The Year of Shmuel Yosef Agnon in Ukraine: Five Major Events Connecting History and Modernity
Ukraine dedicated the years 2025–2026 to Shmuel Yosef Agnon. Exhibitions, conferences, and expeditions will revive memory and strengthen cultural ties with Israel. Agnon and His Ukrainian Roots Shmuel Yosef Agnon, born in Buchach, became the first Israeli writer to be awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature. His books are filled with the atmosphere of Ukrainian […]
Netanyahu declared victory, but Israel heard not the end of the war, but the beginning of new questions
Evening of June 15: Victory statement amid US-Iran deal Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu addressed the Israelis on the evening of June 15, 2026, with a statement that was meant to sound like the conclusion of a war and a personal political point of strength. He said that Israel had averted the immediate threat of destruction […]
Jews from Ukraine: How Natives of Ukraine Shaped “Mossad” – Ukrainian Trace in Israeli Intelligence
Israeli intelligence has long become part of a global political myth. Mossad is spoken of as an almost abstract force — without faces, without biographies, without a past. However, any institution has a human dimension. If you look closely at the history of Mossad’s leadership, especially in the second half of the 20th — early […]
Zelensky proposed a meeting with Putin at the G7: Russia once again chose to strike instead of talking
President of Ukraine Volodymyr Zelensky stated on June 15, 2026, that Kyiv had sent a signal of readiness to meet with Putin on the sidelines of the G7 summit in France. This refers to the ‘Group of Seven’ summit, which takes place from June 15-17, 2026, in Évian-les-Bains, on the shores of Lake Geneva. The […]
How “Russia Day” lost significance in Israel – from Netanyahu to Mai Golan: Moscow “filled the hall,” but Israel sent only the “third row” of power
Once upon a time in Israel, Netanyahu attended the “Russia Day”. Then President Rivlin. Then the Foreign Minister. And now — a minister of the third political tier. This is not a break in relations. But it is no longer the same closeness. In diplomacy, such details are clear: the level of presence is falling, […]
Jews and Ukrainian Sovereignty: The Reaction of Jewish Communities and Israel to the Declaration of State Sovereignty of Ukraine on July 16, 1990 – As It Happened
On July 16, 1990, the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR of the 12th convocation adopted the Declaration of State Sovereignty of Ukraine — a crucial document that proclaimed the supremacy and independence of the Ukrainian republic within its territory. The declaration did not immediately announce secession from the USSR but established the priority of […]
Gamla: a Jewish city in the Golan that challenged Rome
There are places where history does not seem like the past. It lies underfoot—in basalt stones, in fragments of walls, in steps leading to houses that are no longer there. Gamla on the Golan Heights is one such place. – here on the map – https://maps.app.goo.gl/xNpm8tj3uifABc6Y8 Today there is silence, wind, gorges, eagles, and a […]
Russia is not only the deepest barbarism, but also an absolute relentlessness to kill, maim, destroy what has been created by civilization
This is not a “military mistake,” but a barbaric urge to destroy what civilization has created. Russia’s strike on June 15, 2026, on Ukraine was organized in such a way that it could not be called just a military chronicle. Under fire were not only residential areas, not only energy infrastructure, not only streets where […]
Jews from Ukraine: Vladimir Zeev Jabotinsky (continued)
As promised, we continue our discussion of a Jew from Ukraine – Ze'ev Jabotinsky. #jewsukraine 📝 The biography of Vladimir Zeev is really full of interesting facts, so today we are publishing the second of two posts about him. — First see – Jews from Ukraine: Vladimir Zeev Jabotinsky. 👦🏻 Childhood and youth: Vladimir Jabotinsky […]
HAMAS responded to the Peace Council: in Gaza, they are negotiating for the second stage, but weapons are left out of the equation
On June 14, 2026, Hamas announced that the day before, on June 13, it had delivered the response of the Palestinian factions to the roadmap for Gaza. The document is related to the implementation of U.S. President Donald Trump’s plan and was prepared by Nikolay Mladenov, the high representative of the Peace Council for Gaza. […]