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Foreign Minister Penny Wong addresses the UN General Assembly in September this year. Photo: AP Photo/Pamela Smith
December 11, 2024, 2:30 pm
Wong accused of equating Israel with Russia, China
While delivering her Hawke Lecture, Foreign Minister Penny Wong said Israel, Russia and China should abide by international law.
By AJN STAFF
The family of Evan Gershkovich (sister Danielle, in red; brother-in-law Anthony Huczek, fourth from right; mother Ella, furthest right; father Mikhail, out of frame) and other families of recently freed dissidents, journalists, and activists held in Russia in a massive prisoner exchange, meet with President Joe Biden in the Oval Office. (Official White House Photo by Adam Schultz)
August 2, 2024, 10:48 am
American Jewish journalist Evan Gershkovich freed in prisoner exchange
Gershkovich was arrested in Yekaterinburg on charges of espionage in March 2023 while on a reporting trip
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and Vladimir Putin in Sochi, Russia in 2019. Photo: Shamil Zhumatov/Pool Photo via AP
December 14, 2023, 12:24 pm
Bibi flogs Putin over Gaza stance and Iran ties
"The Prime Minister expressed his annoyance over anti-Israel stances by Russian representatives at the United Nations and other fora," says the Prime Minister's Office said in a statement.
By TOI STAFF
A pro-Palestinian mob storms an airport terminal in Dagestan, Russia, as they look for passengers from a flight arriving from Israel, October 29, 2023. (video screenshot The Times of Israel.)
October 30, 2023, 9:45 am
Rioters overrun Russian airport in hunt for Jews aboard flight from Israel
No injuries as protesters respond to call to ‘avenge Gaza’; airport eventually cleared, to remain closed for a week; PM urges Moscow to ‘protect all Israeli citizens and all Jews’.
By CANAAN LIDOR
Vera Rozkin.
October 27, 2023, 6:30 am
A teacher devoted to her students
"Vera will be remembered for her sharp one-liners, for her co-mingling of French, Russian and Yiddish and for the manner in which she gave all she had to her students."
By AJN STAFF
Four generations of the Polonsky family.
October 19, 2023, 1:19 pm
Family celebrates 100 years in Australia
Just before the outbreak of World War I, they sent the sum of £100 to their father specifying that it was to bring the entire family out of Russia.
By Carol Saffer
Mossad director David Barnea at the conference at Reichman University. Photo: Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90
September 20, 2023, 8:28 pm
Mossad chief’s warning on Iran
On Iran's nuclear program and a potential agreement with world powers that would see sanctions on Iran eased, Barnea urged the international community to "be on high alert".
By Emanuel Fabian
Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky in Berlin, Germany, in May. Photo: AP Photo/Matthias Schrader
September 18, 2023, 6:37 am
Ukraine lashes Putin for Zelensky comments
"I have a lot of Jewish friends," Putin told an annual economic forum in St Petersburg. "They say that Zelensky is not Jewish, that he is a disgrace to the Jewish people."
By LAZAR BERMAN
Evan Gershkovich at Moscow City Court on June 22. Photo: Natalia Kolesnikova/AFP via Getty Images
September 8, 2023, 4:49 pm
Rosh Hashanah letter-writing campaign for Evan Gershkovich
Excerpts to be collated into one “collective” letter that will be vetted by Russian authorities; full letters to be sent to his family
By Jackie Hajdenberg
US journalist Evan Gershkovich stands inside a defendants' cage at Moscow City Court on June 22, 2023. Photo: Natalia Kolesnikova/AFP via Getty Images
August 29, 2023, 8:57 am
Pretrial detention of Evan Gershkovich extended
A judge has ordered Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich remain in detention until at least November 30
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Former Moscow Chief Rabbi Pinchas Goldschmidt. Photo: AP Photo/Matthias Schrader
July 12, 2023, 7:09 am
Russia brands former chief rabbi a ‘foreign agent’
"I resigned because to continue as chief rabbi of Moscow would be a problem for the community because of the repressive measures taken against dissidents."
By AJN STAFF
Wall Street Journal reporter Evan Gershkovich stands inside a glass cage before a hearing on his appeal against his extended detention, at the Moscow City Court, in Moscow on June 22, 2023. Photo: Natalia Kolesnikova/AFP
July 5, 2023, 10:25 am
Russia hints at prisoner swap possibility for Evan Gershkovich
Russian officials have suggested the possibility of a deal, but any consideration for a swap involving Gershkovich would have to wait until after a verdict is reached in his case.
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Mahmoud Abbas (left) shakes hands with China's President Xi Jinping in Beijing on June 14. Photo: Jade Gao/Pool/AFP
June 26, 2023, 7:12 am
China signs ‘strategic partnership’ with PA
China has appointed a special envoy to meet with Israeli and Palestinian officials, but its experience in the region is mainly limited to construction, manufacturing and other economic projects.
By AJN STAFF
US journalist Evan Gershkovich stands inside a defendants' cage at Moscow City Court on June 22, 2023. Photo: NATALIA KOLESNIKOVA/AFP via Getty Images via JTA
June 23, 2023, 12:14 pm
Russian court rejects appeal to release Evan Gershkovich
Wall Street Journal reporter was arrested on March 29 and charged with espionage. He denies the allegations
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky on the sidelines of the G7 Summit in Hiroshima, Japan in May. Photo: AP Photo/Susan Walsh
June 23, 2023, 7:03 am
Putin calls Zelensky a ‘disgrace’ to Jews
Putin said Moscow "must fight" neo-Nazism, adding that Russia had suffered enormous losses during the country's fight against Nazi Germany in World War II.
By AJN STAFF
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