Eastern Europe
“Moldova has taken a laudable step in recognizing clearly the resurgent cancer of anti-Semitism and mobilizing to effectively combat it,” said American Jewish Committee CEO David Harris.
Croatia canceled a $500 million sale of a dozen F-16 fighter planes due to the United States denying an Israeli request to execute the deal.
James Mattis, U.S. Secretary of Defense at the time, rejected a request from Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu to soften U.S. conditions, including returning the planes to their initial state prior to Israeli upgrades.
The estimated average of 15,000 deaths daily during the “extreme phase of hyper-intense killing” is nearly three times greater than previous approximations.
“The educational system, the health system and the way parents relate to their children here is so different and so much better,” said new arrival Y. Novosad of Odessa, a professional athlete and two-time billiards champion at the European Championship.
In order to approve the deal, the United States required that Israel uninstall Israeli systems included in the F-16s, which would return the planes to their initial state prior to Israeli upgrades.
“With the Czech Republic, as with the United States of America, there is something else. It’s a deep, deep commonality of values, which you so powerfully expressed,” said Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
In first-ever speech to legislative body by a Czech leader, Miloš Zeman blasts E.U. for hosting Palestinian terrorists • “If we betray Israel, we betray ourselves,” he says • Jerusalem Affairs Minister Ze’ev Elkin presents the Czech president with “Protector of Jerusalem Award.”
It will house the Czech cultural, investment, trade and tourism offices.
Czech President Miloš Zeman also continues to support the Czech Republic moving its mission from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem.
He asked the request of Romanian Prime Minister Viorica Dăncilă as part of the summit meeting of the Craiova State Forum in Varna, Bulgaria. Romania will take over the E.U. presidency on Jan. 1, 2019.
Said the Israeli prime minister: “They very much want Israeli gas, they very much want Israeli technology, and they very much want Israel’s friendship. That’s a good sign.”
