The Israeli authorities said, according to the Al-Arabiya TV channel, that “Tel Aviv is ready for a dialogue with Moscow on the issue of the Jewish Agency”, and in response to Russian statements, they considered that “Israeli-Russian relations are based on a long history.” The position of the Jewish community in bilateral relations is central.

Yesterday, the Israeli website Walla reported that “the Russian government has not responded to Israel’s request for permission to send a delegation of lawyers to Moscow to discuss the crisis over the activities of the Jewish Agency.”

Earlier, Israeli Prime Minister Yair Lapid indicated that “the closure of the Jewish Agency office in Russia would constitute a dangerous event that would affect relations between the two countries.”

In this context, Bloomberg reported: “Lapid has instructed to prepare a legal team that will be ready to travel to Moscow as soon as Russia agrees to negotiate on this matter.”

On July 5, the office of the Jewish Agency’s representative in Israel, Sukhnot, denied reports in the Israeli media about the termination of the organization’s work in Russia. Earlier, the media indicated that the Russian side sent a request to the Jewish Agency, which deals with imports to Israel, to stop its activities in the Russian Federation.