Netherlands and Germany will send Ukraine anti-tank weapon systems manufactured by subsidiary of Israel’s state-owned Rafael

Posted on February 25, 2022 by ArchitectGuy

JERUSALEM POST
Russia-Ukraine War: Israeli-made weapons are heading to Ukraine
by Anna Ahronheim
February 28, 2022

As NATO member states announce that they are shipping modern weapons to Ukraine, Israeli-made weapons are also on their way, even as Jerusalem walks a diplomatic tightrope following Russia’s invasion of the European nation. On Sunday evening, the Netherlands announced that it would send 50 Panzerfaust 3 anti-tank weapon systems with 400 rockets and 200 Stinger anti-aircraft missiles. Amsterdam will also supply 100 sniper rifles and 3,000 additional munitions. The Army Recognition website said that all the military equipment and weapons will be transported to an Eastern European country by American C-17 transport aircraft, which departed from Eindhoven airbase and once on the ground, will be transported by road to Ukraine. READ MORE

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“It’s true that many Ukrainian nationalists initially welcomed the German invaders as liberators during World War Two. But Ukraine suffered more than Russia from Nazism, with more of its population being killed during the war than any other country”

Posted on February 25, 2022 by ArchitectGuy

JNS
For the Jews, history repeats itself in Ukraine
by Melanie Phillips
March 3, 2022

The onslaught against Ukraine by Russia’s President Vladimir Putin is a horrific tragedy for all Ukrainians as well as a crisis for Europe and the west in general. Nevertheless, for the Jewish people, it has special and deeply troubling resonance. During the Holocaust, an estimated 1.2 million to 1.4 million Ukrainian Jews were slaughtered. Volodymyr Zelensky, the country’s heroic president who is inspiring its resistance, is a Jew who lost relatives in that cauldron. Now Ukraine’s Jewish community, which carries a long history of trauma from waves of pogroms over the centuries, is again in terror. Jews are taking refuge in synagogues and bunkers while some have fled to Israel. READ MORE

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“Once again, U.S. and Western officials are falling into the trap of failing to understand the enemy and his objectives”

Posted on February 25, 2022 by ArchitectGuy

DAILY MAIL
Putin is not crazy and the Russian invasion is not failing. The West’s delusions about this war – and its failure to understand the enemy – will prevent it from saving Ukraine
by Bill Rogio
March 2, 2022

Wishful thinking has the upper hand in the battle to shape Western perceptions of the war in Ukraine. Sympathy for the outnumbered and outgunned defenders of Kyiv has led to the exaggeration of Russian setbacks, misunderstanding of Russian strategy, and even baseless claims from amateur psychoanalysts that Putin has lost his mind. A more sober analysis shows that Russia may have sought a knockout blow, but always had well-laid plans for follow-on assaults if its initial moves proved insufficient. The world has underestimated Putin before and those mistakes have led, in part, to this tragedy in Ukraine. We must be clear-eyed now that the war is underway. Yet even the professionals at the Pentagon are letting sympathy cloud their judgement. READ MORE

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EVENT Rally Against Putin’s War: Chicago, Sunday March 6

Posted on February 25, 2022 by ArchitectGuy

UKRAINIAN CONGRESS COMMITTEE OF AMERICA
Sunday, March 6, 2:00 pm at Daley Plaza
PROTEST AGAINST RUSSIA’S INVASION of UKRAINE

UCCA invites all Ukrainians and friends to attend 3 events to support Ukraine

Many of you are watching the horrific war in Ukraine, where Putin is now intentionally bombing large apartment buildings, schools, and hospitals in crowded cities and you may be wondering what you can do to help. Besides your donations and prayers, the most important thing you can do is to help keep this horrific war in the news cycle – to maximize the pressure on the US government to increase sanctions against Putin and to help with the increasing humanitarian crisis. There are already over 1 million refugees and soon there will be millions more. They are mostly women and children who are traveling for over 50 hours in crowded trains with no food, water, or bathrooms, and then waiting for hours or days, in freezing temperatures, to be let into neighboring countries. I know such people personally. Though the numbers are staggering, it is important to remember that each one is a human life.

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PM Bennett: ‘Our hearts’ are with Ukrainians, pledges to offer humanitarian aid but doesn’t voice support for Kyiv, hours after Lapid blasts Moscow

Posted on February 24, 2022 by ArchitectGuy

TIMES OF ISRAEL
Bennett refrains from condemning Russia in first remarks since invasion of Ukraine
by Lazar Berman
February 24, 2022

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on Thursday avoided condemning the Russian invasion of Ukraine — or even mentioning Russia by name — in his first remarks since the incursion began. “The world order as we know it is changing,” he said, speaking at an IDF officer graduation ceremony in southern Israel. “The world is much less stable, and our region too is changing every day…He again urged Israelis in Ukraine to leave the country. “Leave now. Protect your lives. Our people are waiting to receive you at the border crossings in the western part of the country. READ MORE

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Chief Rabbi Ephraim Mirvis has urged UK community to keep those under bombardment in their prayers

Posted on February 24, 2022 by ArchitectGuy

JEWISH CHRONICLE
Terror among Ukrainian Jews as Russia launches full-scale invasion
by Rosa Doherty
February 24, 2022

Ukraine’s Jews are braced for conflict as Russia’s troops invaded the country last night and Vladimir Putin pledged to “de-nazify” the country…The Israeli foreign ministry has also said it’s standing by to assist the Ukrainian Jewish population but has not received a call for assistance yet. The world Jewish relief charity has launched a crisis appeal saying they are: “Shocked and devastated by the news this morning that Russian forces have launched a full-scale invasion of Ukraine.”..Other groups are also urgently seeking donations to support Ukraine’s 100,000 Jews. Humanitarian aid charity Hatzalah Ukraine is hoping to raise £200,000 towards the costs of evacuations, transport, emergency medicine, police escorts and food and water. READ MORE

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The invasion of Ukraine and the rise of America’s isolationists.

Posted on February 18, 2022 by ArchitectGuy

COMMON SENSE WITH BARI WEISS
America Is Afraid of War. Putin Knows It.
by Zoe Strimpel
February 24, 2022

…The Kremlin views this conflict as part of a much bigger showdown between Russia and the West. If that sounds like the Cold War, that’s because in the eyes of the former KGB agent in charge of Russia, the Soviet collapse was a catastrophe, and this is part of righting that wrong. It is a relitigation of a titanic struggle we thought was over. There is only one country that can bring this relitigation to an immediate end and restore order not only to Ukraine but the whole of Europe. To do that, the United States would have to convince Putin that it is willing to go to war to protect Ukraine’s territorial sovereignty. But no one believes it is. READ MORE

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Key moments of Jewish history have occurred in Ukraine

Posted on February 18, 2022 by ArchitectGuy

AISH
Ukraine and the Jews
by Dr. Yvette Alt Miller
January 30, 2022 |

With a huge build-up in Russian troops along Ukraine’s borders in recent weeks, many people are fearful that Russia will invade Ukraine. Ukraine is a complex and diverse nation with an incredibly rich Jewish history…The term “pogrom” was invented after riots in Ukraine. In 1881, Czar Alexander II was murdered by a left-wing terrorist. Soon, it was being (incorrectly) reported across Russia that the new Czar Alexander III had ordered Russian subjects to kill Jews. Pogroms broke out, with the greatest number taking place in Ukraine. READ MORE

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“This inability to denounce SJP’s incendiary post appears to be part of a pattern by the University of Chicago to deliberately avoid addressing antisemitism when such incidents occur on campus”

Posted on February 18, 2022 by ArchitectGuy

ALGEMEINER
UChicago Condemns ‘Anti-Palestinian Bias’ After SJP Urges Boycott of ‘Sh*tty Zionist Classes’
by Rachel O’Donoghue
February 17, 2022

If one needed any further evidence of the widespread antisemitism and anti-Israel hostility on college campuses in the United States, you would only have to look at the University of Chicago (UChicago)’s response to a recent Instagram post by the UChicago Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP) chapter. The January 27 multi-slide upload — witlessly titled, “Don’t take sh*tty Zionist classes” — is perhaps not the most ringing endorsement of the educational standards at a college where fees trend upwards of $50,000. The post warns the student body that said courses “serve as vehicles to spread Zionist propaganda.” READ MORE

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Dem Rep Torres in Israel: “BDS is a fringe movement that fails to represent the overwhelming majority of Americans. Our message is clear: the United States is and will always be a friend of Israel”

Posted on February 18, 2022 by ArchitectGuy

NEW YORK POST
House Democrats visit Israel after AOC claimed Jewish state ‘cages’ Palestinian kids
By Carl Campanile
February 21, 2022

Fourteen House Democrats visited Israel on Monday and expressed their love for the Jewish state — a week after socialist Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez suggested Israel cages Palestinian kids. Rep. Adriano Espaillat, representing Manhattan and the Bronx, tweeted a selfie at the Wailing Wall with Reps. Hakeem Jeffries, repping Brooklyn and Queens, and Peter Aguilar of California. “Today, I’m in Israel with @RepPeteAguilar and @RepJeffrie to reaffirm our support for a critical U.S. ally, and to continue learning about the opportunities and challenges facing Israel and the Middle East,” wrote Espaillat, co-chairman of the Latino-Jewish caucus. READ MORE

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