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This month in Jewish history: From Exodus to modern Israel, and many birthdays

A highly abridged monthly version of Dust & Stars.

Happy Birthday to: Yigael Yadin (3rd R), Israeli delegation member to armistice  talks in Rhodes, 1949, with Yitzhak Rabin {R);
Propeller planes of Air Greenland used for regional connections stand at Nuuk Airport on January 16, 2026 in Nuuk, Greenland.

Danish military planned to blow up Greenland airfields to prevent US takeover - NYT

The silhouette of an oil and chemical tanker off the Gulf of Fos-sur-Mer at sunset, in Martigues, France, March 20, 2026.

US issues 30-day sanctions waiver for sale of Iranian oil at sea

Israel and Azerbaijan

The ‘Azerbaijani Way’: Three lessons from Baku to Jerusalem - opinion


Israel’s ambassador to Russia summoned over IDF strike in Lebanon injuring RT journalist, crew

“Any attempt to portray this as an intentional strike that was targeting journalists is absurd and far removed from reality,” he said, underscoring that the IDF operates against militant threats.

Members of the Lebanese Civil Defence inspect a damaged building after an Israeli strike on Beirut's southern suburbs, following renewed hostilities between Hezbollah and Israel amid the US-Israeli conflict with Iran, Lebanon, March 9, 2026.

WATCH: Iranian gas, oil infrastructure at Iran’s South Pars and Asaluyeh hit in Israeli air strike

The Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps-affiliated Tasnim News Agency corroborated that petrochemical facilities in South Pars were targeted, stating that the extent of damage was not yet clear.

Cars drive down a highway as smoke billows after overnight airstrikes on oil depots on March 8, 2026 in Tehran, Iran.

President Zelensky: Russian aggression, Iranian weapons, and Israel's fight

In an exclusive interview, Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky opens up to The Jerusalem Post’s Amichai Stein about Ukraine's ongoing fight against Russia's aggression.

President Volodymyr Zelensky: Russian aggression, Iranian weapons, and Israel's fight

Putin's war machine helped Iran improve Shahed drones, Zelensky tells 'Post' - exclusive

Israel has what we need [against Russia], and we have what Israel needs [against Iran], Ukrainian President Volodomyr Zelensky told The Jerusalem Post on Monday.

Ukranian President Zelensky meets with The Jerusalem Post's Amichai Stein, March 16, 2026.

Mediterranean states say adrift Russian tanker is 'imminent and serious' threat

Russia's Foreign Ministry acknowledged that the vessel was adrift in the Mediterranean and said Russia's further involvement in resolving the situation depended on "concrete circumstances."

A Russian LNG tanker, Arctic Metagaz, damaged earlier this month and currently adrift without crew, floats in international waters in the Mediterranean Sea between Malta and the Italian islands of Lampedusa and Linosa, in this handout picture released on March 13, 2026.

Moscow protests after Israeli strike hits near Russian scientists in Iran’s Bushehr

The attack ended without Russian casualties, with Russian officials stating that repeated strikes near Russian experts are unacceptable, warning that Israel must take precautionary measures.

In this pool photograph distributed by the Russian state agency Sputnik, Russia's President Vladimir Putin attends a meeting with Moscow-installed head of the Donetsk region, Russian-controlled Ukraine, at the Kremlin in Moscow on March 10, 2026.

Russia is supplying Iran with Shahed drones, Zelensky says

Zelenskiy told CNN's Fareed Zakaria that it is "100% facts" that Iran has used Russian-made Shaheds to attack US bases.

A Shahed drone on display during the 47th anniversary of the Islamic Revolution in Tehran, Iran February 11, 2026.

Stop fretting: Trump won’t abandon Israel in the war with Iran - opinion

Trump’s strategy against Iran shows decisive leadership, moral clarity, and steadfast support for Israel.

US President Donald Trump gestures at Joint Base Andrews in Maryland, US, March 11, 2026.

Trump rejects Putin's proposal to move Iranian enriched uranium to Russia, end war - Axios

According to sources close to the matter, Trump had a phone call with Putin on Monday during which he rejected one of the Russian president's proposals.

US President Donald Trump looks on next to Russian President Vladimir Putin during a press conference following their meeting to negotiate an end to the war in Ukraine, at Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson, in Anchorage, Alaska, August 15, 2025; illustrative.

Trump must sell why Iran war is America First - opinion

Winning the fight against Iran requires winning the argument in the US, not just on the battlefield.

WOODROW WILSON and Donald Trump,