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Ship Ukraine says carries stolen grain will not offload in Israel after diplomatic row

www.timesofisrael.com·Lazar Berman·about 1 month ago
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A shipment of grain that Ukraine says was stolen by Russia will not be unloaded in Israel, an Israeli official told The Times of Israel on Thursday, after several days of back-and-forth between Kyiv and Jerusalem over the fate of the controversial cargo vessel. According to the official, the decision to not offload the ship was made by Israeli importer Zenziper, not by government officials. Kyiv praised the move as a “welcome development.” The Panama-flagged Panormitis bulk cargo ship arrived in the Haifa bay this week and was waiting for permission to berth in the northern Israeli port. However, after the Haaretz daily reported that it was carrying grain from occupied Ukrainian territory, Ukrainian Foreign Minister Andrii Sybiha summoned Israel’s ambassador to Kyiv and demanded answers over Jerusalem’s “lack of appropriate response to Ukraine’s legitimate request” regarding the fate of the ship.…

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