Who has the right to self-determination in the Crimea?
In connection with the annexation of Crimea by Russia, Russian politicians and diplomats tried to present, rather awkwardly, the right of peoples to self-determination as the main argument justifying this annexation. Let's try to understand this rather complicated international law even for modern science, a question that has ...
US lawmakers and administration officials are not too concerned about the ban on entry to Russia
American officials and lawmakers have not taken seriously the travel bans and other retaliatory measures taken by the Russian leadership shortly after President Barack Obama announced tougher sanctions against Russia in connection with ...
The eleventh son of Haman
Purim in Jerusalem Jerusalem. Residence of the Prime Minister. March 4 (Adar 14) 1977 Purim walked in Jerusalem. Walked with might and main. The city seemed to have gone mad. There are music, dancing and festive processions in the streets. Even the most adult and serious people decided to try on masquerade ...
The mystery of the missing Boeing: new details
Now we can say with certainty that all specialists, military and researchers in the field of aviation literally knocked themselves off their feet in search of the Boeing 777, which disappeared more than two weeks ago. Everyone is in conjecture what could have happened to him, but what is more frightening ...
Putin signed a decree recognizing the independence of Crimea
Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree recognizing the Republic of Crimea as a sovereign and independent state in which Sevastopol has a special status, the Kremlin press service reported late on Monday evening, March 17. The decree comes into force on the day of its signing. On…
Practical Zionism Lessons: The VSO Settlement Section began working in Israeli cities on the periphery
Yuvi Tesuma immigrated from Ethiopia at the age of 5. “When I went to school, I immediately felt: my main and only task was to become an Israeli as soon as possible,” she told participants at the conference of the Settlement Department of the World Zionist Organization (WZO),...
The ghost of optimism wanders around Odessa
In the half-light of new publications in the Russian media about the impending pogroms in Ukraine, we find out the fairness of the information presented. Our interlocutor is a literature teacher, as they say, “From G-d.” Mark Grigorievich Dreerman, back in the Soviet years, gained fame in Odessa as a brilliant teacher and...
Avigdor Lieberman: “It is necessary to create a global network of Jewish education”
The passionate speech of the head of the Israeli Foreign Ministry Avigdor Lieberman, his address to the participants of the Conference of Presidents of the leading Jewish organizations of North America, which was held in Jerusalem at the end of February, left no one indifferent. Contrary to expectations, the Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister did not say ...
Moment of truth?
As for me, I do not cherish especially tender feelings for my former compatriots "zhovto-blakitniks" (the colors of the Ukrainian flag). The point is not only that Odessa, the city of my childhood and youth, keeps terrible traces of the Second World War everywhere, in which ...
Will Israel become a regional maritime power?
On Tuesday, February 4, a special Knesset commission approved the country's defense budget for the current year. After hearing a report from Defense Minister Moshe Ya'alon, Ministry Director General Dan Arel and Chief of General Staff Benny Gantz, the deputies called on the government to find an additional 750 million shekels - funds for which...