Ukraine saw Abramovich as mediator, asked US not to sanction him

Wall Street Journal reports Biden wanted him dropped from sanctions list but US officials were sceptical about his value as a mediator

Report: Viewing Abramovich as mediator, Ukraine asked US not to sanction him (Times of Israel)
According to Wall Street Journal, after Zelensky-Biden call, NSC ordered Treasury to drop Russian-Israeli billionaire from sanctions list; US officials: He hasn’t proven his worth

Putin discusses Ukraine with Israeli prime minister Bennett-Kremlin (Reuters)

Israel: Forget democracy. It's the 'Jewish demographic state' (Middle East Eye)
LILY GALILI: Israeli reactions to non-Jewish Ukrainians seeking refuge, paired with the new citizenship law, reveal a once hidden, but now overt obsession with Jewish supremacy

'Aliyah Express': Israel to ease immigration process for Jewish Ukrainian refugees (Haaretz)
Jewish refugees fleeing war-torn Ukraine would be allowed to fly to Israel before proving that they are eligible for immigration; over 4,000 immigrants from Ukraine have arrived in Israel since Russian invasion began

Jewish Agency to ramp up immigration flights from Ukraine to tackle refugee crisis (Times of Israel)
More than 4,000 people with immigration rights have moved to Israel since start of Russian invasion and ‘tens of thousands’ more expected to join them, organization says

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The Israeli tech preventing human trafficking in Ukraine (Haaretz)
From registering refugees to managing the needs of intake centres in Poland and Moldova, Israeli tech firm Monday is helping aid workers optimise