Russia
Ambassador to the U.N. Vasily Nebenzya claims Israel is occupying the Gaza Strip.
Israel warned its citizens against traveling to a number of Russian republics and regions in the North Caucasus following the incident.
“We came for the Jews—to kill them with a knife and shoot them,” a rioter said.
“We call on the Russian government to expel the Hamas terrorists immediately,” said an Israeli Foreign Ministry Spokesman.
Washington accused Moscow of operating in bad faith in a draft that didn’t recognize Israeli self-defense, and Russia and China demanded a ceasefire.
The U.S.-sponsored draft Security Council measure also called for “humanitarian pauses” in the war in Gaza.
The teenagers and young adults are helping Israel’s war effort through Shishi Shabbat Yisraeli (SSY), a non-profit working to support Russian-speaking immigrant families.
“The solution is to pressure both sides,” Russian Ambassador to Israel Anatoly Viktorov told JNS.
Riyadh-Jerusalem normalization would pose a serious challenge to the interests of Russia, Iran and China in the region, professor says.
Moscow’s defeated draft resolution was intended to embarrass Washington by forcing it to veto a ceasefire, a diplomatic source tells JNS.
Globally, a new arms race is developing around the field of satellite-based navigation, a Western source tells JNS
Former Soviet dissident and Israeli politician Natan Sharansky also sent his personal greeting for the Jewish New Year.
