יום שישי, כ״ה תמוז תשפ״וFriday, July 10, 2026
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Cnaan Liphshiz is JTA's news and features correspondent in Europe. Based in the Netherlands, he covers the mosaic of cultures, languages and traditions that is European Jewry. Born in Israel, he used to work as foreign news editor for Ma'ariv and as a reporter for Haaretz.
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But Mendelevitch had another objective in returning to a place he says “brings back no good memories.”
More than 1,550 individuals have immigrated to Israel from Ukraine in the first five months of 2014 alone, more than double the 693 who arrived in the corresponding period last year.
The volunteers have created hundreds of posts and articles on Israel, which they disseminate through the Holland4Israel Facebook group and on Twitter, among other social media.
“In Odessa, there was more calm than in other places," she said. "But now I cannot think of a single person here who isn’t worried.”
The EU parliament called for future EU funding to be conditioned on Palestinian compliance with reform recommendations.
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