Guest Column

We, Knesset Speaker Mickey Levy and Bundestag President Bärbel Bas, bow our heads in memory of the six million Jews murdered by Nazi Germany in the Holocaust.

As the Ukrainian nation, so close to both Poles and Jews, is waging its own struggle for self-determination, it is both our moral and political duty to support it. Former Polish President and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Lech Wałęsa in a special column.

Righteous Among the Nations? The horrors that the Ukrainians inflicted on my family during the holocaust mean they hardly qualify as such.

Within a mere week, the country has seen entire markets and industries collapse, businesses crash, and Western companies close offices and recall employees.

Ukrainian-born Israeli judoka Peter Paltchik says his heart goes out to all the citizens of Ukraine: the members of its national judo team and his close friends and family who find themselves in a reality that was forced upon them

The media clamor against the backdrop of Russia’s naval activities in the seas costs Ukraine’s maritime logistics nearly $100 million a month.

Amid the escalating threat of war with Russia, Ukraine is bracing for a potential full-scale invasion aimed at seizing most of the country, including the capital city of Kyiv.

Some 4,000 kilometers separate India and Israel, which this year mark three decades since the establishment of their diplomatic relations. From agriculture and water management to innovation and security, the two countries share knowledge, projects, and most importantly a vision for the future. In recent months, they have also partnered in a unique diplomatic dialogue with the US and UAE.

As the world marks International Holocaust Remembrance Day, EU Ambassador to Israel Dimiter Tzantchev and French ambassador to Israel Eric Danon vow not to allow evil to prevail.

In all likelihood, Russia is incapable – politically, economically, militarily – to pay the price the international community would exact from it if the Kremlin tries to crush Ukraine.