Israel and Russia

Ukraine seeks clarification from Israel over Russian ‘shadow fleet’ ship docking in Haifa

The Ukrainian Embassy in Israel expressed “deep concern” over the incident, stating that the shipment may constitute “a blatant violation of international law and Ukraine’s territorial sovereignty.”

|ByTOBIAS SIEGAL, REUTERS
THE RUSSIAN Navy’s landing ship ‘Caesar Kunikov’ sails in the Bosphorus near Istanbul earlier this month on its way to the Mediterranean Sea.
Grain field

Israeli vessel breaks through Moscow’s Black Sea grain blockade - report

Russia stepped away from an agreement that allowed Ukraine to export grain from its ports in mid-July.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R)

Did Israel warn Russia against judicial reform interference? - analysis

Russia is tied with the US as the world’s top nuclear power and with an armed force that dwarfs Israel’s in size - would Israel have the audacity to “warn” Russia about anything?

|ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
THE LOGO of the Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline project is displayed on a pipe at the Chelyabinsk pipe rolling plant in Russia. Russian gas exports to Europe are in free fall, say the writers.

An LNG facility could make Israel a global gas player - opinion

After decades of a certain mindset, in 2022-2023, global gas markets experienced an unprecedented shift between pipeline and liquefied natural gas trade. 

|ByALEXANDER KISLOV, GINA COHEN

Ukraine destroys two Russian nuclear bombers in airport bombings

One of the bombed airports contained a training center for military aircraft and tanks. At the second airport, two Tu-95 nuclear bombers were hit by a drone.

DECEMBER 5, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A Russian Tu-95MS strategic bomber and an Ilyushin Il-78 aerial refueling tanker fly over the Kremlin and Red Square in Moscow on May 7, 2021

How can Israel help Ukraine without sending military equipment? - analysis

Israel has confronted Iranian weapons trafficking in the region in the past, particularly via the war-between-the-wars campaign in Syria.

OCTOBER 19, 2022BySETH J. FRANTZMAN
The national flags of Israel and Ukraine

Putin and Abbas to meet in Astana to push Israeli-Palestinian talks

Both men are in the Kazakh capital of Astana to attend the sixth summit of the Conference on Interaction and Confidence Building Measures in Asia (CICA). 

OCTOBER 12, 2022ByTOVAH LAZAROFF
Russian President Vladimir Putin shakes hands with Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas during their meeting in Sochi, Russia November 23, 2021.

How significant is the latest Russia-Iran satellite launch? - analysis

Israel and the US are concerned the technology could be used for intel and nuke progress.

AUGUST 4, 2022ByYONAH JEREMY BOB
Iranian satellite carrier rocket "Simorgh" is seen in an unknown location in Iran, in this picture obtained on December 30, 2021.

Does Russian Jewry have a future?

The Jerusalem Post Podcast with Yaakov Katz and Lahav Harkov.

JULY 28, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Former chief rabbi of Moscow and President of the Conference of European Rabbis Pinchas Goldschmidt is pictured during an interview with Reuters in a hotel in Berlin, Germany, February 24, 2016

Multiple Russian-Jewish organizations sent warnings by Russian gov't - exclusive

Similarly to the Jewish Agency, multiple other Russian-Jewish organizations have received warning letters from the Russian government.

JULY 25, 2022ByZVIKA KLEIN, LAHAV HARKOV
A view shows a sign at the entrance to a Russian branch of the Jewish Agency for Israel, in Moscow, Russia July 21, 2022.

Russian authorities investigated Jewish Agency for three years

Russia has been inspecting the Jewish Agency for three years before ordering it to stop operations in the country.

JULY 6, 2022ByZVIKA KLEIN
Russian President Vladimir Putin speaking during an official inauguration of the monument honoring the heroes of the siege of Leningrad

How will banning the Jewish Agency affect Russian Jews? - analysis

There are 150,000 Jews in Russia’s “core Jewish population,” but more than half a million are entitled to receive Israeli citizenship.

JULY 5, 2022ByZVIKA KLEIN
The Jewish Agency headquarters in Jerusalem

The next Naama Issachar? Russia hasn’t let Israeli consul visit citizen in prison

Revaz Raphael Shmertz is an Israeli citizen who's been denied consul visit by Russia for 10 months.

APRIL 18, 2022ByLAHAV HARKOV
Revaz Raphael Shmertz, an Israeli citizen who has been for the last 10 months for unspecified real estate fraud in Russia.

Interfaith leaders to host Jerusalem protest for peace in Ukraine

"It is a key time for religious figures worldwide to advocate for peace."

MARCH 17, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, waves near the Israeli barrier as he arrives through an Israeli checkpoint to attend Christmas celebrations in Bethlehem, in the West Bank December 24, 2021.