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Israel Lashes Out at Russia over Lavrov’s Nazism Remarks

Israel on Monday lashed out at Russia over "unforgivable" comments by its foreign minister about Nazism and antisemitism - including claims that Adolf Hitler was Jewish.

Asharq Al-Awsat · May 2, 2022

Ukraine fighter says civilians remain trapped in Mariupol steel works

A Ukrainian fighter holed up the city of Mariupol said on Monday that up to 200 civilians remained trapped inside bunkers in the Azovstal steel works after an evacuation operation led by the United Nations to save civilians from the site.

Reuters · May 2, 2022

Vladimir Putin's impossible demands to army as he takes FULL control of Ukraine invasion

Russian President Vladimir Putin has reportedly taken over control of his military's faltering Ukraine invasion, giving battle-weary generals a new target before Victory Day next week

Daily Mirror · May 2, 2022

Pelosi meets Polish president as Mariupol evacuations continue

LVIV, Ukraine — Fresh from an unannounced visit to Kyiv, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi met Monday with the president of Poland, thanking him and his country for taking in the lion’s share of Ukrainians who have fled their country since the war there began.

Los Angeles Times · May 2, 2022

Israel summons Russia envoy over minister’s Hitler comments

Israel condemns comments by Sergei Lavrov, who said Hitler ‘had Jewish blood’ and the ‘most rabid antisemites tend to be Jews’

The Guardian - UK · May 2, 2022

Israel demands Russia apologise for ‘lie’ that Hitler had Jewish roots, as row over Lavrov comment deepens

‘The lowest level of racism against Jews is to blame Jews themselves for antisemitism’

The Independent UK · May 2, 2022

Civilians evacuated from Mariupol steelworks but hundreds still trapped

About 100 people expected to reach Zaporizhzhia but efforts to rescue more survivors from horrific conditions delayed

The Guardian - UK · May 2, 2022

Top US legislator Pelosi meets Poland’s Duda after Ukraine trip

Meeting comes two days after Pelosi led a delegation to meet Ukrainian President Zelenskyy in Kyiv to pledge US support.

Al Jazeera · May 2, 2022

Israel condemns Russian foreign minister’s Nazism remarks

Israel demands apology after Sergey Lavrov suggested Hitler had Jewish roots in comments about ‘denazifying’ Ukraine’.

Al Jazeera · May 2, 2022

Zelensky says he’s had 10 attempts on his life: ‘It means there’s only 10 people willing to have me killed’

‘That’s not bad, when people are being tortured, when the bodies of people are found in wells’

The Independent UK · May 2, 2022