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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 650

Moldova

Police at the scene of a homicide in Nahariya where a woman was stabbed to death, June 7, 2025. (Israel Police)
June 8, 2025, 9:36 am
Woman killed in Nahariya, Moldovan national slain in Tel Aviv
Daniella Yakubovich, 67, stabbed to death, son arrested as suspect; Moldovan partner of man stabbed to death in Tel Aviv arrested along with three more nationals of that country
By ToI Staff
Moldova's Deputy Prime Minister and Foreign Minister Mihai Popsoi in Jerusalem, May 29, 2025 (Lazar Berman/The Times of Israel)
June 1, 2025, 10:42 am
Opening of Israel’s new Chisinau embassy already showing results, says Moldova’s FM
Speaking to The Times of Israel in Jerusalem, Mihai Popsoi calls for deeper defense, agricultural, tourism ties; country’s ascension to the EU expected to add to pro-Israel bloc
By Lazar Berman
Michail Chkhikvishvili (US Department of Justice)
May 24, 2025, 5:18 pm
US extradites neo-Nazi ‘murder cult’ leader from Moldova over plot targeting NYC Jews
Michail Chkhikvishvili, a Georgian who leads the Maniac Murder Cult, faces charges for allegedly ordering poisoned candy be handed out to Jewish kids and racial minorities
By Jake Offenhartz
Zvi Kogan, a Chabad rabbi who was murdered in the UAE in November 2024. (Screenshot: @DUDIKEPLER via Reuters)
March 31, 2025, 7:59 pm
UAE confirms sentencing 3 to death, 1 to life in prison, over killing of Chabad rabbi
Abu Dhabi court rules murder was in pursuit of ‘terrorist purpose,’ echoing Israeli assessment; 3 murder suspects were all Uzbek nationals; death sentences are subject to appeal
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Ilan Shor at a press conference February 25, 2019, following national elections in Moldova. (Facebook: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
October 22, 2024, 12:35 am
Israeli-born oligarch said to be behind Russian interference in Moldovan EU vote
Authorities claim Tel Aviv-born Ilan Shor tried to bribe 130,000 people to vote ‘no’ in EU referendum; Shor denies interfering, Russia says vote was ‘unfree’
By Reuters
Danil Kimenfeld (Facebook).
March 13, 2024, 9:53 pm
Danil Kimenfeld, 64: Doting grandfather, ‘anchor of the family’
Killed by Hamas terrorists while on a fishing trip at the Zikim beach on October 7
By ToI Staff
People chant slogans during a protest in Chisinau, Moldova, Nov. 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Aurel Obreja)
March 5, 2024, 3:05 pm
Poll on antisemitism in Moldova shows much hostility alongside widespread affection
Nearly half of respondents in Eastern European country say they don’t like Jews but 40% indicate they ‘really like’ them
By Canaan Lidor
Ilan Shor meets with supporters during a campaign event in the city of Comrat on February 15, 2019. (Daniel Mihailescu/AFP)
June 21, 2023, 6:05 pm
Moldova outlaws pro-Russia party led by oligarch living in Israel
Chisinau’s pro-European government has accused Ilan Shor, who fled the country in 2019 and is under US sanctions for alleged corruption, of trying to overthrow it
By AFP
Ilan Shor at a press conference February 25, 2019, following national elections in Moldova. (Facebook: used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
June 5, 2023, 11:19 pm
US sanctions Russian-backed operatives linked to Israeli-Moldovan oligarch
7 individuals connected to pro-Russia politician Ilan Shor, currently in exile in Israel, designated by US Treasury for allegedly attempting to destabilize Moldova’s government
By FATIMA HUSSEIN
This combination of photos shows Shas MK Yinon Azoulay (L) and Yisrael Beytenu party leader Avigdor Liberman. (Olivier Fitoussi and Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 1, 2023, 11:01 pm
After Shas MK mocks Liberman’s Moldovan origin, envoy protests ‘ignoramus’ remark
Ambassador responds with ‘extreme dismay’ to Yinon Azoulay’s mention of his country ‘in a negative connotation’ while feuding with Yisrael Beytenu leader
By Alexander Fulbright
Russian speakers perform havdala, a ceremony that marks the end of Shabbat, in Israel. (Shishi Shabbat Yisraeli)
May 25, 2023, 3:01 pm
Russian speakers relish a user-friendly Shavuot, and its pro-conversion message
An organization that helps build communities of newcomers from former Soviet countries has adapted the Jewish holiday’s all-night study tradition
By Canaan Lidor
Ilan Shor, then-mayor of the town of Orhei, Moldova, arrives to meet with supporters during a campaign event in the city of Comrat on February 15, 2019. (Daniel MIHAILESCU/AFP)
April 20, 2023, 2:41 am
A wanted Moldovan oligarch backs Russian interests at home from a haven in Israel
Convicted in absentia for stealing $1 billion from Moldova’s banking system, businessman-turned-opposition leader Ilan Shor is leading pro-Moscow protests in the country
By Jacob Judah
Moldova's then parliamentary candidate Ilan Shor, mayor of the town of Orhei, arrives to meet with supporters during a campaign event in the city of Comrat on February 15, 2019. (Daniel MIHAILESCU/AFP)
April 15, 2023, 5:16 pm
Israeli-born Moldovan oligarch sentenced in absentia to 15 years over $1b bank theft
Ilan Shor, who fled to Israel in 2019, is convicted of fraud and money laundering in 2014; unclear if Moldova has requested extradition, or if Israel will comply
By AP
US President Joe Biden delivers a speech marking the one-year anniversary of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, at the Royal Castle Gardens in Warsaw, February 21, 2023. (Evan Vucci/AP)
February 22, 2023, 6:45 pm
Biden: Putin’s suspension of arms control treaty ‘big mistake’
In Poland, US president reassures eastern flank NATO allies that the US will remain by their side, vows that military alliance’s mutual-defense pact is ‘sacred’
By AAMER MADHANI
Israeli-born Moldovan Ilan Shor in 2016. (Wikipedia/Privesc.Eu Moldoval; CC BY-SA 3.0)
February 17, 2023, 2:42 pm
Facebook ran ads in Moldova for Israeli-born oligarch sanctioned by US Treasury
Social media giant allowed promotion of convicted fraudster Ilan Shor, implicated in $1 billion theft from Moldovan banks in 2014 and accused by Washington of working for Moscow
By David Klepper and STEPHEN McGRATH
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