Ksenia Svetlova

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Jun 28, 2022, 3:45 PM

I won’t attend the Genesis Prize ceremony, nobody should

Russian President Vladimir Putin, left, applauds then-Alfa-Bank head Pyotr Aven after awarding him with the Order of Merit to the Fatherland during a ceremony in the Kremlin, Moscow, July 25, 2005. (AP Photo/ Alexander Nenenov, Pool)

In light of the carnage in Ukraine, and regardless of whether the Russian 'Jewish Nobel' founders formally stepped down, attending Wednesday's event is immoral

May 22, 2019, 1:20 PM

Economic peace? Not while the ice cream is melting at the checkpoint

Palestinian students eating ice cream in Gaza, 2011 (Abed Rahim Khatib / Flash 90)

Trump’s ‘Deal of the Century’ offers Palestinians financial incentives in return for giving up their dreams of sovereignty -- that’s a pipe dream

Nov 11, 2016, 4:01 PM

Time to say enough is enough

Israel must stop shunting aside Diaspora Jews' needs if the country is to become the homeland it was created to be

Jul 1, 2015, 12:13 AM

On Egyptian TV, Jews as actual humans

A Ramadan soap opera with sympathetic Jewish characters is a tiny, deeply flawed, step in the right direction

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About Me

Ksenia Svetlova is a Middle East affairs expert and a publicist. She was a member of Knesset for the Zionist Union and previously worked as a journalist specializing in the area of Arab affairs.