The war in the Ukraine and its potential impact on Israel and the Middle East were discussed at a dinner organized by the Konrad Adenauer Foundation Office in Israel together with the Europa Institute. Former Prime Minister of Northrhein-Westfalia and Federal Minister of Education, Science and Research, Prof. Juergen Ruettgers, discussed the situation in Ukraine and Russia, and the prospects for a cease fire, with Europa Institute Director Prof. Shlomo Shpiro and Beatrice Gorawantchy, the Representative of the Adenauer Foundation in Istael, in Jerusalem on 14 March 2022.