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


Helsinki summit proved Russia to be ally of Israel

Trump said that he and Putin had reached a “really good conclusion” for Israel in regard to the situation in Syria.

Russian President Vladimir Putin (L), Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (C) and US President Donald Trump (R)

Syria Challenge: How will Netanyahu act?

For Israel, the main threat in Syria in the last several years has been Iran’s penetration of the country.

PRIME MINISTER Benjamin Netanyahu chats with Israeli soldiers at a military outpost during a visit to Mount Hermon in the Golan Heights overlooking the Israel-Syria border in 2015.

Head of Russia's Military Police in Israel to discuss Syria

Meetings between Russian and Israeli officials have increased in recent weeks.

Smoke rises following an explosion on the Syrian side near the Quneitra border crossing between the Golan Heights and Syria, August 29, 2014.

‘Saved from certain death’ to change the course of history

He believed Russia was on the right track before World War I, and he waxed optimistic about the transition to democracy in the early 1990s.

AN ICE floe drifts past the Kremlin in Moscow in winter.

After Netanyahu visit, Russia to back off S-300 missile transfer to Syria

Israel has made repeated efforts to persuade Moscow not to sell the S-300s to Syria, as it fears this would hinder its aerial capabilities against arms shipments.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu shaking hands with Russian Preisdent Vladimir Putin

The new Israeli challenge on two fronts: The emergence of Russia and a ‘new Hamas’?

While Israel has always shown no fear when it comes down to staring down, or taking down, its enemies, a new chapter may be opening, and the thinking toward a sufficient response is needed.

Foreign Ministers Mohammad Javad Zarif of Iran, Sergei Lavrov of Russia and Mevlut Cavusoglu of Turkey

Defense Minister Liberman seeks assurances from Russia on Syria and Iran

Praising the "special relations" between the two countries, Liberman called on Moscow to condemn Iran.

An S-300 air defense missile system launches a missile during the International Army Games 2017 outside Astrakhan, Russia August 5, 2017

No more a shadow war: Confrontation between Israel and Iran intensifies

In the coming days, preparedness in the north of Israel is likely to be particularly high, given the possibility of retaliatory action from Syria and the chance of a US strike on Syria.

An old military vehicle on the Israeli side of the border with Syria, near the Druze village of Majdal Shams in the Golan Heights, Israel, February 2018

PM threads the needle between Putin and Trump on Syria

Israel cannot afford to rely totally on the US when it comes to the Syrian conflict or the wider Iranian threat.

Donald Trump (L) and Vladimir Putin (R)

Analysis: Strike in Syria shows Netanyahu follows through on threats

The message of Israel's alleged strike on Homs is clear: Israel has interests and intends to act upon them.

 Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks during a visit of an army base in the West Bank settlement of Beit El near Ramallah January 10, 2017