Preliminary meeting lasts roughly an hour with no significant discussion; next hearing, set for August 19, expected to be more decisive unless a deal is reached first
Russians reportedly held up visas for Israeli envoys after Moscow filed court petition to close quasi-governmental body that facilitates immigration to Israel; hearing on Thursday
'Some things are better left unsaid,' President Herzog says, noting that he's cooperating with Lapid to solve the issue; Russia sending Jerusalem mixed messages
Amid growing crisis with Moscow, Natan Sharansky says Lapid saving Israel from global shame; former MK Ksenia Svetlova argues timing of spat 'not a coincidence'
A Russian crackdown on the agency that processes the immigration of Jews to Israel is a response to new Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid's tougher stance on Russia's invasion of Ukraine, analysts said Friday. On Thursday, a Moscow court said the.