Israeli Museum Leader Called for U.S. to Spare Abramovich from Sanctions Before Invasion

In a letter reportedly sent to a U.S. official in Israel, Dani Dayan, the chairman of Israel’s Holocaust memorial museum, Yad Vashem, called for Roman Abramovich to be spared from U.S. sanctions ahead of Russia’s invasion in Ukraine. Dayan argued that economic sanctions would be detrimental to the institution, which relies on funding from Abramovich, its second-largest private donor.
Signed by Dayan and other heads of Israeli organizations on February 6, the joint letter was reported