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Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi meets Syrian President Bashar Assad in Damascus, May 3, 2023. Source: Twitter.

Did Israel lose the Syrian war? Not yet

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Ehud Yaari’s recent op-ed “How Israel Lost the Syrian War” provides unequaled insight into Israel’s and other states’ actions during the  Syrian civil war. He describes Israel’s tactical successes, noting that IRGC leader Qassem Soleimani’s “original...
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...
Evan Gershkovich. Source: Twitter.

Federation urges Blinken to continue fighting for release of Evan Gershkovich

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The Jewish Federations of North America (JFNA) hosted a webinar on Monday that drew 500 people and has sent a letter to U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken advocating for the release of Evan Gershkovich, a Wall Street Journal foreign...
U.S. Army Soldiers, attached to Heavy Company, 3rd Squadron, 3rd Armored Cavalry Regiment, take cover behind their vehicle as small-arms fire opens up in the distance in Mosul, Iraq, on Jan. 17, 2008. Credit: U.S. Army Photo by Spc. Kieran Cuddihy.

Iraq anniversary reminds us that avoiding war isn’t always wrong

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As a general rule of thumb, it’s always best to avoid analogies to Adolf Hitler, Winston Churchill and Neville Chamberlain. The trio of the greatest villain in history, the hero who defeated him, and...
“It took U.S. experts too much time to realize that the Russian war against Ukraine is our war,” Ukraine-born historian Yohanan Petrovsky-Stern told JNS.

Chicago’s Ukrainian Jewish community reflects on war and troubled history of Soviet past

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Ukrainian Jews who have settled in Illinois since war began in their country a year ago report that the state has been largely pro-Ukraine and that those who seemed initially hesitant to support the...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Russian President Vladimir Putin during a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Moscow on May 9, 2018. Photo by Amos Ben Gershom/GPO.

Russia warns Israel not to arm Ukraine

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Russia on Wednesday warned Israel against arming Ukraine, after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu indicated he was considering providing military assistance to Kyiv and was willing to mediate. “We say that all countries that supply...
Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

The West has finally realized there is a clear front in the battle for...

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy and Iran’s protesters are united in the same struggle. It is not an accident that Time magazine has declared Zelenskyy Person of the Year and Iranian women Heroes of the Year for...
A protest against China's "Zero Covid" policy. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

China’s cry for freedom

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There is no getting around the fact that we live in dangerous times, defined by the worst military conflict in Europe since the end of World War II and a global economic downturn. Equally, there...

Reason And Anti-Reason In Moscow: Psychiatric Determinants Of “Cold War II”

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Vladimir Putin’s aggression against Ukraine has obviously critical implications for United States foreign policy. Among other things, this expanding Russian “crime against peace” has undermined once residual hopes for superpower reconciliation or “détente.” In essence, whatever...
Ukrainian Jews arrive on aliyah at Ben-Gurion Airport, Feb. 20, 2022. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.

Russian aliyah spikes in 2022

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More than four times as many persons made aliyah from Russia in the first 10 months of 2022 than in all of last year, according to Ofek Israeli—The National Aliyah Promotion Company. A total of 32,494 Russian...