Russia is currently working in coordination with the European Union (EU) “to crystallize a new vision for the Palestinian-Israeli peace process based on international legitimacy,” the Palestinian ambassador to Russia, Abdel Hafiz Nofal, announced yesterday.
The Ukrainian Cultural Center in Israel recently presented an evening dedicated to the memory of the prominent Ukrainian public and church figure Metropolitan Andrei Sheptytsky (1865-1944).
“We are ready to talk with the Israelis without any conditions … as long as the invitation comes from President Putin,'' who ''will create the best conditions for a meeting to ... be successful,'' says Palestinian Authority Foreign Minister Riad Malki.
Syrian army didn't know what Russian force that located Zachary Baumel's body was doing in the Yarmouk refugee camp, military source tells Lebanese daily al-Akhbar.
President Vladimir Putin told Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Thursday that Russian special forces troops in Syria had found the remains of a U.S.-born Israeli soldier missing since 1982, allowing him to be finally buried.
Moscow has also attempted to play the role of mediator between Israel and Iran, seeking to douse the shadow war raging between them on Syrian soil. Israel, for its part, is determined to disrupt Iran’s plan to turn Syria into a war front against it.
