Israel to vote against Russia at UN General Assembly session on Ukraine BY MICHAEL DAVENTRY Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said his country would be ‘on the right side of history’

 

THE DAILY EDITION Monday, February 28, 2022

EXCLUSIVE: Roman Abramovich accepts Ukraine’s offer to help negotiate peace BY RICHARD FERRER Ukraine reached out to the Russian billionaire and Chelsea FC owner over the weekend through his Jewish contacts in Ukraine. Peace negotiations are now taking place.

First Jewish migrants arrive in Poland as Israel ramps up Ukraine response BY MICHAEL DAVENTRY

ANALYSIS TOM TUGENDHAT OPINION: Moscow’s polished propaganda no match for Ukraine’s inspiring leader MP Tom Tugendhat examines the comic-turned politician’s powerful combination of skills and courage which is taking on the Kremlin

War ‘never the answer’, Russian Jewish oligarch Mikhail Fridman tells staff BY JEWISH NEWS REPORTER His intervention made him the first Russian businessman to speak out against President Vladimir Putin’s invasion

Putin accused of ‘trivialisation and distortion of historical facts of the Shoah’ BY LEE HARPIN   Russian-speaking Israelis display gamut of emotions on war in Ukraine BY CNAAN LIPHSHIZ (JTA)

Israel to vote against Russia at UN General Assembly session on Ukraine BY MICHAEL DAVENTRY Foreign Minister Yair Lapid said his country would be ‘on the right side of history’

Ukraine tries recruiting Israelis and other international volunteers to fight BY JTA   49 rabbis urge Boris Johnson u-turn on Bill ‘punishing’ asylum seekers BY LEE HARPIN

President Herzog condemns Board of Deputies ‘downright insulting’ Smotrich tweet BY LEE HARPIN Israel’s head of state hits out at the representative body after it told the far-right MK to ‘get back on the plane’ during a UK visit. Herzog said, while he doesn’t support Smotrich’s views, ‘I respect democracy’

Volodymyr Zelensky was a Jewish comedian. Now the world’s eyes are on him BY GABE FRIEDMAN (JTA)

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