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Trump & Putin: locate state of Palestine east of Jordan River

David Singer — Sun, 16 Nov 2025 23:02:20 +0000

President Trump’s decision to involve the United Nations Security Council in implementing Trump’s 20 point peace plan has struck a brick wall with Russia filing its own draft resolution to that proposed by Trump. Russia has explained its reasons: “The rationale behind Russia’s draft resolution on Gaza is to enable the Security Council to define […]

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‘Auf Wiedersehen,’ Roger Waters?

Ben Cohen — Sun, 19 Mar 2023 07:30:07 +0000

Once upon a time, Roger Waters was a hero in Germany. In July 1990, a few months after the razing of the Berlin Wall, the former Pink Floyd frontman performed the group’s 1979 album “The Wall” on the Potsdamer Platz in the newly reunified city. As the gig came to a close with the collapse […]

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Opinionated Pronouncements

Michael Kuttner — Fri, 17 Mar 2023 05:02:41 +0000

At the best of times, Israel is the target of unsolicited verbiage from all and sundry. These days it seems that the urge to do so has become an unrestrained phenomenon. So-called friends and declared foes alike find common cause in demanding that Israel acquiesces to their knee-jerk neurosis on every aspect of what happens […]

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Israel continues Russia-Ukraine diplomacy efforts

Aryeh Savir - TPS — Wed, 16 Mar 2022 06:31:17 +0000

Foreign Minister Yair Lapid spoke with Ukraine’s Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba on Tuesday, the latest in a series of conversations between Israeli and Russia and Ukraine officials in an attempt to mediate between the two sides. Lapid said that the conversation with Kuleba was “long and positive,” and that Kuleba thanked Israel for “its mediation […]

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Feintooner

Feintooner — Wed, 23 Feb 2022 05:18:35 +0000

This week’s cartoon…The Piecemaker [Putin grows a Stalinesque moustache]

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Israel faces Russia policy change, or perhaps political posturing, regarding Syria

Israel Kasnett - JNS.org — Thu, 29 Jul 2021 08:07:21 +0000

Israel Kasnett: A Saudi media report noted that Jerusalem and Moscow have in recent years “maintained a hotline that allowed the Israeli military to alert Russian forces of incoming strikes,” though now, “communication through the Israel-Russia deconfliction mechanism has effectively ceased.”

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Putin plays with the Holocaust

Ben Cohen - JNS.org — Tue, 20 Nov 2018 20:53:44 +0000

Ben Cohen: Russia does not make movies for the sake of art, but for the sake of politics.

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U.S. President Trump: A balance sheet

Isi Leibler — Tue, 24 Jul 2018 23:39:44 +0000

U.S. President Donald Trump’s meeting with Russian leader Vladimir Putin served to increase the paranoia about him to an all-time high...writes Isi Leibler.

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Trump and Putin focus on Syria-Israel, Arab-Jewish conflicts

David Singer — Thu, 19 Jul 2018 23:52:04 +0000

Defusing the Syria–Israel conflict and resurrecting the primacy of Security Council Resolution 242 in resolving the Arab-Jewish conflict have emerged as positive outcomes from the Trump-Putin summit in Helsinki this week...writes David Singer.

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Netanyahu to Putin: Iran needs to leave Syria

JNS — Thu, 12 Jul 2018 06:08:27 +0000

“It is clear that our focus is on Syria and Iran. Our view that Iran needs to leave Syria is well-known; it is not new to you,” Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu told Russian President Vladimir Putin.

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