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


Interfaith leaders to host Jerusalem protest for peace in Ukraine

"It is a key time for religious figures worldwide to advocate for peace."

 Pierbattista Pizzaballa, the Latin Patriarch of Jerusalem, waves near the Israeli barrier as he arrives through an Israeli checkpoint to attend Christmas celebrations in Bethlehem, in the West Bank December 24, 2021.

Israel’s tortured choice on Russia - analysis

Israel has publicly tip-toed around Russia’s invasion. Since Russia crossed Ukraine’s border in late February, Jerusalem has studiously avoided blaming Russian President Vladimir Putin by name.

 PRIME MINISTER Naftali Bennett meets German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in Jerusalem last week. A few days later, they met in Berlin.

Israel, Chabad must condemn Vladimir Putin - opinion

Vladimir Putin is important to world Jewry, but this does not change the fact that the Russian president is a monster.

 RABBI YISRAEL MEIR LAU speaks with Russian President Vladimir Putin and then-prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu during the Fifth World Holocaust Forum at Yad Vashem in Jerusalem, January 2020

Should Israel be the mediator for Russia and Ukraine? - analysis

Israel might benefit from its ambiguity - or might lose and lose big time.

 Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Ministerial Liaison to the Knesset Ze'ev Elkin meet with Russian President Vladimir Putin, October 22, 2021

Israel returns envoy to Poland, pushes to rescue citizens from Ukraine

Livne was recalled in August over a crisis with respect to Holocaust restitution issues, that now pales in comparison to the larger issue of Russia's invasion into Ukraine that began Thursday morning

Israelis protest the Russian invasion of Ukraine at Zion Square February 24, 2022.

Russian billionaire Viktor Vekselberg on his charity projects - interview

Viktor Vekselberg: "I thought I understood the West"

Until sanctions were imposed on him, Viktor Vekselberg consistently made it to the Forbes’ top 10, with the exclusion of 2008 to 2010, unfavorable years for metal manufacturers. In 2020, he placed 12th on the list with his fortune of $10.5 billion

Mikhael Mirilashvili: Making an impact from Georgia to Israel

Mirilashvili is a leader in the international Jewish community with a focus on countries in the former Soviet Union.

Mikhael Mirilashvili, an Israeli-Georgian businessman and philanthropist

Russia's foray into Israeli-Palestinian peacemaking

Analysts say that Russia is not ready to replace the United States as Middle East powerbroker.

A man rides bicycle across the Tel Aviv city hall building as it is illuminated in solidarity with Russia after the blast in the St.Petersburg metro in Tel Aviv, Israel April 3, 2017

Reuven Rivlin appeals to Vladimir Putin for release of Na'ama Issachar

Na'ama Issachar was arrested and sentenced to seven-and-a-half years in prison for carrying nine grams of marijuana on her connection flight through Russia.

Naama Issachar, who was arrested by Russia and given seven-and-a-half years in prison for carrying cannabis.

Netanyahu: I will do everything to have Na'ama Issachar released

Issachar, a 25-year-old Israeli-American, was arrested in April during a connection flight in Russia with nine grams of marijuana on her person.

Naama Issachar, a young Israeli woman who has been incarcerated in Russia on charges of smuggling drugs.