Tag: Israel-Russia Relations
Lapid: Shuttering Jewish Agency in Russia could have ‘serious impact on diplomatic relations’
Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid warned on Sunday that the shuttering of the Jewish Agency’s offices in Russia could have “a serious impact” on diplomatic relations between Jerusalem and Moscow.
An Israeli delegation was set to...
Israel watches warily as Russia, Iran build stronger ties
Underscoring the warming ties between the two countries, Russian President Vladimir Putin traveled to Iran on Tuesday. This was the third time since the start of the year that Putin has met with his...
Israel continues to walk a diplomatic tightrope between Russia and Ukraine
Israel continues to struggle to maintain integrity while balancing its delicate diplomatic relationships with both Ukraine and Russia. While Israel’s Ambassador to Russia Alex Ben Zvi received a summons on June 16 to explain an alleged...
Why Russia has once again turned on the Jews
Russia’s foreign minister, Sergey Lavrov, caused outrage earlier this week after he was asked on Italian TV how Russia could claim to be “de-Nazifying” Ukraine when its president, Volodymyr Zelensky, is Jewish.
Lavrov replied: “I...
Israel’s president calls on Lavrov to apologize for anti-Semitic remarks
Israeli President Isaac Herzog called on Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov to apologize for claiming that “even Hitler had Jewish blood.”
“Lavrov is spreading anti-Semitic lies. I expect him to apologize,” Herzog told Haaretz on Tuesday.
He said “at first,...
Russia accuses Israel of supporting ‘neo-Nazi regime’ in Ukraine
Russia’s foreign minister on Tuesday accused Israel of supporting “the neo-Nazi regime in Kyiv,” deepening a controversy he sparked two days earlier by claiming Hitler had “Jewish blood.”
Asked by Italian media on Sunday how...
Bennett, Lapid condemn Lavrov’s remarks about Hitler’s ‘Jewish blood’
Israel’s prime minister and foreign minister on Monday strongly condemned his Russian counterpart’s statement made the day before that Nazi leader Adolf Hitler “had Jewish blood.”
Speaking to Italian news channel Zona Bianca, Russian Foreign Minister...
Russia summons Israeli ambassador over Lapid’s criticism of invasion
Israel’s Ambassador to Russia Alexander Ben Zvi was summoned on Sunday to appear at the Russian Foreign Ministry.
News of the summons arrived after Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid and a number of other Israeli...
Russia bans access to two Israeli Russian-speaking websites for its citizens
Russia blocked off access for its citizens to 30 websites worldwide, including two Russian-language Israeli websites, Maariv reported on Wednesday.
The two Israeli websites are Channel 9, a Russian-speaking Israeli television station, and Vesti, a Russian-language news website that...
Bennett’s mission to Moscow could help Ukraine. But can he stop a new Iran...
After more than a week of being criticized for his lack of outrage about Russia’ invasion of Ukraine, Israeli Prime Minister Naftfali Bennett sought to reverse the script by undertaking a mission of peace...