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Sharansky: Russian President Vladimir Putin has made it his business to demonize Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky’s Jewish background to cast Ukraine as the Nazis

JERUSALEM POST Ukraine-Russia War: Putin not antisemitic, demonizes Zelensky Zivka Klein June 19, 2023 …“Putin is not antisemitic, isn’t an antisemite, on the contrary, he sympathizes with Jews for many reasons but he is now building a new dictatorship,” Sharansky … Continue reading

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The complex backstory on Ukraine that most of us don’t know

IMPRIMUS Complications of the Ukraine War Christopher Caldwell October 4, 2022 According to what we hear from the White House and from the television networks, the issues at stake in the Ukraine War are simple. They concern the evil of … Continue reading

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“In the message, Putin noted that while it was important for Russian Jews to remain close to their customs, he emphasized they had a duty to contribute to Russia”

TIMES OF ISRAEL Putin tells Russian Jews he expects ‘hefty contribution’ in New Year’s message September 25, 2022 Russian President Vladimir Putin called on Russian Jews to make a “hefty contribution” to the country’s multiethnic identity Sunday, in a Rosh … Continue reading

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Why is Joe Biden alternately ignoring and funding the ever-closer alliance between Iran and Putin?

TABLET MAG Totalitarians Inc. Emanuele Ottolenghi August 11, 2022 Are Russia and Iran forging a strategic alliance? Vladimir Putin’s recent trip to Tehran for a trilateral summit with Iranian leaders and Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan suggests so. As does … Continue reading

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Bennett message to #CNN’s #Amanpour: Stop lying

JPOST Bennett to CNN: Zelensky asked me to speak with Putin on Ukraine war Staff April 21, 2022 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky asked Prime Minister Naftali Bennett to meet counterpart Vladimir Putin in Russia, Bennett said in a televised interview given … Continue reading

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“Transferring ownership of the land could cause diplomatic trouble for Israel at a time when its Western allies have been sanctioning Russia over its invasion of Ukraine”

JPOST Putin demands Russia gain control of Jerusalem church as promised Lahav Harkov April 18, 2022 Russian President Vladimir Putin demanded that Israel grant his country control of the Alexander Courtyard in Jerusalem as the previous Israeli government had promised, … Continue reading

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Ken Levin: “In a talk to Americans for Peace Now, Amb Thomas Nides indicated that he aspires to see Jerusalem divided and that he also sees little to criticize on the Palestinian side”

JNS Why liberals fail to equate Israel and Ukraine Melanie Phillips March 24, 2022 …Like Ukraine, Israel is a country under existential attack. The fact that, unlike the current Russian onslaught on Ukraine, Israel is subjected to an unending war … Continue reading

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“Obama’s fecklessness in Syria and the Iran deal forced Jerusalem to choose survival over its principles”

WALL STREET JOURNAL Israel, Russia and the U.S. Moral Abdication by Natan Sharansky March 6, 2022 …Making matters worse, an imminent nuclear deal with Iran will give yet more money to the regime without any linkage to its behavior. As … Continue reading

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“Putin and those who hate Israel are convinced that these states–Israel and Ukraine–have no right to exist and wish to eliminate them”

JEWISH JOURNAL Russification of Ukraine and Arabization of Judea/Palestine: Two Sides of the Same Coin by Micha Danzig March 7, 2022 …What is surprising, however, is how few people understand the strong connection between the Russification ideology and history, which animates … Continue reading

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“As the nation-state of the Jewish people, Israel must take into account the wellbeing of the nearly 800,000 Jews living in Russia, in addition to the 200,000 Jews living in Ukraine who could find themselves under Russian occupation”

JNS Israel is navigating perilous diplomatic terrain in Ukraine by Michael Oren February 27, 2022 Ever since biblical times, the people of Israel have had to navigate the harsh terrain between clashing global powers. Now, here we are again, in … Continue reading

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