March, 2022

• 8 March

  Militias support Russian invasion as Iraq refuses to condemn

  

  Iraq has aligned with China and Iran in abstaining from a UN General Assembly resolution condemning Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. As Russia continues to gain territory in Ukraine and thousands have reportedly been killed on both sides in a few days, Iraq has abstained from a UN vote demanding that …

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• 8 March

  Assassination attempt on Islamic Jihad leader escalates tensions with Palestinian Authority

  

  Islamic Jihad leader in the West Bank Khader Adnan was subjected to an assassination attempt in Nablus, raising speculation about the possible role of the Palestinian Authority’s security forces. Leader of Islamic Jihad in the West Bank Khader Adnan survived an assassination attempt Feb. 26 after armed men shot him …

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• 8 March

  Israel’s Bennett undertakes diplomatic blitz on Ukraine

  

  Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett spent the weekend in Moscow and Berlin, and talking either in person or on the phone with Russian President Vladimir Putin, French President Emmanuel Macron, German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.

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• 8 March

  Mali-Algérie : qui est Yahia Djouadi, chef d’Aqmi tué par la France ?

  

  Une opération des soldats français de Barkhane a mené à la neutralisation fin février de Yahia Djouadi. Surnommé « l’émir du Sahara », cet Algérien était un haut cadre d’Al-Qaïda au Maghreb islamique. L’opération, menée par les forces spéciales françaises à une centaine de kilomètres au nord de Tombouctou, dans …

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• 8 March

  Ukraine rejects Moscow proposal for evacuation corridors into Belarus, Russia

  

  Providing safe passage ‘into the arms of the country that is currently destroying yours is nonsense,’ says UK minister, backing Kyiv’s stance as Russians keep up bombing campaign Ukraine on Monday rejected Moscow’s offer of humanitarian corridors to Russia and Belarus, Deputy Prime Minister Iryna Vereshchuk said. Russia on Monday …

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• 8 March

  On a Friday night in Lviv, Ukraine, when a synagogue became a sanctuary

  

  With only one Jew, no ritual wine, and no communal prayers on Shabbat eve, a shul with a history of resistance fulfills its holiest mission The darkness over Lviv was indeed thick on the walk to the Beis Aharon V’Yisroel Synagogue on Friday night.

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• 8 March

  If Ukraine Falls Does the Democratic Party Fall as Well?

  

  It was all well and good for the Biden Administration to provide repeated warnings in the days before the invasion, but words will not stop Russian tanks destroying a nation’s borders and words will not provide air cover for patriotic Ukrainians digging World War I-style trenches outside their capital city. …

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• 8 March

  Israel’s Bennett, Ukraine, and Putin’s Rigged Game

  

  If Prime Minister Naftali Bennett secures a peace agreement, or even a ceasefire, in the war between Russia and Ukraine, he’ll be worthy of a Nobel Peace Prize. But it’s far more likely that he’s playing right into the hands of Russian President Vladimir Putin. This isn’t a zero-sum game; …

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• 8 March

  Turkey, Israel in Race to Mediate Between Ukraine and Russia

  

  At the so-called White Palace in Ankara, the official residence of Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, preparations are in high gear for President Isaac Herzog’s visit on Wednesday. Erdogan’s colorful presidential guard will welcome him, his presidential band will play “Hatikva” and the Turkish anthem and the two presidents are …

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• 8 March

  No-Fly Zone in Ukraine: War with Russia by Another Name

  Some current and former officials, including Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy, call for Western powers to establish a no-fly zone over Ukraine. This Q&A explains what a no-fly zone would entail, where similar zones have been established before and the dangers of that option in Ukraine. As Russia’s war against Ukraine …

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