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Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov at opening a global forum on partnerships between governments and businesses to counter terrorism as part of the Group of Eight (G8) summit, July 15-17, 2006. Credit: Russian Presidential Press and Information Office via Wikimedia Commons.

Russian foreign minister: ‘Our goal is the establishment of a Palestinian state’

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“Normalization between Israel and the Arab states does not mean a resolution to the Palestinian issue must become a second priority,” Russia’s Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said in a meeting with his United Arab...

The Upside-Down World of Birobidzhan

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The latest in our Youtube series "Gehert a Mayse!/Have you heard?" is live! The Upside-Down World of Birobidzhan In the summer of 2007, Sheva Zucker, editor of Afn Shvel from 2005-2020, was invited to teach Yiddish...
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan. Source: Turkish Presidency via Twitter.

Will Turkish President Erdoğan send troops to Azerbaijan?

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The latest round of fighting in the Nagorno-Karabakh region continues to send ricochets across the Middle East. Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan on Monday submitted a motion to parliament—a week after Russian President Vladimir...

October 25, 1941: Jewish resistance to the einsatzcommandos

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Amid mass-murder by the roving Nazi Einsatzcommandos and a hostile peasantry, Jews in Tatarsk and Starodub, between Kiev and Moscow, rebelled on this date in 1941. The Einsatzcommando B report no. 124 observed that “Jews had...
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani (left) and Russian President Vladimir Putin. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

With Iranian arms embargo set to expire, will Tehran be able to purchase weapons...

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Despite ongoing fears of Iran’s pursuit of nuclear weapons and aggression in the Middle East, the U.N. arms embargo on Tehran is scheduled to expire on Oct. 18, which would allow the Islamic Republic...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (right) and Russian President Vladimir Putin during a meeting in Moscow in June 2016. Credit: Haim Zach/GPO.

Netanyahu, Putin discuss Iran, Syria and COVID-19

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu spoke on the phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin on Wednesday morning to discuss regional security issues, the Prime Minister’s Office reported. The conversation between the two leaders focused on...
Design for the Babyn Yar Memorial Center. Credit: BYHMC/Querkraft.

Babi Yar at 79 … and its future

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Over a two-day period, beginning on Sept. 29, 1941, almost the entire Jewish community of Kyiv was wiped out at a ravine on the outskirts of the city known as Babi Yar. The Nazis and...
U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks to reporters on Sept. 10, 2019, in the White House. Photo: Andrea Hanks/White House.

Pompeo threatens China, Russia with sanctions if they sell arms to Iran

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The United States will sanction China and Russia if they sell arms to Iran, said U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo on Tuesday. “We’re going to go after every violation that we can muster the...
Belarus President Alexander Lukashenko. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

Lukashenko’s iron fist in Belarus

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Around the world, authoritarian regimes continue to growl in the faces of their own people as they demand freedom and reform. In Venezuela, Nicolas Máduro still clings to the presidency despite the fact that...
Russian President Vladimir Putin. Credit: Kremlin.

US rejects Russia’s offer for virtual summit on Iran

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The United States has rejected Russia’s offer for a virtual summit outside of the United Nations regarding Iran. “The United States believes strongly that the Security Council is the best place to have discussions related...