By Toby Axelrod, JTA— Germany is easing immigration requirements for Jewish refugees from Ukraine, the country’s main Jewish umbrella group announced today. In a deal worked out with the federal government, refugees who have papers proving their Jewish roots will have an expedited path to German citizenship. Jewish leaders welcomed the news even as they…
By Seth J. Frantzman, JPost— Iran’s Fars News, which is a pro-government media outlet linked to the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps, ran a long article bashing Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and using antisemitic tropes. In the March 10 article that appears on its website’s homepage, Zelensky is accused of being a hedonist who seeks to…
By ILH Staff and News Agencies— Ukraine’s Foreign Minister apologized Tuesday for accusing El Al airlines for refraining from imposing sanctions on Russia and continuing to accept funds via the Mir Russian payment system, the Times of Israel reported. “While the world sanctions Russia for its barbaric atrocities in Ukraine, some prefer to make money…
By Sharon Wrobel, Algemeiner— Israel’s defense minister warned Monday that Iran remains a “threat to global peace and to regional stability,” shortly after the Israeli military revealed that it downed two Iranian drones launched toward its territory last year. “It is during this important time, when a nuclear agreement is being negotiated in Vienna, that…
By Inna Rogatchi, As so many of us, we are starting a day now by immediately checking the news from a front-lines. Those front-lines are not only so unbelievably many places of bombardment, missile firing, fires, assaults, destroyment in Ukraine. There are also lines of civilians with so many children on the way out the…
By Joel C. Rosenberg, All Israel News—- Until a few days ago, most people around the world had never heard of Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy. If they had heard anything, it was that he had been an actor — even a comedian — before being elected to the highest office in his country and taking…
By Joel C. Rosenberg, AllIsrael.com— To the astonishment of millions around the world – including many in government and the media who thought he was just bluffing, President Vladimir Putin ordered Russian military forces early Thursday morning to attack Ukraine, including missile strikes on the capital of Kyiv. “Putin has just launched a full-scale invasion…
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…
By Arlene Bridges Samuels, CBN Israel— President Obama and Vice President Biden viewed their 2015 Iran deal as a landmark agreement, believing it to be the best way to rein in Iran’s nuclear ambitions. The last seven years, however, have shown it to be quite ill conceived—a veritable land mine, in fact. And there’s plenty…