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Negotiations in Vienna, Austria, between Iran and European Union, France, United Kingdom, Germany, Russia and China. Source: European External Action Service/Twitter.

Poll: Majority of American voters oppose Russia representing US in Iran nuclear talks

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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...
Kyiv Chief Rabbi Yaakov Dov Bleich leads the memorial ceremony and inauguration of the symbolic synagogue on the site of the Babi Yar Nazi massacre. Credit: Courtesy of the Babyn Yar Holocaust Memorial Center.

Ukrainian Jewish leaders talk of history old and new: Babyn Yar memorial, evacuating refugees

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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,...
Ukrainian rescuers check the remains of a school in Chernigiv after the Russian shelling of the city, March 6, 2022. Credit: Міністерство внутрішніх справ України via Wikimedia Commons.

Biden’s priority is appeasing Iran, not helping Ukraine

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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...
Sennheiser Microphone. Credit: ChrisEngelsma via Wikimedia Commons.

Russia bans access to two Israeli Russian-speaking websites for its citizens

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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...
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addressing Congress. March 16, 2022. Source: Screenshot.

Jewish lawmakers moved by Zelensky address, mixed on next steps to support Ukraine

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After Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky spoke by video to a joint session of Congress on Wednesday morning, Jewish members were moved by Zelensky’s speech, though expressed slightly varied positions on what to do next. During...
Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid addresses a Yesh Atid faction meeting at the Knesset, on Nov. 8, 2021. Photo by Oliiver Fitoussi/Flash90.

Lapid: Israel condemns war, but it will not act as bypass channel of Russia...

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Israel will not act as a bypass channel of sanctions for Russia imposed by the West, Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said Monday, according to a report by Globes. In a meeting with Slovakian Foreign Minister...
Former U.S. senator Joe Lieberman attends the opening event of the Begin Symposium in Jerusalem, March 13, 2022. Credit: Hanna Taieb.

Joseph Lieberman: US inaction against Russia empowers Iran

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America, the four other permanent U.N. Security Council members and Germany should realize that allowing Russia to get away with its invasion of Ukraine “will encourage countries like Iran to be more aggressive with...
U.S. President Joe Biden meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin via videoconference on Dec. 7, 2021. Credit: Presidential Executive Office of Russia via Wikimedia Commons.

Opposing Putin is about more than sympathy for an underdog

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Americans are so polarized that even when almost everyone basically agrees about something, their instincts tell them to distrust it. That’s what’s happening in the discussion about Russia’s war of aggression against Ukraine. Virtually...
Israeli Prime Minister Prime Minister Naftali Bennett holds a press conference at HaKirya military base in Tel Aviv on Nov. 26, 2021. Photo by Moti Milrod/POOL.

Bennett speaks with Putin, Zelensky as US announces ban on Russian-oil imports

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Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett spoke with Russian President Vladimir Putin for the second time in recent days. According to the Kremlin, Putin discussed with the Israeli leader Moscow’s assessment of the third round of...
A Russian military strike on a TV tower in Kiev, Ukraine, on March 1, 2022. Source: Twitter.

Russia reportedly ‘trying to recruit Syrian fighters’ for Ukraine war

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Russia is attempting to recruit Syrian fighters for its war against Ukraine, an American defense official quoted by multiple American media outlets said on Tuesday. The official said a report by The Wall Street Journal the previous...