By JNS & JewishPress.com News Desk
MDA plans to establish a field clinic in Poland, once approved by the Polish government.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Israeli Communications Minister Yoaz Hendel described the move as “illogical” and “aggressive.”
“At this difficult time, Israel continues to help the people of Ukraine," Israel's Ambassador said.
Combat Antisemitism Movement and Tel Aviv University’s Kantor Center Report shows 865 entities have adopted or endorsed the IHRA Working Definition of Antisemitism amid growing global acceptance.
I can’t comprehend what these people have gone through, the enormous hardships of leaving their home after watching it being destroyed.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“There will be no connection between developments in Ukraine and the Vienna talks,” said Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amirabdollahian.
Knesset member Idit Silman (Yamina), who chairs the Knesset’s Health Committee, called on the country’s health and medical organizations to step up and provide care in Israel as “humanitarian aid.”
And just like that Danny was able to join his wife and young daughter in Moldova.
When the family members saw the United Hatzalah volunteers they burst out in joy at the sight of the orange uniforms.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Lapid will visit the Siret border crossing between Romania and Ukraine and will meet with Ministry of Foreign Affairs personnel who have been working to rescue Israelis and Jews from Ukraine.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Report: Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has increased the demand for advanced technology weapons, particularly combat drones, loitering munitions and missile-defense systems.
“It is a real fight against good and evil. The challenge is so much bigger, and, of course, the world as [the Russian president] wants to change is not the world in which Jews and Israel want to live,” said Natan Sharansky.
"There were videos ‘borrowed’ from other armies and even Star Wars movies,” says psychological and information warfare expert Dr. Yaniv Levitan.
Two baby girls born to surrogate mothers and abandoned in Kiev had to be rescued from the shelled city and delivered to their Israeli parents.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky has spoken to lawmakers in the United Kingdom and European Union, where he has received standing ovations in the attempt to rally the world to help Ukraine.
The humane logistics of humanitarian aid.
“I can’t afford to be a citizen of a country that kills children of other countries and tortures their children who don’t agree with it,” said Nevzlin.
After a few minutes, the woman began to calm down and her excitement at the prospect of immigrating to Israel took over.
I never imagined I would be putting my school-days' connections to use in this way, but we do whatever is in our power to help.
The call center will provide assistance in a variety of areas including medical needs, bureaucracy, and coordination with professionals.
Many times we watch as the refugees gain a sense of calm the moment they cross over the border, once they are finally out of danger.
An Odessa website claims Israeli special forces veterans are arriving in Ukraine to fight the Russians.
By Israel Hayom
The move has stunned many inside and outside the IDF, both due to the unilateral nature of the decision and due to the choice of alternative destination.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Praying for the safety of those Ukrainians fighting against Russian oppression, Elisheva Avidar is on stage in Jerusalem, playing a Soviet anti-Semite.
“Since the end of World War II, we haven’t seen such a painful crisis where large numbers of Jewish families are being torn apart and literally running for their lives.”
“This was a joint operation and would not have succeeded without the effort of all three organizations."
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
"In the current situation, I have therefore taken the decision to sell the club, as I believe this is in the best interest of the club, the fans, the employees, as well as the club's sponsors and partners," Abramovich said.
Raisa was one of 160 refugees brought to Israel on Thursday by United Hatzalah.
Alumim is not an orphanage, but a home filled with warmth that inspires Jewish children to succeed and achieve the very best life has to offer.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
The EU is enabling and funding the Fayyad Plan to take over Judea & Samaria.
These olim escaped the harrowing fighting in Ukraine.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Some of the refugees have been walking for days on end and waiting for hours in the freezing cold at the border until they are given entry.
And in my head echoes the voice of a little boy asking, "Where's daddy, where’s mommy?"
"Our goal is to empower the refugees and give them back a sense of control over their situation."
In Israel, an affinity for Germany was tied to ethnic identification: Jewish or Arab.
“Through you and your contacts back in Ukraine, the message is, first, we're with you, and secondly, Israel is the home of every Jew."
In light of the information we received from the Israeli Foreign Ministry we decided to head out to Palanca this morning to rendezvous with a convoy of yeshiva students from Dnipro.
“As of this morning, 97 passengers from different countries around the world have arrived in Israel with a Ukrainian passport..."
We hope and pray for a speedy solution to the travails in Ukraine, for the world in general, and our Jewish brothers and sisters.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Israel has established an inter-ministry team that will examine the effects and consequences of the sanctions on Russia on the Israeli economy and policy.
“As the fighting continues in Ukraine, we can only expect the number of refugees traveling across the country’s western borders to grow,” IsraAid said.
Zelensky is “the kind of leader I’d want to go into combat with.”
In less than an hour, we will arrive in Kishinev to assess the situation.
Unable to return home due to the war, three groups of Birthright Israel participants are being put up in Israel until the situation improves.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Russia’s military coordination with Israel in Syria is “useful” and will continue, Russia’s embassy to Israel said on Saturday.
The organization asked the Arab students in Ukraine to hold up a sign for Israel so they can be identified.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“We stand with the people of Ukraine and hope for an immediate end to this war,” says NGO StandWithUs on Facebook, along with a photo of the event.
The humanitarian aid mission will make its way to the Moldova/Ukraine border over the course of the next few hours.
Brighton Beach is home to one of the largest Ukrainian populations outside of Eastern Europe, so much so that the neighborhood is known by its nickname of “Little Odessa,” named for the Ukrainian port city on the shores of the Black Sea.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The funds will go to humanitarian aid, such as food, medicine, winter relief and emergency services; bolster security at Jewish institutions; respond to emerging needs such as the displacement of people from their homes and provide mobile medical units for the homebound.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“NCSEJ is deeply concerned about the onslaught of an unprecedented humanitarian crisis in Ukraine,” The National Coalition Supporting Eurasian Jewry (NCSEJ) said in a statement. “All appropriate steps must be taken to ensure the safety and well-being of Ukrainians.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
"The consequences of the crisis, in its diplomatic, economic and security aspects, were reviewed in the discussion,” the Prime Minister’s Office said in a statement.
By COLlive.com
All the rabbis and Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries are staying in order to be with their communities, but add whoever has the ability to leave Ukraine in a safe way should do so.
At Valley Park Middle School, a student in an 8th-grade class shouted “Heil Hitler” from his desk as two other students stood on a filing cabinet and performed a Nazi salute.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Most of the rabbis and Chabad-Lubavitch emissaries in Ukraine have stayed behind to be with their community members in these difficult moments.
By Israel Hayom
Kyiv’s Chabad House is preparing to host all Jews in need.
Russian President Vladimir Putin announced military operations in the Donbas region of eastern Ukraine late Wednesday night.
There's two ways to make Aliyah, because you have to, or because you want to.
The report shows that even the Arctic regions will not be immune, and even there a significant increase in the number of forest fires is expected.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Venezuela is developing Iranian Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) which can hit targets in the US, Defense Minister Benny Gantz warned, pointing to the spreading threat of Iran’s global terror network.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Rinawie Zoabi is a member of the left-wing Meretz party and is considered a political headache for the coalition.
The delegation is in Israel as part of a joint project with the World Health Organization (WHO) to upgrade the emergency medical system and emergency preparedness system in Moldova.
Yoseph Haddad, an Arab-Israeli social activist, was invited to speak next week at the Parliament of Ireland, but his arrival provoked opposition from the Sinn Féin party.
According to the reportm Navi Pillay, a retired South African judge and former UN human rights chief, violated UN rules by failing to disclose numerous of her prior statements that directly prejudge the matters before the inquiry.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Workers took down “Flowers,” painted by German artist Lovis Corinth in 1913, and packed it for the family of Gustav and Emma Mayer.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
Individuals and organizations castigated the Board of Deputies of British Jews for their inappropriate statement.
Some 32 percent of parents say their children have been the target of anti-Semitic insults, with 18 percent say their children have been physically attacked in 2021.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The United States and Israel left UNESCO in December 2018 after the organization passed several anti-Israel resolutions.
By COLlive.com
Chabad emissary Rabbi Shimon Freundlich was asked to organize kosher food for the Jewish athletes, coaches, and journalists. One of them is ice skater Hailey Kops.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
The Palestinian Authority has been lobbying the African countries to dump Israel.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The $22 million contract will supply man-portable anti-tank weapons.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
The UK is Israel’s largest trading partner in Europe in terms of exports, and the third in the world in terms of exports and imports.
Due to the sensitivity of the issue and Israel's good working relationship with the two countries, officials are treading carefully to avoid appearance that they’re taking sides.
Member of Parliament Diane Abbott tweeted: “Shocking abuse and harassment of Orthodox Jews in Stamford Hill Hackney. Important that the perpetrators are swiftly brought to justice.”
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The anniversary marks three decades of “a wonderful partnership, a deep cultural connection, military and economic cooperation,” says Israeli Prime MInister Naftali Bennett.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Malaki Thorpe, 18, is facing two counts of racially aggravated actual bodily harm and one count of possession of an offensive weapon.
Speaker Levy becomes the first Israeli head of parliament to address the Bundestag.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
It represents second incident within a month • UNIFIL spokesperson says peacekeepers were on routine patrol.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Civil servant Michael Blume defends allegations of impropriety by going on the offensive against his Jewish accusers.
Lifting of Covid lockdowns in Europe and Operation Guardian of the Walls led to a dramatic increase in antisemitism.
“This survey reveals the urgency of studying the multidimensionality of Israeli-European relation."
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
Debris fell in several locations in Abu Dhabi, causing no casualties, after UAE air defense systems downed two ballistic missiles, according to the United Arab Emirates Defense Ministry.
The council held its regular meeting on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, drawing almost no top diplomats as planned, as the United States and the United Arab Emirates redirected the focus to other pressing concerns in the Middle East and around the world.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
President Alar Karis has called for an increase in NATO troop numbers in his country amid tensions with Russia.
By COLlive.com
The creatures were a unique species of harvesting ants that are found specifically in the Negev region.
The Genesis Prize Chairman praised the role of Jewish scientists and physicians in combating the pandemic.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
The PA employs about 600 workers in some 100 registration branches who are engaged in a huge project to map properties, including in Area C, which is under full Israeli control.
Plastic pollution is extremely harmful to marine life: organisms swallow particles and toxins and become entangled in larger products and nets.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The Netherlands found what it called a “worrisome” number of board members linked to the PFLP, in addition to the fact that two employees were arrested in connection to a bombing that killed an Israeli in 2019.
The Emiratis join Albania, Brazil, Gabon and Ghana in installing their countries’ flags outside the council chamber, replacing Estonia, Niger, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Tunisia and Vietnam.
International political negotiations with UN countries on this resolution have been ongoing for several months, Israel’s mission to the UN said, and will go public this week.
By Aryeh Savir, Tazpit News Agency
The UAWC is one of six PFLP-linked civilian organizations that Israel proscribed in October after they were shown to act as conduits for funneling funds to the terrorist organization.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“Rabbi YY Rubinstein’s courageous and principled decision to resign as a broadcaster at the BBC is just the latest sign of the collapse in the Jewish community’s confidence in the corporation," Campaign Against Antisemitism (CAA) said in a statement.
By JNS & JewishPress.com News Desk
According to the U.S. State Department's Population, Refugees, and Migrations Bureau, the funds will "provide education, health care, and emergency relief to hundreds of thousands of Palestinian children and families during a time of need."
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
In late August, France adopted a controversial separatism law that the government said aims to fight Islamic radicalism.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
The IDF and UNIFIL cooperate in returning the Israeli civilian from the Negev region who "apparently entered Lebanon voluntarily."
“Those who do not act now should not be surprised when an Iranian-made UAV crashes into their skyscrapers.”
By UN Watch
In an April 2021 secret ballot, the UN’s Economic and Social Council elected Iran's gender apartheid regime to a 4-year term on its Commission on the Status of Women.
By Jewish News Syndicate (JNS)
“The time that we bought is running out. Omicron is already in the country, from the Knesset to kindergartens, and it is spreading fast,” says Prime Minister Naftali Bennett.
“The UN’s assault on Israel with a torrent of one-sided resolutions is surreal,” said Hillel Neuer, executive director of UN Watch.