Month: February 2022

Israel fails to sign onto US text condemning Russia at UNSC

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Israel didn’t sign the US backed resolution condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and has attempted to take a moderate tone on the Russian-Ukrainian crisis. By TOVAH LAZAROFF Published: FEBRUARY 26, 2022 20:04 Updated: FEBRUARY 26, 2022 22:05     FOREIGN MINISTER Yair Lapid with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken at a joint news conference at the State Department […]

Belarus holds referendum to renounce non-nuclear status

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The vote is almost certain to pass under the rule of President Alexander Lukashenko and could mean there will be nuclear weapons on Belarusian soil. By REUTERS Published: FEBRUARY 27, 2022 16:04 Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko attends a meeting with Chairman of the Board of the Eurasian Economic Commission Mikhail Myasnikovich in Minsk, Belarus November 30, 2020. […]

Russia’s nuclear forces on high alert due to NATO statements, sanctions – Putin

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Fierce fighting in the Kyiv area • Russian forces frustrated by resistance • Casualties continue to climb • NATO allies send aid to Ukraine By JERUSALEM POST STAFF, REUTERS Published: FEBRUARY 27, 2022 08:58 Updated: FEBRUARY 27, 2022 16:03Email Twitter Facebook fb-messenger Russian President Vladimir Putin signs documents, including a decree recognising two Russian-backed breakaway […]

Russian, Ukrainian reps to meet on Ukraine-Belarus border – report

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“We agreed that the Ukrainian delegation would meet with the Russian delegation without preconditions on the Ukrainian-Belarusian border, near the Pripyat River.” By REUTERS, JERUSALEM POST STAFF Published: FEBRUARY 27, 2022 09:25 Updated: FEBRUARY 27, 2022 16:02     Ukraine President Volodymyr Zelensky holds a press conference on Russia’s military operation in Ukraine, Feb. 25, 2022. (photo credit: Presidency of […]

Iran’s nuclear structure should remain intact: Speaker

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Tehran, IRNA – Iran’s Parliament Speaker Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf has said in a closed session that it’s not accessible for Tehran to give up its nuclear structure to be able to sell oil. In an interview with IRNA, Parliament representative Ahamd Alirezabeigi quoted Qalibaf as making the remarks in a close parliament session.   According […]

Ukraine denies it refused to negotiate with Russia

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‘This is not true, we are open to realistic proposals to deescalate the conflict,’ local media quotes official as saying  News Service 10:38 February 27, 2022 AA Ukraine on Saturday denied Russian claims that it refused to negotiate with Moscow to deescalate tensions, Ukraine’s UNIAN news agency reported. “This is not true, we are open […]

Israel Wants to Be the Mediator Between Ukraine and Russia

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By David Israel – 26 Adar I 5782 – February 27, 2022 Photo Credit: Just Click’s with a Camera This Kiev apartment building was hit by a Russian missile, February 26, 2022. Deputy Director-General, Head of Eurasia and the Western Balkans Division at Israel’s Foreign Ministry Gary Koren on Sunday told Reshet Bet radio that […]

N.Korea fires possible ballistic missile for first time in a month

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SEOUL/TOKYO, Feb 27 (Reuters) – North Korea fired what could be a ballistic missile, Japan’s coast guard said on Sunday, in what would be the first test since the nuclear-armed country conducted a record number of launches in January South Korea’s Joint Chiefs of Staff also reported that North Korea had fired at least one […]

How Biden has empowered evil in both Russia and Iran

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Behind the administration’s perverse policy is the belief system fundamental to the West’s governing and intellectual classes which links their Iran strategy with their approach to Vladimir Putin — and also with their hostility towards Israel.Op-ed. Melanie Phillips 26.02.22 23:38     (JNS) The contrast could scarcely be more glaring. America’s strategy to deter Russian […]

UN Security Council plans vote to call General Assembly meeting on Ukraine

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The United Nations Security Council is due to vote on Sunday to call for a rare emergency special session of the 193-member UN General Assembly on Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, to be held on Monday. By REUTERS Published: FEBRUARY 26, 2022 22:50 United Nations Security Council meets after Russia recognized two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine as […]

Israelis invited by Ukrainian embassy to participate in the war against Russia

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“Dear compatriots … The Embassy has begun the formation of lists of volunteers who wish to participate in the protection of Ukraine from the Russian military aggression!” By JERUSALEM POST STAFF Published: FEBRUARY 26, 2022 18:17 Updated: FEBRUARY 26, 2022 18:21 Ukrainian army soldiers are seen on an armoured vehicle, after Russian President Vladimir Putin authorised a military […]

Iran promises to enrich uranium to 20% – even if deal is reached

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  Iran promises to enrich uranium to 20% – even if deal is reached כ”ה באדר תשפ”ב 18:2426.02.22     The head of Iran’s Atomic Energy Organization, Mohammad Eslami, was quoted Friday as saying that his country will continue to enrich uranium to 20%, even if a nuclear deal is reached and sanctions are lifted, […]

Russia doesn’t ‘especially need’ diplomatic ties with West – ex-president Medvedev

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Medvedev, a close ally of President Vladimir Putin and deputy head of Russia’s security council, said the West’s “wonderful (sanctions) will not change a thing, of course.” By REUTERS Published: FEBRUARY 26, 2022 12:25 Updated: FEBRUARY 26, 2022 13:40 RUSSIA’S PRESIDENT Vladimir Putin meets with Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev at the Novo-Ogaryovo state residence outside Moscow two weeks […]