Tag: Russia
Alma Center says Moscow ‘likely turned blind eye to transfer of Russian weapons to...
Russia has likely turned a blind eye to Syrian and Iranian transfers of Russian-made weapons to Hezbollah in Lebanon, a new report by an Israeli defense research center has assessed.
Maj. (res.) Tal Be’eri, head of the...
The apology that Russia won’t make
Did Russian President Vladimir Putin really apologize to Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett for the atrocious remarks on the Holocaust uttered by his Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov?
There is no way of knowing for sure....
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,...
Ukraine, Israel and the meaning of ‘never again’
Two months after President Paul von Hindenburg appointed him Chancellor of Germany, Adolf Hitler began his persecution of German Jews. No one at the time could have imagined that this would sow the seeds...
A revived Iran deal is bad news for democracy
Russia’s ongoing invasion of Ukraine is a salutary reminder of the lack of restraints facing authoritarian regimes when they decide to go to war, as well as the inability of the democratic nations confronting...
Poll: Majority of American voters oppose Russia representing US in Iran nuclear talks
Negotiations are ongoing to revive the 2015 Iran nuclear deal—the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA)—that would temporarily see Tehran give up its ambitions to develop nuclear weapons in exchange for the removal of...
Ukrainian Jewish leaders talk of history old and new: Babyn Yar memorial, evacuating refugees
It’s a war that feels somewhat biblical, and Ukraine’s chief rabbi is taking lessons from the Torah.
“When our forefather Jacob met with his brother Esau, he prepared himself with three things: He prepared the doron,...
Biden’s priority is appeasing Iran, not helping Ukraine
If you listen to Biden administration spokespeople and the talking heads that form their mainstream media cheering section, you may think you know what is its foreign-policy priority: to do anything short of war...
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...