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Ukraine agrees to US peace proposal to end Russia war, officials say - report

"The Ukrainians have agreed to the peace deal. There are some minor details to be sorted out, but they have agreed to a peace deal," one official told ABC News.

US PRESIDENT Donald Trump welcomes Ukraine’s President Volodymyr Zelensky at the White House earlier this month. Expect Trump to quietly approve some advanced US arms for Ukraine, but not nearly enough to meet Kyiv’s demands, say the writers.
Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R)

Ex-IDF intel. officials: Balanced Israeli combativeness can cause Russia to reduce hostility

 Sasha Troponov meets with the chief rabbi of Russia the morning after his release.

Ex-hostage Sasha Troufanov wraps tefillin with Russian chief rabbi day after release

Olim attend an event marking 25 years of the great aliyah from the former Soviet Union,  in Jerusalem in 2015. Do we no longer have the resolve to save Jews?

How Israel risks distancing the Russian Jewish community - opinion


Zelensky: Jerusalem is 'constructive place' to hold Russia-Ukraine talks

Zelensky's words came after a week in which Bennett was one of a number of world leaders who attempted to use diplomacy to halt Russia's invasion of Ukraine that became 17-days ago. 

 Prime Minister Naftali Bennett at a previous meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin in Sochi, Russia.

Ukrainian defense official: We appreciate Bennett’s mediation

Lubkivskyi was positive about Jerusalem and showed understanding of its delicate situation with Moscow, which is the dominant force over Israel’s northern border with Syria.

The national flags of Israel and Ukraine

Diaspora affairs minister to demand establishment of committee on immigration

Hundreds of Israelis demonstrated on Saturday in Tel Aviv against Russia’s launching of the war and in support of the Ukrainian people

 DIASPORA AFFAIRS Minister Nachman Shai speaks to the media at the Malmo International Forum on Holocaust Remembrance and Combating Antisemitism in Malmo, Sweden in October.

Zelensky thanks Bennett for mediation efforts

Zelensky had asked Israel several times to serve as an intermediary in the year before Russia invaded Ukraine, but Putin rejected the offer each time.

 Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky talks during an interview with Reuters in Kyiv, Ukraine, March 1, 2022.

Is Putin walking Bennett straight into a trap? - analysis

There certainly could have been a much greater effort by Ukraine’s Western allies to prevent the Russian invasion, but overall it seems that Putin is convinced he needs to crush Ukraine.

 Foreign Minister Yair Lapid and Prime Minister Naftali Bennett on 3/6/2022.

Israel fails to sign onto US text condemning Russia at UNSC

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.

 FOREIGN MINISTER Yair Lapid with US Secretary of State Antony Blinken at a joint news conference at the State Department las week.

Ukraine asks Israel to mediate with Russia

"We always look to Israel as one of the most prominent possible intermediaries for Mr. Putin," Ukraine's Ambassador to Israel Yevgen Korniychuk said.

 Ukraine's Ambassador to Israel Yevgen Korniychuk in Tel Aviv

Israel supports Ukraine’s sovereignty - without mentioning Russia

The statement expressed support for “Ukraine’s territorial integrity and sovereignty.”

 People form a human chain along a bridge across the Dnipro River as they celebrate the Day of Unity in Kyiv, Ukraine January 22, 2022.

Israel weighing condemnation as Russia escalates against Ukraine

Foreign Minister Yair Lapid and Foreign Ministry Director-General Alon Ushpiz weighed what kind of statement to release that would not undermine military coordination with Russia in Syria.

 Russia's President Vladimir Putin speaks to the media following a meeting with Azerbaijan's President Ilham Aliyev at the Kremlin in Moscow, Russia, February 22, 2022.

Bennett, Putin discuss Iran, airstrikes in Syria in five-hour meeting

Bennett's visit to Russia will carry on until after Shabbat, as his meeting with Putin was described as "warm and intimate."

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