Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky addressed the Knesset on Sunday March 20 and urged Israel to make a choice in the conflict with Russia.

How could Israel play a mediating role?

The task looks difficult.

Firstly because the Hebrew State has both a strong community of Russian origin and a Ukrainian community.

Second, because Russia plays a major role in security in the Middle East. 

Detained for six years in Iran where she had been sentenced for sedition, the Iranian-British Nazanin Zaghari-Ratcliffe, 43, urged Tehran on Monday March 21 to release all hostages "unjustly detained".

She was released on March 16 with 67-year-old Anoosheh Ashoori, also Iranian-British.

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