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


Israel pays a high price for Russia sanctions

Policymakers in Washington should consider that trade fosters long-term global stability.

Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) welcomes Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Sochi, Russia August 23, 2017.

Tillerson comments on threats from Hezbollah and Syria

"We take the threats to Israel seriously and we take a view that Israel has every right to defend itself from those threats."

Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman meets with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia July 12, 2017

Jewish businesses are on the rise in Russia

It is fair to assert that antisemitism in Russia has witnessed a sharp decline over the past years.

Emergency personel stand outside Domodedovo International Airport on February 11, 2018. A Russian passenger plane carrying 71 people crashed outside Moscow after taking off from the capital's Domodedovo airport

Russia and deterrence

Russia must take a more proactive role. Instead of warning Israel, Moscow needs to stop Iranian belligerence before it’s too late.

Russian President Vladimir Putin meets with Syrian President Bashar Assad in Sochi, Russia, November 2017

PM indirectly confirms Israel caused Trump intel leak to Russia

Speaking to a conference of NATO ambassadors on Tuesday, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu all but spelled it out.

RUSSIAN PRESIDENT Vladimir Putin addresses servicemen as he visits the Hmeymim air base in Latakia Province, Syria

Keeping an eye on Moscow and Riyadh

Why Israel needs to watch the warming ties between Russia and Saudi Arabia very carefully.

SAUDI KING SALMAN and Russian President Vladimir Putin attend a welcoming ceremony at the Kremlin on October 5.

Israeli NGO takes special needs services to Russia

Shalva forges partnership with Russian Jewish Congress.

Left to right: Avi Samuels, Chairman of Shalva; Kalman Samuels, Founder of Shalva; Mayor of Jerusalem Nir Barkat; Yuri Kaner, president of the Russian Jewish Congress and Michael Friedman of the Genesis Philanthropy Group on Thursday, September 14th, 2017, at the Metropol Hotel in Moscow.

GRAPEVINE: The Russians are coming

The property, which was initially Russian Church property, supported by Russian royalty and nobility, was handed over to the Russian government.

Snow covers the Russian Church 390

Edelstein in Moscow

“Even in my best dreams, I didn’t believe I would reach this moment,” Edelstein told the Russian lawmakers in both Hebrew and Russian.

Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein addresses Russian parliament in Moscow, June 28, 2017

Israel's Edelstein addresses Russian parliament

"I was imprisoned because I taught the language that told the world of the rejection of tyranny and the rise of just rule, love of humanity and the hope for freedom."

Knesset Speaker Yuli Edelstein addresses Russian parliament in Moscow, June 28, 2017