Ukraine: Jewish group asks Israel to help with security

The request came Monday from the Ukrainian Jewish Committee, following the cancellation of a special discussion on anti-Semitism in Ukraine which was scheduled to take place under auspices of the Israeli Knesset’s Committee for Immigration, Absorption and Diaspora Affairs. 

“We regret this decision [to cancel] based on political [considerations,] and believe that time is critical especially now,” Eduard Dolinsky, director of the Ukrainian Jewish Committee, told JTA.

He added: “We turned to Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Liberman and Deputy Minister Ze’ev Elkin with the request to help to arrange a delegation of Israeli security professionals to evaluate the security needs of Jewish institutions and organizations in Ukraine. This request is based on a survey we conducted among community leaders.”

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