Eastern Europe
Stepan Bandera was no hero, says Friends of Simon Wiesenthal Center.
“I’m here to say that you’ve come home,” Israeli Minister of Immigrant Absorption Ofir Sofer tells Ukrainian immigrants upon their arrival in Israel.
The group arrived on a chartered flight made possible by the International Fellowship of Christians and Jews.
Fifteen years after the country declared independence, its Jews are optimistic about their future in one of the world’s newest states.
The demands include a clear statement condemning Russia’s invasion of the European nation and in support of its territorial integrity.
Naftali Bennett adds that U.S. President Joe Biden asked him “to promise me that you’ll update me on any action you take in Iran.”
“Any attempts—implemented or even unrealized but announced—for the supply of additional, new or some other weapons will lead to an escalation of this crisis,” said Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson Maria Zakharova.
Israeli officials have insisted that Jerusalem has not changed its policy of only providing Kyiv with humanitarian aid.
In a call with his Ukrainian counterpart, Eli Cohen pledged to continue providing humanitarian aid and urged Kyiv to up its efforts to confront Iran.
Sergei Lavrov said the West, and the U.S. in particular, has “the exact same goal” as the Third Reich.
The stockpile of weapons and ammunition is normally reserved for the U.S. to use in Middle East conflicts.
The photographer, fireman Zbigniew Leszek Grzywaczewski, spent nearly four weeks in the ghetto.
