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Mikheil Khachidze

Jun 18, 2025, 11:47 PM

She Came to Israel for Life. An Iranian Missile Took It Away

Bat Yam, Israel — Seven-year-old Nastya Buryk had already survived what no child should. She escaped Russia’s war on Ukraine, fled her hometown of Odesa, and arrived in Israel with her mother, grandmother, and two brothers, clinging to hope. Nastya...

Mikheil Khachidze

Jun 11, 2025, 5:23 PM

From Job Offers to the Frontlines: How Russia Lures African Workers into a War

In the shadows of the ongoing war in Ukraine, another, lesser-known conflict is unfolding — one that involves deception, exploitation, and human lives caught in geopolitical power games. Russia is systematically recruiting foreign laborers from economically vulnerable African and...

Jun 5, 2025, 11:43 PM

Russia and Ukraine–Heavenly Reward and Punishment

I visited the impressive memorial in Netanya yesterday - commemorating the contribution of the Red Army in WWII and the battle sites in defeating the Nazis and liberating the death camps. Prime Minister Netanyahu and President Putin had dedicated...

Jun 5, 2025, 11:24 AM

Russian retaliation against Ukraine will be fierce and decisive, but not nuclear

In today’s geopolitical landscape—where decisions carry nuclear implications and the margin for error is vanishingly small—the recent conversation between Vladimir Putin and Donald Trump was more than a diplomatic exchange: it was a significant gesture amid growing tensions. Following...

Alexander Shatkhin

Jun 4, 2025, 8:49 PM

Karol Nawrocki: Relations with Kyiv and Jerusalem

After Karol Nawrocki's victory in the presidential elections in Poland, the country is facing significant political changes that may affect both the domestic situation and international relations, in particular with the European Union, Ukraine, and Israel. Nawrocki is known for...

Mikheil Khachidze

Jun 2, 2025, 1:56 AM

Putin’s Black Day: How Drones Dismantled Russia’s Long-Range Threat

May 31, 2025 may go down in history as one of the darkest days for Russia’s strategic aviation. Ukraine successfully carried out a complex, high-tech special operation codenamed “Pavutyna” (“Spiderweb”), which resulted in the destruction or damage of at...

Sam Lehman-Wilzig

May 30, 2025, 12:23 PM

Totally Destroying Gaza: Rational or Rationale?

Along with a solid majority of Israelis, I too think that the Israeli government should place the hostages’ return as its number one priority – and totally defeating Hamas as only a secondary goal at this point in time....

May 19, 2025, 5:32 AM

The Scythians: Lords of the Steppe in the Shadows of History

In the windswept plains of Eurasia, from the Black Sea to the Altai Mountains, once roamed a people who captivated ancient chroniclers and continue to challenge modern scholars. The Scythians—nomadic horse-warriors whose culture emerged and flourished between the 9th century...

May 8, 2025, 11:58 PM

80 years later and where are we headed?

I met Nadia while volunteering in Poland during Passover 2022, at the beginning of the Russian invasion of Ukraine. Nadia-not her real name-is from Ukraine. She is married with two children, a military age son and a daughter married...

May 8, 2025, 5:56 AM

From Jerusalem to Kyiv: Uniting Against the Iran-Russia Axis

Israel stands at a perilous crossroads, confronting an unrelenting barrage of threats from Iran and its proxies—Hamas, Hezbollah, the Houthis, and other terror groups that seek to undermine its existence. The recent announcement by US President Donald Trump on...

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