The Rescue of Ukrainian Jews is Underway! ICEJ helping to bring endangered Jews to Israel

For over a week now, we have all watched the Ukrainian people bravely battling to stave off invading Russian forces. The intense fighting has already forced at least one million people to flee the country. Amid this raging conflict, the International Christian Embassy Jerusalem is working with the Jewish Agency for Israel to help evacuate thousands of Ukrainian Jews and bring them safely to Israel. And thanks to the generosity of many caring Christians worldwide, we are making a real difference for scores of Jewish families seeking to escape the encircling threat of war and make it to safety in Israel.

On Sunday, Israel will welcome the first flights of Ukrainian Jewish olim since the Russian invasion began, bringing an initial group of 300 Jewish war refugees to safety in Israel. They will be placed in absorption centers and hotels for several months as they adjust to their new life in the Jewish homeland.

The ICEJ is providing funds to help JAFI with the entire evacuation and Aliyah process, including the expenses of bus transport out of Ukraine, temporary shelter in neighboring countries, any necessary medical attention, the flights to Israel, and the urgent integration needs of the new immigrants.

Lessons from Ukraine for the Iran deal

By: Dr Jürgen Bühler, ICEJ President

“We all woke up in a different world today!”

So said Annalena Baerbock, the German Foreign Minister, on the morning of 24 February. And yes, everything did change that morning. Russian armored columns began pouring into Ukraine, and European leaders were surprised.

“We never thought he would really do it,” was the common refrain heard in the halls of European parliaments. “He lied to us all!” insisted a frustrated Baerbock.

This even though American and British intelligence had been warning for weeks that Russian strongman Valdimir Putin was about to invade Ukraine.

And when he did, the old order began falling apart. Western leaders who believe in the power of economic diplomacy were suddenly emperors without clothes. Thomas Friedman’s ‘Golden Arches theory’ – that no two countries which both have McDonalds have ever gone to war – collapsed overnight.