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Russian President Vladimir Putin in 2019. Credit: Sasa Dzambic photography/Shutterstock.

Russian businessmen resign from Jewish group after giving $10 million to Ukraine

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Three Russian oligarchs who founded the Genesis Philanthropy Group have stepped down from the Jewish charitable foundation after it pledged to donate $10 million for humanitarian needs in Ukraine, reported Business Insider. Banking and business billionaires...
Russia's Minister of Foreign Affairs Sergey Lavrov delivers a speech at the Conference on Disarmament, March 14, 2022. Credit: U.N. Photo by Emmanuel Hungrecker.

Russia says Western sanctions related to Ukraine war have no bearing on Iran talks

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Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov said on Tuesday that he has received guarantees from the United States that Western sanctions on Moscow over its Ukraine invasion would not affect cooperation with Iran as part...
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...
Roman Abramovich (left) in 2014 in Moscow. Credit: Magicinfoto/Shutterstock.

Yad Vashem cuts ties with Roman Abramovich after UK announces sanctions

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Israel’s Yad Vashem announced on Thursday that it was cutting ties with its second-largest private donor, Roman Abramovich. The notice came shortly after the Russian billionaire was named as one of seven oligarchs being...
Palestinian Authority leader Mahmoud Abbas heads for a meeting of the P.A. leadership in Ramallah. May 7, 2020. Photo by Flash90.

In wake of Amnesty ‘apartheid’ report, Palestinians urge UN to sanction Israel

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The Palestinian Authority on Tuesday night welcomed Amnesty International UK’s report accusing Israel of apartheid, and also urged the U.N. General Assembly and Security Council to impose sanctions on the Jewish state. The P.A. also called...
Hezbollah flags flying over southern Lebanon. Credit: John Grummitt/Shutterstock.

US enacts sanctions on Hezbollah-tied businessmen for exploiting Lebanon amid economic collapse

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The United States announced on Tuesday that it is sanctioning three Hezbollah-linked facilities and their Lebanese-based travel company for their role as financial facilitators of the Iranian-backed terror group at a time when Lebanon...
Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) speaking at CPAC 2015 in Washington, D.C. Photo by Gage Skidmore via Wikimedia Commons.

Congress pursues bill to sanction entities aiding Palestinian terror groups

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A group of 16 Republican senators signed on to a reintroduced bill that would require the imposition of sanctions on any individual, entity or state that provides support for Hamas, Palestinian Islamic Jihad and...
Negotiations in Vienna over the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, the existing Iran nuclear deal, May 2021. Source: Enrique Mora/European External Action Service/Twitter.

Biden administration ‘dead set’ on re-entering Iran deal, despite high price

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In recent days, conflicting reports have emerged over the ongoing negotiations in Vienna to revive the 2015 nuclear deal, leading to questions over to what extent the United States will undo Trump-era sanctions against...
The headquarters of the International Olympic Committee in Lausanne, Switzerland. Credit: Maykova Galina/Shutterstock.

Activists urge Olympic Committee to sanction Iran over boycott of Israeli athletes

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A group of athletes and human-rights activists are asking the International Olympic Committee (IOC) to sanction Iran’s Olympic program because of the country’s repeated attempts to have its athletes avoid competing against Israelis. In a letter sent...
ICC Chief Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda at the Munich Security Conference on Feb.14, 2016. Credit: Wikimedia Commons/Security Conference.

Israel to reject jurisdiction of ICC, allegations of war crimes

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Israel plans to formally reject the International Criminal Court probe into alleged war crimes perpetrated by the Israel Defense Forces against Hamas in Gaza as part of “Operation Protective Edge” in the summer of...