Tag: Ukraine-Russia War
Israel to support UN resolution condemning Russia amid ceasefire talks
Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said on Monday that Israel will vote in favor of a United Nations General Assembly resolution condemning the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
In a statement on Twitter, Lapid said that...
Kremlin: Israel offered to mediate peace between Russia, Ukraine
The Kremlin says that Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett has offered to broker an end to fighting between Russia and Ukraine.
In a call on Sunday between Bennett and Russian President Vladimir Putin, the Russian...
Israel dispatches ambassador to Warsaw, transfers Ukraine embassy staff to Poland
Amid Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, Israeli Foreign Minister Yair Lapid announced on Saturday that he had instructed ambassador-designate to Poland Yacov Livne to leave for Warsaw ahead of schedule.
“I made the decision … in order to enhance assistance...
Thousands attend Tel Aviv protest against Russian invasion of Ukraine
Thousands of Israelis took to the streets on Saturday to protest the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Social media showed swarms of people of all ages holding signs and chanting, calling on the Israeli government...
Even when Israeli citizens do not want to go back to Israel the Jewish...
The Jewish Agency for Israel has opened six aliyah-processing stations at Ukrainian borders, the agency said on Saturday night.
The stations are located in Poland, Moldova, Romania and Hungary, and are being operated through a collaboration...
On Putin, the Jews and the Future of the World
Jews and dictators normally don’t get along. History is replete with examples of strongmen who reviled the Jewish communities in their midst. Many of their names spring easily to mind, like Hitler, Stalin and...
Ukrainian ambassador appeals for military aid, stronger sanctions amid Russian onslaught
As Russian military forces bear down on Ukraine’s capital city of Kyiv on Friday, Ukrainian Ambassador to the United States Oksana Markarova spoke to over a hundred supporters and leadership of the National Coalition...
New York’s ‘Little Odessa’ Jews react to Russia-Ukraine conflict
News travels in an instant these days, and the updates coming out of Europe are hitting hard in a south Brooklyn neighborhood. Brighton Beach is home to one of the largest Ukrainian populations outside...
Ukraine synagogues prepare for tense Shabbat under heavy security
Ukraine’s Jewish communities are preparing for an unusually tense Shabbat, without knowing if they will be under Russian or Ukrainian rule when the Sabbath is over, or what the war will bring.
Synagogues in the...