provide for the creation of two independent, sovereign states, Israel and Palestine. This is the key to a long-term, fundamental settlement. This is the key to peace in the Middle East. This is the traditional position of the Soviet Union. Then Russia since 1948 are tasked today. The main task is to stop the bloodshed and violence, otherwise. Further growth of the crisis is fraught with severe and extremely dangerous, destructive consequences, and not only for the Middle East region. This could spill far beyond the borders of the Middle East. This is precisely what I have repeatedly emphasized in my speeches. During numerous telephone conversations and during personal meetings with the heads of the Middle East and other states, at the same time, we see attempts by some forces to provoke further escalation, to drag as many other countries and peoples into the conflict as possible, using them for their own selfish interests, to launch a real wave of chaos and mutual hatred not only in the Middle East but also far beyond its borders. For this purpose, among other things, they are trying to play on the national and religious feelings of millions of people. Moreover, such a policy, if I may say so, has been implemented for a long time, long before the current crisis. They set Muslims against Jews. They call for war with the infidels. They pitch Shiites against Sunnis, Orthodox against Catholics. In Europe they turn a blind eye to blasphemy and vandalism against Muslim holy sites. In a number of countries, they are already openly, at the official level, glorifying Nazi criminals and anti-Semites who have the blood of Holocaust victims on their hands. In Ukraine they are leading the way to ban the canonical Orthodox Church and deepen the church schism, in my opinion. The purpose of all these actions is obvious, to increase instability in the world, to divide cultures, peoples, world religions, to provoke a conflict of civilizations. All this according to the well-known principle of divide and conquer, and at the same time, there is talk about some kind of new world order, the essence of which is actually the same, hypocrisy, double standards, claims to exclusivity, to global dominance, to the preservation of an essentially neocolonial system. The West sees how the process of forming a multi-polar world order is gaining momentum, and in order to restrain the development of independent, sovereign countries, in order to split the world majority, they use all the same means, including Islamophobia, anti-Semitism and Russophobia, of course, for these forces, that are pursuing such a policy or who are trying to pursue it. It is in their interest for the epidemic of violence and hatred to spread not only to the Middle East, but also to other regions. Well, the President said a lot of things, and I just want to briefly react to the policy of divisions in the West that he was highlighting. That was a very massive one, because I really understand that people don't really download the principles that Western nations or Western powers often use to create divisions under development in other parts of the world. For example, divisions that come to a society where people love themselves, where people don't even care about who rules and what, and then start to divide the society that did it in India, that did it in different parts of the world. They tried to do it in China, where Chinese people were fragmented, but in the long run it didn't work, and when people unite, they tend to perform pretty better than when they are divided. So that's what he's highlighting, the crisis in the Palestinian Peninsula is artificial. It was a crisis that was single-handedly formulated by Western powers, by thinking people's belonging and handing it over to refugees from America and other parts of Europe. It was a tragedy. Let's keep listening to him. I'll be right back. So, that old hot spots escalate in Eurasia, and new hot spots arise, in many ways. Orchestrating the conflict in the Middle East, fueling and provoking nationalism and religious intolerance around the world, these same forces, of course, are also pursuing their hostile goals in relation to our country. And these goals are openly declared by the ruling circles of some countries, to inflict on us, as they put it, a strategic defeat, and there is nothing new here either. They need the Middle East and any other religious or national conflicts in the world to be directly or indirectly connected in one way or another with Russia, or, more precisely, for them to hit Russia, our society, therefore, they will use lies and provocations. External and internal reasons to weaken and split our society, to inflame national and religious strife in our home, I will emphasize that now the leaders of public opinion, the leaders of political parties, public associations, the heads of regions of our large country, the shepherds of traditional religions, and all institutions of civil society bear a colossal responsibility for the future of Russia. Each of us in our words and actions must proceed from the main thing. What's the main thing? We must proceed from the fundamental interests of our own multinational people. We must always remember that inter-ethnic and inter-religious harmony is the basis of Russian statehood, everything else. Every other position has an anti-Russian orientation and component, I know, that for all of us, for pastors, for spiritual leaders of Christians, Muslims, Buddhists, for followers of Judaism, such harmony, such unity of our society is an unconditional value. I thank you for such a principled position, and I want to note the great attention that you paid at educational work and the development of inter-religious dialogue. Representatives of faiths work together to implement social and charitable projects. I will once again return to where I started. That's definitely true. The reason why I think Vladimir Putin is very concerned about the crisis in Palestine is because there's a substantial number of Muslims. There are Russians that are inside of Russia. I mean, Russia is a very large country in terms of landmarks and in terms of people. The majority of Russia is located in Asia, and they're a different religion, different sort of people. I understand where Vladimir Putin is coming from. He has to be very, very careful with the crisis between Israel and Gaza because there are Jews, a lot of Jews in Russia, and a lot of Jews, a lot of Muslims in Russia as well. So being careful in handling the both sides can be very decisive. But the only thing I think Vladimir Putin is using as a weapon against the manipulation of the crisis in the Gaza Strip by Western forces and establishment is truth. He has reiterated oftentimes that the only solution to the problem of the Middle East, to the problem in Gaza, is a two-state solution where there will be two states in the Palestinian area, the state of Israel and the Palestinian state with very sovereign powers, military and air force, and an economic team and one of you. That's the only thing that can solve the problem in that area. But it seems Western powers are reluctant to, I mean, form a state, a bigger state in the Middle East or make Palestine an independent state. I think they're dragging the conflict this way just to keep everything down for Israel to be the only source state in our region. All right, tell me what you think about this video that you believe that Russia is going to deploy military assets in order to defend Gaza in the long run. Do you think when the suffering of the masses becomes so large that Russia is going to react more militarily or Russia will just sit and watch and make UN resolutions? I don't know for now, but I do believe that Vladimir Putin has a strategy because the war in Gaza indirectly or directly affects Russia itself and I think he's preparing a range of options, a range of things to implement maybe if the crisis escalates in the region. Please do like and share this video with your loved ones. Stay connected with us in the future by hitting the subscribe button. See you next time. As-salamu alaykum.