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Israel Attacks Airport In Damascus. Russia Responds: “Absolutely Unacceptable Violation Of International Norms” To Attack “Essential Civilian Infrastructure” Destroying Apartments In Ukraine Is What?

Defining Gall And Hypocrisy:

On 10 June 2022, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation shared that an attack upon the Damascus International Airport (DAM) originating in the Golan Heights (territory of Syria occupied since 1967 and then annexed in 1981 by the State of Israel) by the Defense Forces of the State of Israel which inflicted substantial damage to DAM was “the provocative Israeli attack against essential civilian infrastructure” and was “an absolutely unacceptable violation of international norms.”

  • Gall: Brazen boldness coupled with impudent assurance and insolence.

  • Hypocrisy: The practice of claiming to have moral standards or beliefs to which one's own behavior does not conform; pretense.