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‘Wake up’: Ukraine urges Israel to aid Odesa’s Jews as Russia pounds city
Times of Israel ^ | 4th August 2023

Posted on 08/04/2023 2:32:30 AM PDT by Cronos

Ukraine’s embassy in Israel on Friday called for the government to provide assistance to Odesa’s Jewish community with the city increasingly targeted by Russian attacks.

Russia has been pounding Odesa and the surrounding region since Moscow withdrew from a grain deal last month that allowed Kyiv’s grain exports via the Black Sea to continue despite the war.

Last week, the offices of Hillel International, the Jewish campus life organization, suffered damage in a missile attack.

“The Jewish community in Odesa continues to suffer significantly from Russian attacks — the Israeli government must wake up!” the embassy said in a statement, urging Israel “not to abandon your community in its time of need.”

“Like all citizens of Odesa, the Jewish community is also impacted significantly by these attacks. Despite the dire situation, community leaders continue to courageously guide their people, recognizing that the education of their children cannot be halted,” the embassy said.

Odesa rabbi Abraham Wolf was quoted by the embassy as calling the city’s Jewish community “a beacon of hope” due to its “resilience and unity.”

“Amidst the rubble and fear, we continue to fortify our institutions, nourish our people, and educate our youth. For we know that in such times of crisis, we are not merely survivors but bearers of hope and continuity,” Wolf said, according to the statement.

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1 posted on 08/04/2023 2:32:30 AM PDT by Cronos
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To: Cronos

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2 posted on 08/04/2023 2:50:48 AM PDT by sauropod (I will stand for truth even if I stand alone.)
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To: Cronos

3 posted on 08/04/2023 2:56:15 AM PDT by Mount Athos
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so now z wants usa’s staunchest ally (israel) to join in the festivities?

z should have thought this out more carefully before droning moscow.

maybe israel could help the ukraine if it has a “z problem.”


4 posted on 08/04/2023 2:57:56 AM PDT by SteveH
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To: Mount Athos

While your president Putin murders thousands of Eastern Orthodox Slavs in his lust for power


5 posted on 08/04/2023 3:26:43 AM PDT by Cronos
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To: sauropod

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6 posted on 08/04/2023 3:29:21 AM PDT by Cronos
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To: Cronos

Ukraine trying to blackmail Israel (again) into handing over its Iron Dome defense system, which Netanyahu refuses to do (wisely).


7 posted on 08/04/2023 3:44:53 AM PDT by montag813
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To: Cronos

(Western fantasy as per our corporate/oligarch owned media)

Ukraine cries some more and makes whatever claim they can.
Obviously, as all media in the West reports, they are winning and soon will be marching on the red square, that’s after they take back Crimea with their Wunderwaffen...

(meanwhile in reality)

I do not doubt Russia will take Odessa before all is said and done. That would landlock Ukraine and tie into Transistria very well (which our NSA/CIA/state department Google map can’t seem to find) which is already Russian.


8 posted on 08/04/2023 4:09:44 AM PDT by Red6
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To: Cronos

May it be so that Israel will help Ukraine.

‘Everyone Must Work for Ukraine to Achieve Peace and Victory’: Zelenskyy’s Strong Words
UATV English
398K subscribers
Aug 4, 2023 7:00 a.m. EDT
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrmJl9YuV2Y

The President of Ukraine addressed all the people of Ukraine, our international partners: we must work together for Ukraine to win and to gain peace. Only together can the free world withstand brutal aggression.

Volodymyr Zelenskyy held meetings with the command of the Army, Navy, Air Forces, and Intelligence to address the most important national defense issues during the second year of Russian full-scale aggression against Ukraine and against global stability.


9 posted on 08/04/2023 5:03:37 AM PDT by UMCRevMom@aol.com (Pray for God's intervention to stop Putin's invasion of Ukraine )
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To: Cronos
Ukrainian Neo-Nazis parade through Odessa on seventh anniversary of post-Maidan massacre in which dozens were burned alive

May 2, 2021

10 posted on 08/04/2023 5:13:43 AM PDT by McGruff (Don't underestimate Joe's ability to f*** things up - Barack Obama)
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Weren’t neo-Nazis. The people on the ground have repeatedly said that and you believe the Kremlin speak?


11 posted on 08/04/2023 5:19:43 AM PDT by Cronos (I identify as an ambulance, my pronounces are wee/woo)
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To: Cronos

“...to provide assistance to Odesa’s Jewish community...”

So if your NOT Jewish, you are on your own and receive NO aid. Interesting philosophy they have there.


12 posted on 08/04/2023 5:20:13 AM PDT by Flavious_Maximus (Tony Fauci will be put on death row and die of COVID!)
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To: Red6
Red6 straight from the Kremlin I do not doubt Russia will take Odessa before all is said and done

Not going to happen - Russia lost that chance last June (June 2022) when they lost the battle for Mykolaiv

and it was cemented when Russia retreated from Kherson

your Russki dreams of landlocking Ukraine are well, pipedreams

13 posted on 08/04/2023 5:21:38 AM PDT by Cronos (I identify as an ambulance, my pronounces are wee/woo)
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To: Cronos; Mount Athos
While your president Putin murders thousands of Eastern Orthodox Slavs in his lust for power

Opposing our tax dollars going to a known money-laundering operation with no accounting or audits does not make one a Russian or a supporter of Putin.

You people really need to stop with that nonsense.

14 posted on 08/04/2023 6:02:09 AM PDT by Allegra (Stop the Zeepers from Censoring FReepers)
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To: Flavious_Maximus

Typical., and FReeper cucks applaud.


15 posted on 08/04/2023 6:03:53 AM PDT by EEGator
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To: Cronos

Netanyahu ain’t going down that rabbit hole. For obvious reasons.


16 posted on 08/04/2023 6:13:40 AM PDT by CodeJockey
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To: CodeJockey
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Hostages? Maybe fly them to Israel.

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17 posted on 08/04/2023 6:31:33 AM PDT by SJackson (All of us could take a lesson from the weather. It pays no attention to criticism)
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To: Cronos

Eastern Orthodox Slavs don’t have anything Zelensky wants. They’re on their own.


18 posted on 08/04/2023 6:33:22 AM PDT by SJackson (All of us could take a lesson from the weather. It pays no attention to criticism)
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To: Cronos

We’ll see.

Ukraine is holding on using Western money, western arms, western Intel, western logistics, western training, mercenaries from around the world which are de facto also paid for by the West. Even some of the C2 is out of Western nations. Based of the leaked defense documents ~2/3rds of Ukraines forces in their counter offensive which went no where (so we don’t talk about it) was equipped by the West.

Once the gravy train stops, Ukraine is in serious trouble.


19 posted on 08/04/2023 2:28:57 PM PDT by Red6
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To: Red6

Yes. We will see. Even without America or other western aid, the Ukrainians have enough to retain Kherson and points west of that.


20 posted on 08/04/2023 11:13:16 PM PDT by Cronos (I identify as an ambulance, my pronounces are wee/woo)
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