Eastern Europe
A war criminal, Jonas Noreika is hailed in Vilnius and elsewhere as an anti-Soviet resistance leader.
The Feb. 28 document marked “secret” assesses “pathways” for Jerusalem to provide “lethal aid” to Kyiv.
“Strengthened by our newest ally Finland, we will continue to preserve transatlantic security, defend every inch of NATO territory and meet any and all challenges we face,” said U.S. President Joe Biden.
Eli Cohen is meeting with the Czech president and foreign minister • The central European country currently chairs the IAEA Board of Governors.
Ahead of a lecture commemorating the 80th anniversary of the uprising, Mazur told JNS that “there is plenty of ignorance” about the uprising and its context.
The Stambler brothers took up their posts in Warsaw and Kamianske, Ukraine, more than 15 years ago.
Oksana Markarova hailed U.S. Jewish support before the start of a celebratory seder for diplomats, during which she noted Chassidic leader Reb Nachman of Breslov.
The day-school-educated son of immigrants from Lviv and Kyiv who now live in the Baltimore area has raised more than $20,000 to bring food to some 1,100 Ukrainian Jews.
“The circumstances on our eastern border ... contributed to the improvement in our relations,” Warsaw’s chargé d’affaires in Tel Aviv Agata Czaplińska tells JNS.
Jerusalem is reportedly looking at options to provide defensive military assistance to Kyiv in a way that would not raise tensions with Russia.
“We are happy to cooperate with you on security and prosperity for both our countries, and I look forward to doing more,” says Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
Alleged Israeli strikes on Iranian drone facilities, visits by Israeli officials to Kyiv, and increasing praise for the Jewish state from Ukrainian officials may be signaling a new era of cooperation.
