Latest from Nikita Aronov
How the War in Ukraine Reshaped Israel’s ‘Russian’ Community
The 2022 full-scale invasion of Ukraine triggered significant shifts within Israel’s Russian-speaking community. Once viewed as culturally and linguistically monolithic, Russians and Ukrainians are now asserting their unique identities, which include political views notably more liberal than those of the generation who arrived as adults in the 1990s.
Profit, War and Russia’s Growing Prosthetics Sector
The war in Ukraine has vastly increased the need for prosthetics in Russia. The result is an industry that is visibly expanding — financially and statistically — while the system meant to serve amputees becomes more strained, less flexible and increasingly unequal.
Unrecognized and Unprotected: Bedouin Villages in Israel’s War Zone
The Bedouin citizens who live in “unrecognized” villages in southern Israel are exposed to incoming missiles from Iran and from Gaza, yet the government refuses to build them bomb shelters. The consequences have proved deadly.