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Israel should do even when Biden says ‘don’t’

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After Iran attacked Israel last weekend, the White House leaked that President Joe Biden told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu not to retaliate against Tehran. “You got a win. Take the win,” Biden reportedly...
U.S. President Joe Biden meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Geneva, June 16, 2021. Source: Facebook/The White House.

Restoring deterrence

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The coming of a New Year is an appropriate time for retrospection. I’ve been thinking about December 2001. Like many Americans, I was traumatized by the horrific images of the Sept. 11 attacks. And like many...
Jews arrive in the Ukrainian city of Uman ahead of Rosh Hashanah, Sept. 14, 2023. Photo by Chaim Goldberg/Flash90.

22,000 pilgrims arrive in Uman ahead of Rosh Hashanah

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More than 20,000 Jews have arrived in the central Ukrainian city of Uman to celebrate Rosh Hashanah amid tightened security due to the war with Russia, local authorities said on Thursday. Tens of thousands of...
Palestinian journalist Said Arikat at a U.S. State Department press briefing on July 11, 2023. Credit: YouTube screenshot.

State Department rejects analogy of Russian war, Israeli ‘occupation’

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Matthew Miller, U.S. State Department spokesman, began Foggy Bottom's press briefing on July 10 by noting it was the 500th day of Russia's war on Ukraine. "For 500 days, the Ukrainian people have endured the...
Russian President Vladimir Putin during a joint press conference with Moldovan President Igor Dodon, on Jan. 17, 2017. Credit: Russian Presidential Press and Information Office via Wikimedia Commons.

‘Shifting Russia-Ukraine dynamics unlikely to affect Israel’

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The ostensible coup launched by Wagner Group leader Yevgeny Prigozhin last month has led to debate over whether he exposed a vulnerability in Russian President Vladimir Putin’s bulwark. But despite speculation of Putin’s imminent...

Putin’s ‘To Do’ list

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Western leaders have long misunderstood Vladimir Putin. In 2001, U.S. President George W. Bush “looked the man in the eye” and “found him to be very straightforward and trustworthy.” Not exactly. In 2015, President Barack Obama...
Ukrainian first lady Olena Zelenska. Credit: UNICEF via Wikimedia Commons.

Ukraine’s first lady to visit Israel

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Olena Zelenska will visit Israel next week at the invitation of her counterpart in Jerusalem, Michal Herzog. The wife of President Isaac Herzog will escort the wife of Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during her time...
Ukrainian Jewish immigrants arrive at Ben-Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv as part of an aliyah from Ukraine on Feb. 20, 2022. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.

Israel’s immigration ministry to refocus efforts on the West

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In part due to the war in Ukraine, Israel is reorienting its immigration efforts from former Soviet Union countries to Western nations, such as France and the United States. Israel's Aliyah and Integration Minister Ofir...
Independence Square in Kyiv, Ukraine. Credit: Tiia Monto via Wikimedia Commons.

Ukraine more antisemitic than Russia: ADL survey

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The latest installment of the antisemitism index “Global 100,” which the Anti-Defamation League released on May 31, ostensibly has good news for Ukrainian Jews. Jew-hatred in Ukraine declined from a record 46% index score in...
Blossoming Japanese cherry trees. Credit: Pixabay.

Kyiv honors Jewish Federations of North America for war-relief support

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The Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) is among groups and countries recognized in Kyiv and honored by the planting of seven Japanese cherry trees in the Ukrainian capital. The countries include the United States,...