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What Matters Most On Monday, February 14, 2022

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Prime Minister Naftali Bennett arrives in Manama, Bahrain, February 14, 2022 (Haim Zach / GPO)

Bennett arrives in Bahrain on first visit by an Israeli prime minister

By Tal Schneider and Lazar Berman

Premier slated to meet king, crown prince in bid to deepen bilateral relationship with Gulf island nation; will also meet local Jewish community

Interview

Lapid to ToI: Ukraine’s plight shows why Israel must always be able to defend itself

In an interview marking his 10 years in politics and ToI’s 10th anniversary, FM claims political discourse is healthier under the new coalition; says ‘I guess’ Netanyahu’s finished

Foreign Minister Yair Lapid during an interview at his office (Emmanuel Dunand/AFP/File)

Travelers wait at the the departures board ahead of their flights at the Boryspil airport some 30 kilometers (some 18 miles) outside Kyiv on February 13, 2022. (Sergei Supinsky / AFP)

Foreign Minister Lapid: ‘Small window’ left for Israelis to leave Ukraine

By Lazar Berman

Ukrainian Military Forces servicemen of the 92nd mechanized brigade use tanks, self-propelled guns and other armored vehicles to conduct live-fire exercises near the town of Chuguev, in the Kharkiv region, on February 10, 2022 (Sergey Bobok/AFP)

Russia’s FM Lavrov sees ‘chance’ to agree with West on security

By AFP

Police officers in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, February 14, 2022. (Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

Jerusalem police deploy in force to Sheikh Jarrah as low-level clashes reported

By Joshua Davidovich

Far-right MK Ben-Gvir, accused of provoking riots, returns to makeshift ‘bureau’ in flashpoint East Jerusalem neighborhood; four reported hurt in renewed fighting

7:42 pm

Compromise deal would allow civil marriages at foreign missions -- report
7:33 pm

France warns Russia ready for 'major offensive' as US relocates embassy from Kyiv
7:23 pm

Police minister: Far-right want Hamas to set the region on fire

Viktoria Smyrnova and son Mark. (Courtesy)

‘My bag’s packed’: Jewish lawyer who fled 2014 Ukraine fight readies for the worst

Viktoria Smyrnova of the Jewish community in Mariupol feels she’s ‘sitting on a bomb,’ as Jewish organizations plan for crisis amid fears of Russian invasion

Diplomacy continues at feverish pace as Ukraine tensions hit ‘critical point’

By Agencies and ToI Staff

German chancellor visits Ukraine in last-ditch effort to avert war

By YURAS KARMANAU and VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV

Ukraine demands ‘urgent meeting’ with Russia, allies over troop buildup

By AFP

Kosher in the Bahamas

Inspired by Israeli cooking techniques, Atlantis’ Kosher dining service offers contemporary fare with an array of classic and novel dishes. For events and group functions.

MK Itamar Ben Gvir faints after clashing with officers in East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, February 13, 2022. (Courtesy/Otzma Yehudit)

Far-right MK faints in clash with cops after planning all-nighter in Sheikh Jarrah

By Emanuel Fabian

Police official says Itamar Ben Gvir made a ‘substantial contribution’ to violence, as Hamas ups threats amid clashes; Shin Bet probes firebombing of Jewish home as terror attack

Religious Zionism MK Itamar Ben Gvir arrives at his makeshift office after his was apparently injured the night before in clashes in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, February 14, 2022. (Flash90)

Far-right MK returns to Sheikh Jarrah hotspot, claims cops were told to assault him

Illustrative: The IDF carries out overnight raids in the West Bank, August 1, 2016 (IDF)

Palestinian, 17, said killed in firefight with IDF during West Bank home demolition

By Aaron Boxerman

ToI podcast

Daily Briefing Feb. 14: No love lost in Sheikh Jarrah; Israeli Olympians persevere

Arab affairs correspondent Aaron Boxerman discusses clashes in a flashpoint East Jerusalem neighborhood; reporter Amy Spiro offers overview of Israeli athletes at Beijing Olympics

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett (right) and US Senator Lindsey Graham meet at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, February 14, 2022. (Koby Gideon/GPO)

Bennett discusses Iran with visiting US Senator Lindsey Graham

PM meets US lawmaker in Jerusalem as nuclear talks heat up; House Speaker Pelosi to visit Knesset Wednesday

A general view of Palais Coburg, the site of a meeting where closed-door nuclear talks with Iran take place in Vienna, Austria, on February 8, 2022. (Lisa Leutner/AP)

Iran says nuclear talks not stuck, insists it’s committed to 2015 deal

By ToI Staff and AFP

Fire rising from an oil pipeline that exploded in southern Iran on November 17, 2021. (Screenshot: Twitter)

Fire erupts at Iranian military base, in latest in series of mishaps

By AP

Randi Cohen Coblenz

My grandmother’s Hadassah cookbook: A window in time

With recipes by Kate Smith (apple pie), Eleanor Roosevelt (cheese fondue), and then-first lady Bess Truman (bran muffins), it was much more than a fundraiser

Caring for God’s heart

Virginia dropped the mask mandate in schools, but it’s more about our growing apathy towards all God’s children than it is about a parent’s right to choose

Conflict in the Middle East can never justify antisemitism

I am committed to continuing to work together to support and protect London’s Jewish communities, and to drive antisemitism out of our city once and for all

When girls and boys wear pink to school

Purim costumes in a Jewish day school are a given, but dressing up for Pink Day to spread breast cancer awareness is no less a matter of Jewish education

Former police commissioner Roni Alsheich speaking at a conference at Reichman University, Feb. 13, 2022. (Adi Cohen Tzedek)

Ex-top cop: Police don’t even have NSO Pegasus spyware, ‘someone will pay for spin’

By ToI Staff and Judah Ari Gross

Former commissioner Roni Alsheich maintains there is thorough judicial oversight for cyber actions as investigation into claims of illegal police spying continues

Former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives at the Jerusalem District Court for a hearing in his ongoing corruption trial, on November 22, 2021. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Pool)

Court postpones all Netanyahu trial hearings this week over phone spying claims

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

Police at the scene of a car bombing that killed a senior member of a crime family, in the southern city of Ashkelon, on February 14, 2022. (Flash90)

Ashkelon car bombing kills local crime family’s top moneyman

Illustrative: An Israeli couple photographed for their wedding at a blossoming almond tree field in Latrun on February 25, 2019. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Groom seriously injured while dancing at his wedding

Man sustains major head injury after falling from height of about three meters

Illustrative: Ultra-Orthodox Jews in the Williamsburg neighborhood of Brooklyn, New York City, September 14, 2021. (Luke Tress/Flash90)

New York mayor decries ‘vicious hatred’ against Jews as antisemitic attacks continue

Jewish New Yorkers attacked on Brooklyn streets for 2nd consecutive Shabbat; driver smashes windshield of Jewish school bus with children on board

Illustrative: A sticker with a swastika is seen in Anchorage, Alaska, on May 25, 2021. (Anchorage Police Department)

Swastika found inside ‘secure’ area of US embassy in Bulgaria

Gantz backs IDF chief in outcry over light penalties for recent deadly incidents

By Judah Ari Gross

Commenting on death of elderly Palestinian man who was left to die at a construction site by soldiers, Kohavi says threat of prosecution shouldn’t be the only reason to be humane

IDF chief Aviv Kohavi speaks during a ceremony for graduates of the Israeli Air Force's pilot course, at the Hatzerim airbase in southern Israel, on December 22, 2021. (Israel Defense Forces)

An IDF soldier flies a small drone as part of a large-scale exercise 'Lethal Arrow' simulating war in the north in October 2020. (Israel Defense Forces)

Soldiers fire on IDF drone on Lebanon border due to mistaken identification

By Emanuel Fabian

'I love bringing music to people that they heard long ago'

A new record label from this 27-year-old Brooklynite celebrates Jewish music

By julia GERGELY

Aaron Bendich says Borscht Beat, which seeks to give niche artists a new platform, isn’t the revival of an old tradition, but the continuation of one that never went away

Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz, right, ministry director-general Nachman Ash, center, and Dr. Zvi Fishel, Chairman of the National Mental Health Council hold a press conference on banning conversion therapy, in Tel Aviv, February 14, 2022. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Health Ministry bans ‘conversion therapy’ by medical professionals

By Stuart Winer and ToI Staff

Minister Horowitz says prohibition, including punitive measures against violators, is needed to stop ‘soul-destroying’ practice

More Headlines

Illustrative: A policeman holds handcuffs. (Yossi Zamir/Flash90)

Malka Leifer’s father-in-law, a Jerusalem rabbi, suspected of child sex assault

Then-UN Human Rights Commissioner Navi Pillay speaks during a press conference in Rabat, Morocco, on May 29, 2014. (AP Photo/Paul Schemm, File)

UN Watch lobby group demands Israel-Palestinian investigator resign for prejudice

By AFP and ToI Staff

A medical technician tests a traveler for COVID-19 at Ben Gurion Airport, on June 30, 2021. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Rapid PCR tests at Ben Gurion Airport will soon offer results in 4 hours — report

Turkey's President Recep Tayyip Erdogan, left, and Sheikh Mohammed bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the Crown Prince of the United Arab Emirates, speak during a welcoming ceremony at the presidential palace, in Ankara, Turkey, Wednesday, Nov. 24, 2021. (AP Photo/Burhan Ozbilici)

UAE to host Erdogan, hoping to ‘open new, positive page’ with Turkey

By AFP

The Ferrari right after the crash on Route 6, February 13, 2022. (MDA Spokesperson)

Ferrari supercar worth over $900k crashes on Route 6

Sheikh Raed Salah, center, leader of the northern branch of the Islamic Movement in Israel, arrives after his release from prison in Umm al-Fahm, December 13, 2021. (Flash90)

Interior minister bars firebrand Arab Israeli cleric from leaving country

Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett leads the cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on February 13, 2022. (Amit Shabi/POOL via Flash90)

OECD head says Israel should focus on equality, competition beyond tech sector

By Ricky Ben-David

Britain's Lord-Lieutenant Hampshire Nigel Atkinson unveils the statue of Licoricia of Winchester at The Arc, in Winchester, Hampshire, on February 10, 2022. (JUSTIN TALLIS / POOL / AFP)

Henry III’s murdered moneylender: Statue of Jewish Englishwoman Licoricia unveiled

By Tobias Siegal

Religious singer Bracha Jaffe sings only for women, and will appear February 23, 2022, at Jerusalem's ICC (Courtesy Bracha Jaffe)

Single-sex songstressReligious singer Bracha Jaffe books Jerusalem hall for women only

By Jessica Steinberg

Los Angeles Rams defensive end Aaron Donald (99) after the NFL Super Bowl 56 football game Sunday, Feb. 13, 2022, in Inglewood, Calif. The Los Angeles Rams won 23-20. (AP Photo/Julio Cortez)

LA Rams overcome injuries, dig deep in rally to beat Bengals in Super Bowl

By BARRY WILNER

Director Ivan Reitman accepts the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Big Screen Achievement Awards at CinemaCon 2014 on March 27, 2014 in Las Vegas. Reitman, the influential filmmaker and producer behind beloved comedies from “Animal House” to “Ghostbusters,” has died. Reitman passed away peacefully in his sleep Saturday night, Feb. 12, 2022, at his home in Montecito, Calif., his family told The Associated Press. He was 75. (Photo by Chris Pizzello/Invision/AP, File)

ObituaryIvan Reitman, Hollywood filmmaker and ‘Ghostbusters’ director, dies at 75

By Lindsey Bahr

At the last In Print art book fair, which opens February 16, 2022 at Jerusalem's Hansen House (Courtesy In Print)

Read outIn Print fair puts art books at readers’ fingertips

By Jessica Steinberg

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