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What Matters Most On Wednesday, February 16, 2022

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In this photo taken from video provided by the Russian Defense Ministry Press Service on Feb. 15, 2022, Russian army tanks move back to their permanent base after drills in Russia (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)

NATO: Russia still upping troops on Ukraine border: Blinken: We’ve not seen pullback

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Alliance chief disputes Russia’s avowed drawdown; UK defense secretary says intel shows 60% of all Russian land troops plus flotilla encircling Ukraine: ‘Judge with your own eyes’

Members of Ukraine's Territorial Defense Forces, volunteer military units of the Armed Forces, train close to Kyiv, Ukraine, February 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

Ukraine says defense ministry, banks hit with cyberattack; Russia suspected

By AFP

US President Joe Biden speaks about Ukraine in the East Room of the White House, Feb. 15, 2022, in Washington. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

Biden says US has ‘not yet verified’ Russian pullback from Ukraine border

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV, YURAS KARMANAU and AAMER MADHANI

Tourist enjoy their drinks as other walk by a pub in the southeast resort of Ayia Napa in the east Mediterranean island of Cyprus late Wednesday, July 17, 2019. (AP/Petros Karadjias)

ToI investigates

The long arc: 3 years on, the Cyprus gang rape case begins to bend the other way

By Ricky Ben-David

A UK teen convicted of lying about being gang-raped by Israeli tourists in Ayia Napa has cleared her name. Will the truth of what happened in that Cyprus hotel room now prevail?

Interview

Kyiv envoy urges Israelis to leave, warns rescue flights might not be possible

Diplomats working furiously to help Israelis out of Ukraine before threatened war with Russia; they also note Israel could suffer, with Ukraine a major supplier of wheat

Israel's Ambassador to Ukraine Michael Brodsky (left) speaks with Times of Israel diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman at his office in Kyiv, on February 15, 2022. (Lazar Berman/Times of Israel)

Reporter's NotebookAt historic Kyiv synagogue, congregants scoff at talk of war

By Lazar Berman

A view of Ukraine's national flag waves above the capital with the Motherland Monument on the right, in Kyiv, February 13, 2022. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Feb. 16: ToI reporter finds business as usual in bustling, blasé Kyiv

US Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi walks with Knesset Speaker Mickey Levy as she arrives at the Knesset in Jerusalem, February 16, 2022 (Oliver Fitoussi/Flash90)

Pelosi at Knesset: US, Israel are together in fight against Iran terror, nuke threat

Leading delegation of Democrats, House speaker says security bond between two nations is ‘ironclad,’ calls Israel’s creation ‘greatest political achievement of the 20th century’

Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency Rafael Mariano Grossi speaks during a press conference in Vienna, Austria, on December 17, 2021. (Michael Gruber/AP)

Head of IAEA says it is helping Saudi Arabia, Egypt with nuclear power

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.

An unmanned Israel Navy ship test fires missile off the coast of Ashkelon on March 7, 2017. (IDF spokesperson)

US mulls Israel-made unmanned boats to bolster Mideast operations amid Iran tensions

Report says further Israeli involvement in Gulf could anger Tehran; US official says Israel sending military attaché to 5th fleet to ‘keep lines of communication open’

Vienna's Palais Coburg has been used for closed-door nuclear talks with Iran, on February 8, 2022. (Lisa Leutner /AP)

Israel sends diplomats to sidelines of Vienna nuclear talks, annoying Iran

By Tobias Siegal

Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian is seen before meeting with his Russian counterpart in Moscow, on October 6, 2021. (Kirill Kudryavtsev/ Pool/AFP)

Iran calls for US Congress to make a ‘political statement’ on nuclear deal

By AFP

Travelers at the Departure Hall in the Ben Gurion International Airport near Tel Aviv, on January 4, 2022. (Arie Leib Abrams/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

Health Ministry recommends lifting most COVID travel restrictions

Government must still approve proposal to allow unvaccinated tourists under 12 to enter, cancel pre-flight COVID test entry requirement and end quarantine for unvaccinated children

7:21 pm

Russian planes intercepted US Navy aircraft over Mediterranean, says Pentagon
6:59 pm

FBI: Texas synagogue hostage-taker sought to buy 'machine gun'
6:41 pm

Probe finds police did not spy on ministry directors, claims TV report

Bahraini King Hamad bin Isa al-Khalifa (left) hosts Prime Minister Naftali Bennett at his palace in Manama, on February 15, 2022. (Haim Zach/GPO)

Wrapping up visit, Bennett says Bahrain clearly seeking closer ties with Israel

By Tal Schneider

PM says his trip to Gulf kingdom, the first by an Israeli premier, aimed ‘to establish a regional network of ties, a ring of alliances’

'He could have been our grandfather'

Herzog heckled at national religious confab for raising death of elderly Palestinian

President tells meeting marking 40th anniversary of death of Rabbi Zvi Yehuda Kook that ‘Jewish morality cannot be indifferent’ to the case of Omar As’ad

President Isaac Herzog addresses a ceremony to mark the 40th death of Rabbi Zvi Yehuda Kook on February 15, 2022 ( Amos Ben-Gershom/GPO)

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

17 right-wing suspects arrested over stoning attack in West Bank town last month

Jared Armstrong

I am a Jew and I just want to come home

My rabbi and I are shocked by the Israeli government’s denial of my application for citizenship. They told us we don’t trust you, you’re not sincere

Circumcision doesn’t make someone Jewish

As Israel debates expanding free circumcision services to non-Orthodox streams, some in the US hope to join the tribe without it

The coronavirus ward of Ziv Medical Center in the northern Israeli city of Safed on February 15, 2022. (David Cohen/Flash90)

As Omicron wave keeps receding, Bennett said to mull lifting most restrictions

Health Ministry data shows daily caseload, serious cases dropping; PM reportedly set to further open borders to tourists, roll back Green Pass rules

Illustrative image: A medical worker processes a rapid antigen test for the coronavirus (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)

Undetected COVID infections are rare, Tel Aviv hospital finds in staff survey

By Nathan Jeffay

A health worker administers a dose of a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine during a vaccination clinic at the Reading Area Community College in Reading, Pennsylvania, Sept. 14, 2021. (Matt Rourke/AP)

CDC says COVID-19 vaccine in pregnancy may protect babies after birth

By AP and ToI Staff

Medics look on as stun grenades and firecrackers go off during clashes in the East Jerusalem neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah, on February 13, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Israel fears Sheikh Jarrah clashes could spiral into fighting with Gaza again

By Tal Schneider

Senior official traveling in prime minister’s delegation to Bahrain says tensions in Jerusalem neighborhood similar to situation ahead of last year’s 11-day war with Hamas

Family members mourn in a morgue in the Palestinian city of Ramallah in the West Bank on February 15, 2022, by the body of Nehad Bargouthi, a 19-year-old Palestinian who was allegedly shot by Israeli fire during a confrontation with Israeli troops in Nabi Saleh, northwest of Ramallah (Photo by JAAFAR ASHTIYEH / AFP)

Palestinian shot dead by Israeli troops in West Bank — PA

By Aaron Boxerman

Actors wearing Hamas uniforms in an action scene as a crew from the Hamas-run al-Aqsa satellite channel shoots for a 30-episode series, titled 'Fist of the Free,' in Beit Lahiya, northern Gaza Strip, Feb. 3, 2022. (Adel Hana/AP)

Hamas TV series glorifies fight against Israel, but it’s no ‘Fauda’

By Agencies and ToI Staff

The Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations CEO William Daroff (left) and executive vice president Malcolm Hoenlein at The Times of Israel offices in Jerusalem, on February 14, 2022. (Times of Israel)

Interview

US Jewish leaders warn of growing antisemitism, say they helped fight Amnesty report

By Judah Ari Gross

The heads of the Conference of Presidents, William Daroff and Malcolm Hoenlein, speak with ToI about Whoopi Goldberg, Ben & Jerry’s, and the centrality of Israel in US Jewish life

Julie Platt, with her actor son Ben Platt, attends the 2017 Tony Awards at Radio City Music Hall in New York City. (Jenny Anderson/Getty Images for Tony Awards Productions via JTA)

US Jewish Federations names its second-ever woman chair, Julie Platt

A Hezbollah training video in the snow released on February 15, 2022. (Screen grab)

Cold war

Firing at Stars of David, Hezbollah shows off alpine warfare skills

By AFP and ToI Staff

Terror group and Lebanese army release video clips of winter training; Iran-backed group’s fighters open fire at ‘Israeli’ targets, with their colleagues inexplicably alongside

A MiG-31 fighter jet of the Russian air force carrying a Kinzhal hypersonic cruise missile is parked at the Hemeimeem air base in Syria, February 15, 2022. (Russian Defense Ministry Press Service via AP)

Russia sends warplanes, hypersonic missiles to Syria for major naval drills

By VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV

Forces loyal to Yemen's Iran-backed Houthis take part in a mass funeral for fighters killed in battles with Saudi-backed government troops, in Yemen's capital Sanaa, on April 8, 2021. (Mohammed Huwais/AFP)

Exclusive

Israel lobbying Biden for Houthi terror listing, at UAE’s behest

Jerusalem says Abu Dhabi initiative an opportunity to curb Iranian hegemony, as Biden weighs desire to align with allies against concern over humanitarian fallout

An illustrative photo of IBM’s Quantum System One, the world’s first integrated quantum computer system. (IBM)

Defense Ministry, Innovation Authority to fund Israel’s first quantum computer

By Ricky Ben-David and ToI Staff

With $62m budget, Israel to lay foundation for quantum computational ability and infrastructure, as world powers race to develop own quantum expertise

Connecticut governor leading fintech, business delegation to Israel next week

By Lazar Berman

‘Medical selfie’ company Healthy.io to bring innovative health tech to UAE

By Ricky Ben-David

InterviewSilicon Valley lawmaker seeking to spread the wealth looks to Israel for inspiration

People walk along the shore of the Dead Sea on November 5, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Exclusive

Environment Ministry to propose minimum target for Dead Sea water level

With unique saline lake level falling by around 1.10 meters per year, call to government will be made in coming weeks, with search for alternative water sources to sustain it

Solar panels. (lovelyday12, iStock at Getty Images)

Environment ministry sets 40% renewable power production goal by 2030

The Zin stream in southern Israel at sunset, on June 23, 2017. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)

State owned pipeline, former executives, convicted over Zin Stream pollution

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Britain's Prince Andrew at the Royal Chapel of All Saints at Royal Lodge, Windsor, England, on April 11, 2021. (Steve Parsons/Pool Photo via AP, File)

UK’s Prince Andrew settles with accuser in sexual assault lawsuit

By Peter HUTCHISON

Louisville Democratic mayoral candidate Craig Greenberg speaks during a news conference in Louisville, Kentucky, February 14, 2022. (AP Photo/Timothy D. Easley)

Louisville council candidate accused in shooting attack on Jewish mayoral hopeful

By bruce schreiner

Supporters of Benjamin Netanyahu call for his trial to be ended and an investigation opened at the District Court in Jerusalem, on February 7, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Netanyahu urges supporters to attend rally demanding inquiry into spyware affair

Illustrative -- An official looks a seismograph at an observation post near a recent volcanic eruption in Carita, Indonesia, Dec. 27, 2018 (AP Photo/Achmad Ibrahim)

Two minor earthquakes rattle northern Israel within hours

Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan in Tirana, Albania, on January 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Franc Zhurda)

Erdogan: Visit by Herzog will be ‘good for Turkey-Israel relations’

By ToI Staff and AFP

Barnabas Szollos of Israel passes a gate during the first run of the men's slalom at the 2022 Winter Olympics, Feb. 16, 2022, in the Yanqing district of Beijing. (AP/Alessandro Trovati)

Beijing 2022Israeli skier Szollos caps off successful Olympic run with 23rd place in slalom

Finance Minister Avigdor Liberman sips tea, during testimony at the Knesset Economic Affairs Committee on February 15, 2022. (Screen capture/Knesset TV)

Tea-sipping Liberman appears impassive in face of sobbing worker

By Tobias Siegal

Republican candidate for Georgia governor former Sen. David Perdue arrives to speak at a campaign stop at the Covington airport Wednesday, Feb. 2, 2022 (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)

Ex-senator David Perdue likens social media restrictions to Nazi rule

'Tinder Swindler,' a true-crime documentary about Israeli con man Shimon Hayut, was released on Netflix, on February 2, 2022. (Courtesy: Netflix)

Netflix and cheat‘Tinder Swindler’ seduces way to top of Netflix charts

By Tobias Siegal

Defense Minister Benny Gantz leads a Blue and White faction meeting at the Knesset on January 31, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Gantz denies hand in Army Radio decision to move Netanyahu-backing anchor

A simulated image of the new National Library of Israel Reading Hall. (Courtesy: Herzog de Meuron/Mann Shinar Architects)

People of the prizeSami Rohr literary award inks alliance with Israel National Library

By Jessica Steinberg

Chahi Ariel and his record-breaking strawberry (Guinness World Records)

Sweet successIsraeli strawberry wins Guinness record as world’s largest

By Stuart Winer

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