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Live Updates: E.U. Weighs New Penalties, Including a Ban on Russian Coal

The latest sanctions, to be discussed Thursday, would be part of the response to atrocities uncovered outside Kyiv. “Responsibility cannot be avoided,” Ukraine’s president said in his overnight speech. Ukrainian soldiers at a military funeral for their fallen comrades in Lviv on Wednesday.Mauricio Lima for The New York Times President Volodymyr Zelensky of Ukraine harangued his allies to find the will to take harsher measures against Moscow, as the European Union prepared Thursday to discuss another round of sanctions and a possible ban on Russian coal.The new sanctions would be part of the response to atrocities, including executions and [...]Continue reading on www.nytimes.com

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Russia invades Ukraine

The "age of engagement with Russia is over," the UK's top diplomat told NATO foreign ministers as they meet in Brussels to discuss the war in Ukraine. Despite Moscow shifting its military focus to the east of the country, NATO's chief said the war could last years as Russia still wants "the whole of Ukraine." Ukrainian officials say major fighting is underway in the east , with the regional military governor of the Luhansk region urging civilians to evacuate some towns. President Joe Biden said "major war crimes" are being discovered in Ukraine as the US imposed [...]Continue reading on www.cnn.com

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7Apr By AlexNo Comments

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Russia’s ‘mobile crematoriums’ are hiding war crimes

Go to latest Russia is using ‘mobile crematoriums’ to hide war crimes in Mariupol, mayor says Russian forces are hiding their war crimes in Mariupol by burning the bodies of murdered civilians in mobile crematoriums, the city’s mayor has said.Vadym Boychenko accused enemy forces of turning the once-bustling city of 500,000 people into a “death camp” by recruiting pro-Russian collaborators and separatist fighters from the breakaway “Donetsk People’s Republic” to collect and dispose of bodies.“Russian mobile crematoria have started operating in Mariupol,” he said. A view inside the theatre damaged during fighting in Mariupol, in territory under the government [...]Continue reading on www.afr.com

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Deri says would even court Liberman for potential coalition: ‘Willing to forgive’

Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman and Interior Affairs Minister Aryeh Deri attend the special plenary session opening the winter session of the Knesset, on October 23, 2017. (Hadas Parush/Flash90) Shas leader Areyh Deri said in excerpts of an interview published Thursday that he would even be willing to accept Yisrael Beytenu’s staunchly secular Avigdor Liberman into a potential new government.Deri and Liberman have frequently clashed over the years, trading accusations of racism and antisemitism. The two previously served together as ministers under former premier Benjamin Netanyahu.Deri’s comments the shock resignation of coalition whip Idit Silman on Wednesday, a move that [...]Continue reading on www.timesofisrael.com

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Bear-killing Jewish doctor takes on Santa Claus, Sarah Palin in Alaska House race

Independent candidate Al Gross (Gross for Senate Campaign via AP) JTA — It’s Jew vs. Santa Claus — and 48 others — in Alaska’s carnivalesque special election for the US House of Representatives.Al Gross, a physician who was raised in the Last Frontier’s close-knit Jewish community, is one of 50 candidates who will be vying for the state’s lone House seat in a special election to replace Don Young, the longest-serving Republican in House history, who died last month while in office.Gross is an independent candidate who raised more than $9 million in his unsuccessful 2020 Senate campaign, in [...]Continue reading on www.timesofisrael.com

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Iran has moved centrifuge work from site allegedly hit by Israel to Natanz — IAEA

Various centrifuge machines line a hall at the Natanz Uranium Enrichment Facility, on April 17, 2021. (screenshot, Islamic Republic Iran Broadcasting - IRIB, via AP) Iran has shifted all the centrifuge production equipment from a nuclear site allegedly targeted by Israel to the underground Natanz facility, according to a Wednesday report.Citing a statement from International Atomic Energy Agency, Reuters said the move came just six weeks after Tehran had established another site at Isfahan equipped with the machines required to produce centrifuges.In February, Iran informed the UN nuclear watchdog it had stopped production at the Karaj workshop after the [...]Continue reading on www.timesofisrael.com

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Even if the Bennett government survives, Israel’s political paralysis has returned

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett at the Knesset on February 7, 2022 (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90) Idit Silman’s surprise resignation as coalition chair and defection to the opposition is a dramatic turning point for the coalition. The most politically diverse government in Israel’s history had, until Wednesday, clung to power by the slimmest possible parliamentary majority. The loss of Silman marks the loss of that majority.But it might be more reasonable to think of the news as a resumption of the political dynamic that prevailed from the spring of 2019 till last June: a breakdown of old rules and assumptions, a fragmented [...]Continue reading on www.timesofisrael.com

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In Bucha, devastated residents search for the missing and identify the dead

Workers line up bodies for identification by forensic personnel and police officers in the cemetery in Bucha, north of Kyiv, on April 6, 2022, after hundreds of civilians were found dead in areas from which Russian troops have withdrawn around Ukraine's capital, including the town of Bucha (RONALDO SCHEMIDT / AFP) BUCHA, Ukraine (AFP) — As Bucha emerges from the horror of the Russian occupation, townspeople are desperate to know the fate of loved ones.Some know how their story ends.Others still wait to find out, hoping against hope it will not end in tragedy.Tetiana Ustymenko knows the conclusion to [...]Continue reading on www.timesofisrael.com

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Terror attack bared West Bank barrier’s gaps, but some say holes help keep the peace

In this September 6, 2020 photo, Palestinian laborers cross illegally into Israel from the West Bank through an opening in a fence, south of the West Bank town of Hebron. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty, File) Israeli leaders reacted with shock and anger last week when it emerged that a Palestinian man who gunned down five people in Bnei Brak had entered Israel via a hole in the West Bank security barrier big enough to drive a car through. But for years, Israeli officials have seemingly turned a blind eye to gaps in the barrier, used daily by thousands of Palestinian [...]Continue reading on www.timesofisrael.com

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‘Hit back hard’: Top cyber spy warns Russia not to send Ukraine dark

By Anthony Galloway April 7, 2022 — 5.00am, register or subscribe to save articles for later.Australia’s top cyber spy has suggested Russia has not launched a major cyber attack on Ukraine because it fears what Western countries such as Australia would do in return.Australian Signals Directorate boss Rachel Noble also confirmed Australia was concerned about China’s “intent and their long-term interests” in the Pacific after revelations of a pending security deal between Beijing and the Solomon Islands . ASD director-general Rachel Noble warns Russia still has the capabilities to launch a major cyber attack on Ukraine.Credit:Alex Ellinghausen Leading [...]Continue reading on www.smh.com.au

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7Apr By AlexNo Comments

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Ukraine seeks ‘ruinous’ sanctions on Russia as Europe hesitates

EU fails to approve sanctions amid questions over coal ban U.S. imposes sanctions on Russian banks, Putin's daughters Zelenskiy pressures Western leaders to do more on sanctions LVIV, Ukraine, April 7 (Reuters) - Ukraine wants sanctions that are economically destructive enough for Russia to end its war after accusing some countries of still prioritising money over punishment for civilian killings that the West condemns as war crimes.The democratic world must reject Russian oil and completely block Russian banks from the international finance system, President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said in his daily video address early on Thursday. read more After grisly [...]Continue reading on www.reuters.com

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Small group of Democrats raise qualms over Iran nuke deal, as odds of revival shrink

(L-R) Reps. Juan Vargas, Dean Phillips, Josh Gottheimer, Donald Norcross and Elaine Luria speak at a press conference on Capitol Hill on April 6, 2022. (Courtesy) WASHINGTON — Democratic lawmakers expressed reservations Wednesday over US President Joe Biden’s efforts to revive the Iran nuclear deal, exposing cracks within the party as Washington attempts to finalize an elusive agreement with Tehran.Five Democratic representatives held a press conference to publicly speak out about the pact, and another 13 House members signed onto a corresponding press release summarizing misgivings with reported facets of the deal being crafted by world powers in Vienna. [...]Continue reading on www.timesofisrael.com

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UN to vote Thursday on booting Russia from Human Rights Council

Images from devastation in Ukraine are displayed during a meeting of the UN Security Council, Tuesday, April 5, 2022, at United Nations headquarters. (AP/John Minchillo) UNITED NATIONS (AP) — The UN General Assembly will vote Thursday on whether to suspend Russia from the UN’s premier human rights body. The move was initiated by the United States in response to the discovery of hundreds of bodies after Russian troops withdrew from towns near the Ukrainian capital Kyiv, sparking calls for its forces to be tried for war crimes.US Ambassador Linda Thomas-Greenfield made the call for Russia to be stripped of [...]Continue reading on www.timesofisrael.com

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30 Israelis make Forbes 2022 billionaires list, led by Miriam Adelson

Miriam Adelson speaks at the Israeli-American Council conference in Hollywood, Florida, November 30, 2018. (Perry Bindelglass/Israeli-American Council/via JTA) Thirty Israelis were listed on the Forbes 2022 billionaires list released on Wednesday, including tech entrepreneurs, shipping magnates and a Hollywood producer embroiled in Benjamin Netanyahu’s corruption trial.The highest-ranked Israeli was Miriam Adelson, listed as the 50th-richest person in the world with a net worth of $27.5 billion.Adelson is from Israel, but Forbes placed her in the US in its annual ranking, since she holds American citizenship and is based in Las Vegas.Adelson debuted on the list in 2021 after her [...]Continue reading on www.timesofisrael.com

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Ukraine war: Chanel restricts sales of goods to Russians abroad

Image caption, Models at a Chanel fashion show in Paris French luxury giant Chanel has stopped selling its products to people who intend to take them to Russia, after shutting its stores in the country. Moscow and some customers have accused the firm of being anti-Russian, and threatened to boycott the brand.Chanel says it is just complying with European Union (EU) sanctions, which ban the sale to Russia of luxury goods priced at more than €300 ($327; £250).Many Western firms halted operations in Russia after the Ukraine war started.Chanel told the BBC that sanctions, imposed by the EU, as [...]Continue reading on www.bbc.com

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7Apr By AlexNo Comments

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Russia’s failure to take down Kyiv was a defeat for the ages

WASHINGTON (AP) — Kyiv was a Russian defeat for the ages. The fight started poorly for the invaders and went downhill from there.When President Vladimir Putin launched his war on Feb. 24 after months of buildup on Ukraine’s borders, he sent hundreds of helicopter-borne commandos — the best of the best of Russia’s “spetsnaz” special forces soldiers — to assault and seize a lightly defended airfield on Kyiv’s doorstep.Other Russian forces struck elsewhere across Ukraine, including toward the eastern city of Kharkiv as well as in the contested Donbas region and along the Black Sea coast. But as the [...]Continue reading on apnews.com

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7Apr By AlexNo Comments

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Russian war crimes in Ukraine: So much for ‘never again’

The West has decided the price of countering atrocities is simply too high. Putting a stop to war crimes is not in the interest of the United States — at least not if it means going to war with Russia, according to White House Press Secretary Jen Psaki.Preventing atrocities like the murder of civilians in Ukraine is not in the interests of the EU — at least not if it means higher gas prices or colder homes in winter, according to Austrian Finance Minister Magnus Brunner.The evidence of brutal killings and torture by Russian forces in Bucha, a town [...]Continue reading on www.politico.eu

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Russia Is Sending Mercenaries and Syrians to Ukraine, Western Officials Say

A smashed Russian respirator in Bucha, Ukraine, on Monday. The number of Russian troop losses in the war so far remains unknown, though Western intelligence agencies estimate 7,000 to 10,000 killed.Credit...Daniel Berehulak for The New York Times WASHINGTON — As Russian troops retreat from northern Ukraine and focus operations on the country’s east and south, the Kremlin is struggling to scrape together enough combat-ready reinforcements to conduct a new phase of the war, according to American and other Western military and intelligence officials.Moscow initially sent 75 percent of its main ground combat forces into the war in February, Pentagon [...]Continue reading on www.nytimes.com

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As coalition scrambles for stability, sources warn divisions with testy Gantz remain

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett (right), Foreign Minister Yair Lapid (center) and Defense Minister Benny Gantz at the Knesset, on September 2, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90) Prime Minister Naftali Bennett believes he has regained control of his Yamina party after one of its MKs announced that she was bolting the coalition due to disputes with colleagues regarding issues of religion and state, an official in the premier’s faction told The Times of Israel late Wednesday.“We’ve stopped the bleeding for now,” the official said after Bennett held marathon meetings throughout the day with each of the coalition’s seven other party heads as [...]Continue reading on www.timesofisrael.com

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Multi-media exhibit ‘Periphery’ brings marginalized Canadian Jews into focus

Ariella Daniels photographed for the 'Periphery' exhibition at UJA Toronto. (Liat Aharoni) TORONTO — Born in Toronto to a Jewish mother and a Black Jamaican father, Sara Yacobi-Harris has been exploring Jewish identity for the last 10 years. While in university, she made the short film “Who is a Jew?” as a thesis project, and in 2020, she co-founded the organization No Silence on Race to help make Canada’s Jewish community more inclusive of those outside the mainstream.Now, under the auspices of the Ontario Jewish Archives, part of the UJA Federation of Greater Toronto, Yacobi-Harris has directed the cinematic [...]Continue reading on www.timesofisrael.com

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