Katz, a member of the security cabinet, reminded Russian journalists in comments that appeared in the Russian media that Hamas is an “Islamist terrorist organization.''
Russia decide to exert leverage, such as by constraining Israeli freedom of action against Iranian military targets in Syria, the United States would be ill-equipped to push back.
The head of Israel's domestic security agency says a cyber attack or an 'influence attack' on social media aims to undermine Israelis' trust in their government, and while it is easy to point the finger at Moscow, Iran and China could also benefit from such a move.