Ukraine, Russian troops fighting 5 miles from Kyiv, Russia says it destroyed 74 Ukrainian sites

By Neta Bar and Damian Pacher, Israel Hayom— Ukrainian troops are fighting the Russian army in in the north and the south, Ukrainian military chief Valerii Zaluzhnyi said Thursday afternoon. Zaluzhnyi said a battle was raging Thursday near the Hostomel air base 7 kilometers (less than 5 miles) northwest of the capital, Kyiv. He said…

Ukraine’s Jewish community on edge as Russia invades country

BY Israel Kasnett, JNS— Russian President Vladimir Putin’s recognition on Feb. 21 of two “breakaway” states in eastern Ukraine and his subsequent dispatch of “peacekeepers” there—considered by Western nations to be an official invasion of the country—has left its citizens and particularly the Jewish communities on edge. Throughout Ukraine, Jewish leaders are watching closely, and…

Amnesty International Offers No Amnesty to Israel

By Arlene Bridges Samuels, CBN Israel— Amnesty International describes itself as a global movement that protects people wherever justice, freedom, truth, and dignity are denied. And there’s no question that this human rights organization has a good track record at “researching and documenting human rights abuses wherever they occur,” as its website states. However, one…

Palestinians: The Human Rights Violations No One Talks About

By Khaled Abu Toameh, Gatestone Institute— While international “human rights” organizations such as Amnesty International make false and baseless claims against Israel, most continue intentionally and systematically to ignore the human rights violations committed by the Palestinian Authority (PA). A report published on January 29 by the Palestinian NGO International Commission to Support Palestinian Rights…