Russia Move Against Jewish Group Response to Israel War Stance – Analysts 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 Justice Ministry had requested the “dissolution” of the Jewish Agency over unspecified legal violations and set a hearing for July 28. Lapid vowed to act through “diplomatic channels” to ensure the semi-governmental agency’s continued operation, with an Israeli delegation to visit Moscow next week to discuss the...