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Ariel Bulshtein

Russian President Vladimir Putin. Credit: Shutterstock.

Putin’s Russia gives Zionism the cold shoulder

What we see as aliyah is perceived by the Kremlin as a plot to pilfer human capital from Russia.

Ariel Bulshtein

July 26, 2022

Russian President Vladimir Putin and Iranian President Hassan Rouhani in Yerevan, Armenia, to take part in the Supreme Eurasian Economic Council on Oct. 1, 2019. Credit: Gevorg Ghazaryan/Shutterstock.

Israel must beware the Russia-Iran axis

Putin wants to create an alliance of outcasts.

Ariel Bulshtein

July 20, 2022

Russian President Vladimir Putin during a joint press conference with Moldovan President Igor Dodon, on Jan. 17, 2017. Credit: Russian Presidential Press and Information Office via Wikimedia Commons.

Putin is inadvertently building up NATO

The Russian invasion of Ukraine showed European countries they have no choice but to be strong.

Ariel Bulshtein

July 3, 2022

Israeli Defense Minister Benny Gantz addresses the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations in Jerusalem, Feb. 22, 2022. Photo by Yonatan Sindel/Flash90.

Gantz accelerates the politicization of the IDF

The defense minister is moving up the appointment of the next IDF chief of staff solely because he knows he may be about to lose his job.

Ariel Bulshtein

June 16, 2022

Ukrainian Jewish immigrants arrive at Ben-Gurion International Airport in Tel Aviv as part of an aliyah from Ukraine on Feb. 20, 2022. Photo by Tomer Neuberg/Flash90.

Aliyah Day: The mission isn’t complete

Every wave of aliyah strengthens Israel, but the country isn’t doing enough to encourage Diaspora Jews to tie their fates to ours.

Ariel Bulshtein

April 13, 2022

U.S. President Joe Biden meets with Russian President Vladimir Putin via videoconference on Dec. 7, 2021. Credit: Presidential Executive Office of Russia via Wikimedia Commons.

Russia’s elite know the time to run is now

Thousands of people have already crossed the border, and thousands more have bought one-way plane tickets out of Russia.

Ariel Bulshtein

March 15, 2022

Movie poster for the Russian film "Sky." Source: YouTube.

Putin is living in an action movie set in Syria

The new Russian film “Sky” is propaganda presenting Russia's intervention in Syria as selfless. The real motives for it are more complicated and less innocent.

Ariel Bulshtein

December 27, 2021

Tel Saki, Southern Golan Heights, Sept. 15, 2021. Photo by Michael Giladi/Flash90.

What worked in the Golan will work in Judea and Samaria

Fifty-four years after its liberation, the Golan Heights teaches us that a confident and determined Israel can dictate its will, and the world will accept it sooner or later.

Ariel Bulshtein

December 19, 2021

The flag of the USSR. Credit: Wikimedia Commons.

The USSR’s collapse was no catastrophe for Israel

Not only was the Soviet Union opposed to Judaism and all forms of Jewish patriotism, it actively aided and abetted the Arab countries who were trying to annihilate Israel, and helped create the false narrative of a “Palestinian people.”

Ariel Bulshtein

December 15, 2021