Russia
“We cannot allow the Islamic Republic to purchase conventional weapons in six months,” said the U.S. Secretary of State.
An earlier flight from St. Petersburg with 26 Russian Jews marked the 30th anniversary of the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem’s sponsorship of aliyah from the former Soviet Union.
Although no one was hurt in the fire, the entrance hall of the Northern Star Jewish community center and synagogue in Arkhangelsk, about 750 miles north of Moscow, was torched.
The Renova Group is also going to provide many regions in the Russian Federation with more than 50,000 reagent kits to conduct COVID-19 tests designed by the Russian company, Evotech Mirai Genomics.
It also continued its three-decade-old tradition of distributing matzah to needy Jewish elderly in parts of the former Soviet Union.
Turkey requested the United States to send two Patriot batteries to its southern border to deter any future attacks by Syrian troops.
If Israeli airstrikes did target a chemical-weapons site, then it would be a sign that the Syrian regime has returned to its wicked ways, Syria analyst Professor Eyal Zisser tells JNS.
Meer Axelrod was banned in the Soviet Union from artistic work, yet for nearly half a century, he continued to paint about Jewish life and the tragic fate of Jews who died in pogroms.
Professor Rear Adm. (ret.) Shaul Chorev, former director-general of Israel’s Atomic Energy Commission, tells JNS that new types of diplomatic action could help prevent Tehran from turning Syria into a new battle front against Israel and expanding its influence across the region.
The reaction of the Palestinians and a number of Arab states to the Trump peace proposal “raises doubts over its viability,” says Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov.
Israeli-American backpacker Naama Issachar freed from Russian prison
“Guided by the principle of humanity, I hereby order that Naama Issachar be pardoned,” read Russian President Vladimir Putin’s decree, which the Kremlin said took immediate effect.
Putin pardons Naama Issachar, who’s set to fly back from Russia with Netanyahu
“I’ve been waiting for this moment for almost a year,” said her mother, Yaffa Issachar. “It’s been a long journey that I wouldn’t wish on anyone.”
