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Russia plays down Jewish Agency flap, raps Israel on Ukraine
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JERUSALEM, 27 July 2022, (TON): Russia’s Foreign Ministry said “it is up to the Ministry of Justice to decide whether the country’s branch of the Jewish Agency, which helps Jews emigrate to Israel, should be dissolved, and hit out at Israel’s stance over the Ukraine conflict.”
Relations between the two countries have become strained in recent months, after Israel condemned Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and summoned the Russian ambassador over comments made by Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov.
In an interview, Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova said “Israel’s leadership had taken a biased, anti-Russian stance on the conflict, and dismissed suggestions that her department had a hand in proceedings against the Jewish Agency.”
Zakharova said “it’s a question for the Ministry of Justice, that’s the information I have. It definitely is a legal matter.”
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