Israel and Russia

Under Ukraine pressure, Israel blocks suspect Russian grain ship

"The Russian supplier of the cargo will have to find an alternative destination to unload it," read a statement issued by Israel’s Grain Importers Association.

View of the Haifa port in the Northern Israeli city of Haifa, November 17, 2024.
THE RUSSIAN Navy’s landing ship ‘Caesar Kunikov’ sails in the Bosphorus near Istanbul earlier this month on its way to the Mediterranean Sea.

Ukraine seeks answers from Israel after Russian shadow fleet ship docks in Haifa

Grain field

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

Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R)

Did Israel warn Russia against judicial reform interference? - analysis


Israeli woman gets seven years in a Russian jail over nine grams of pot

The Prime Minister's Office said that Israeli authorities have been involved in Issachar’s case from the start, clearly telling Russia that the punishment it wants to give her is disproportionate.

Naama Issachar

Putin says Israel is a ‘Russian-speaking state’

VLADIMIR PUTIN

Grapevine: Between Moscow and Jerusalem

Russian Ambassador Anatoly Viktorov this week addressed an event hosted by the Israel Council on Foreign Relations under the auspices of the World Jewish Congress.

PROF. SHLOMO AVINERI (left) and Russian Ambassador Anatoly Viktorov

Above the fold: Half-empty glass is a success

Stability in the region – especially in Syria, Lebanon and even Iraq – require that Israel and Russia work closely together.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Russian President Vladimir Putin at the Victory Day parade in Moscow, May 2018

Russia's sole aircraft carrier damaged after crane crashes into it

Touted as a symbol of power by Moscow, the 'Admiral Kuznetsov' had been deployed to the Mediterranean to take part in the Syrian conflict.

Russian aircraft carrier Admiral Kuznetsov in international waters off the coast of Northern Norway on October 17, 2016

Russia warns of 'provocation' in Syria, hints at Israeli 'hot heads'

Defense Ministry briefing warns against provocations in south and north Syria and condemns US role in eastern Syria

A Syrian rebel fires at forces loyal to Bashar Assad in Idlib, Syria

Downing of Russian plane redefines Israel’s Syria dilemma

On September 17, Syrian air defenses accidentally shot down a Russian surveillance aircraft while retaliating against Israeli airplanes attacking Iranian assets, killing 15 Russian airmen on board.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shakes hands with Russian President Vladimir Putin

Netanyahu off to New York to meet with Trump, address the U.N.

This will be the fifth time since Trump took office in January 2017 that Netanyahu will meet with the US president. They last met in Washington in March.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's office in Jerusalem September 5, 2018.

Liberman: Assad is responsible for downing Russian plane

Israel's defense forces "will do everything they must" to defend the country and its citizens. "I will continue to do what I must," he added.

Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman speaks at a faction meeting on June 18th, 2018

Before meeting again with Russians, Netanyahu stresses close U.S. ties

Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov and Russian Chief of Staff Valery Gerasimov are scheduled to meet Netanyahu in Jerusalem later in the day.

THE TIES between Russian President Vladimir Putin (left) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu have been characterized as straightforward, open and built on personal trust