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What Matters Most On Monday, February 21, 2022

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Executive director of Amnesty Israel Molly Malekar. (Gil Naveh)

ExclusiveAllegation is 'a punch to the gut'

Amnesty’s Israel chief criticizes group’s report accusing Israel of apartheid

By Tani Goldstein

Molly Malekar says Amnesty International’s report is too sweeping an indictment that ignores human rights work, wrongly depicts Arab Israelis as helpless victims

Foreign Minister Yair Lapid speaks at the Conference of Presidents meeting in Jerusalem on February 21, 2022. (Miri Shimonovich/GPO)

Lapid calls on White House not to delist Iran’s Guards as terror group

By Lazar Berman

FM says Israel will not be bound by a restored nuke deal: ‘We will not hesitate to act’; Bennett points to JCPOA’s sunset clauses as main reason for Israel’s opposition

US President Joe Biden shakes hands with Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett as they meet in the Oval Office of the White House, Friday, Aug. 27, 2021, in Washington. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

‘Turned diplomacy into a religion’: Israel officials said to lash Biden on Iran deal

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett addresses the Conference of Presidents meeting in Jerusalem, on February 20, 2022. (Amos Ben Gershom/GPO)

Bennett: Iran deal will spell more violent region, boost regime’s attacks on Israel

By Lazar Berman

Recently appointed Supreme Court justices, from L-R: Khaled Kabub, Ruth Ronnen, Gila Kanfi-Steinitz, and Yechiel Kasher, February 2022. (JUDICIAL AUTHORITY, TOMER JACOBSON)

Muslim man, Mizrahi woman picked to serve as Supreme Court justices, both firsts

Judicial Selection Committee makes 4 new appointments, including 2 women; justice minister says appointments represent ‘a variety of opinions, genders and ethnic backgrounds’

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.

Decision follows Times of Israel report exposing project

Parks authority says it’s shelving Mount of Olives plan that angered church leaders

Plan to expand national park onto church-owned lands still appears on website of planning panel; parks authority: Project won’t be advanced without dialogue with church leaders

Nuns pose for a selfie as they mark Palm Sunday on the Mount of Olives in Jerusalem, Sunday, March 28, 2021. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean)

Ukrainian troops patrol the frontline outside the town of Novoluhanske, eastern Ukraine, on February 19, 2022. (Aris Messinis/AFP)

Live updates (closed)

Putin recognizes Ukraine separatist territories as independent, defying West

Russian president says Western countries threatening Russia; EU says sanctions are on the table over separatist republics; 2 Ukrainian soldiers and 1 civilian killed in shelling

8:27 pm

Zelensky says he spoke with Biden about Russian recognition of Ukrainian separatists
8:07 pm

EU vows to respond with 'firmness' to Putin's recognition of Ukraine separatists
7:58 pm

Putin recognizes Ukrainian separatist regions as independent

Arriving travelers at Ben Gurion Airport on December 19, 2021. (Flash90)

Israel to open to unvaccinated tourists starting March 1

Under new plan, tourists must submit to pre- and post-flight PCR tests, but returning Israelis will no longer need to show a negative COVID test before flying home

ToI podcast

Daily Briefing Feb. 21: Team Israel’s Beijing triumph; how PM Bennett lost the right

Political correspondent Tal Schneider talks Nancy Pelosi visit and rumors of an Iran deal, and news editor Amy Spiro brings us the best of the Winter Olympics

Four lead ingots dated to the 13th–early 12th century BCE that were found as part of a shipwreck cargo in the southern anchorage of Caesarea in Israel. (Ehud Galili/University of Haifa’s Institute for Maritime Studies)

Archaeology

New analysis of 3,200-year-old lead ingots sinks theories about Bronze Age trade

By Amanda Borschel-Dan

Interdisciplinary study shows a much more central role for ‘passive’ copper-rich nation Cyprus, which was able to pivot during fall of empires in 1200 BCE

An Iron Dome missile defense system fires an interceptor from a Sa’ar-6 corvette, at a target during an exercise in early 2022. (Defense Ministry)

Ship-mounted Iron Dome completes ‘complex’ trial against threats at sea

By Emanuel Fabian

Kafka and the Jewish Agency

Two years! That’s how long I’ve been submitting unequivocal proof I’m eligible for aliyah. Zero. That’s how many responses I’ve received.

Donniel Hartman

Dear Sophie, Israel has failed you

The first step in engaging a generation of Jews troubled over where Israel and Zionism are heading is to acknowledge that they do indeed have a valid point

How long can this ‘avoidance coalition’ rule?

A government that declines to make hard decisions isn’t sustainable: It’s just a matter of time before the Palestinian-Israeli status quo becomes unsustainable

Andrew Silow-Carroll

Israel’s never-ending, and very human, ‘who is a Jew?’ saga

For years the Chief Rabbinate has had a monopoly on Jewish conversion, barring many Jews in Israel from belonging — new legislation may change that

Explainer

Carrie Keller-Lynn

Eight key questions at the heart of the NSO spy software confusion

What we know about the Israel Police phone-hacking allegations, what we don’t — and the potential consequences

Illustrative: A man talking on a cellphone. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Police pressing to resume use of spyware to fight crime – report

An illustration of then-prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) facing Jerusalem District Court judges in his corruption trial, February 8, 2021. (Biana Zakutnik)

Netanyahu’s trial delayed after judge tests positive for COVID

A Joint Distribution Committee worker hands food and PPE to a Jewish client in Kharkiv, Ukraine (courtesy JDC) .

'The poor just become poorer and poorer'

As Russian invasion threat looms, charities find it harder to support Ukraine’s Jews

By Lazar Berman

With inflation and unemployment rising, organizations like the Joint Distribution Committee adapt to continue serving tens of thousands of elderly and poor clients

People carry their belongings as they cross the Russian border check point in the region of Avilo-Uspenka, on February 19, 2022. (Andrey BORODULIN / AFP)

Israeli envoys in Ukraine border countries prepare for potential land evacuation

Ukrainian immigrants arrive at Ben Gurion International Airport on February 20, 2022. (Courtesy)

Amid tensions at home, dozens of Ukrainian immigrants arrive in Israel

This combination of pictures created on March 17, 2021, shows US President Joe Biden (L) and Russian President Vladimir Putin. (Eric Baradat and Alexey Nikolsky/Various Sources/AFP)

Russia has lists of Ukrainians ‘to be killed or sent to camps,’ US warns UN

By AFP and ToI Staff

In letter to UN rights chief, Washington says an invasion could lead to ‘kidnappings or torture’ of ‘political dissidents and religious and ethnic minorities’

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)

Putin orders army to prepare invasion of Ukraine — reports

By ToI Staff and Agencies

A Ukrainian serviceman points to the direction of the incoming shelling next to a building which was hit by a large caliber mortar shell in the frontline village of Krymske, Luhansk region, in eastern Ukraine, February 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Vadim Ghirda)

Russia, Ukraine press for more talks as fighting in border region intensifies

By Dave Clark and Yulia SILINA

Illustrative: An Israeli rabbinical court reviews a conversion case. (Flash90)

Government advances conversion reform that seeks to curb rabbinate’s control

By Judah Ari Gross

Contentious proposal for accepting Jewish conversions meant to give more power to local authorities, but liberal critics say it doesn’t go far enough

An aerial view of the town of Binyamina in northern Israel on April 12, 2008. (Moshe Shai/FLASH90)

In first, ultra-Orthodox woman tapped to lead a local religious council

By Judah Ari Gross

From 'Fire Dance,' the new eight-part Yes Studios TV series created by Rama Burshtein-Shai, which launched on April 24, 2022. (Courtesy Yes Studios)

Screen timeNew TV series looks at impossible love among the ultra-Orthodox

By Jessica Steinberg

Marjorie Margolies with adopted daughters Lee Heh and Holly in this undated photo. (Courtesy)

Interview'If you can just help one person then you’ve done a service'

Clinton in-law and former House rep talks about small kindness and raising a village

By Cathryn J. Prince

In her new memoir/parenting guide ‘And How are the Children?,’ Marjorie Margolies describes the diverse family she cobbled together while fighting for social equality

Jacob Yisrael Herzog praying in his Riyadh hotel room, November 29, 2021. (Courtesy)

Israeli rabbi visits Iran, meets with local leaders and documents his trip

By Tobias Siegal

Ultra-Orthodox Rabbi Jacob Yisrael Herzog, who previously attempted to establish Jewish community in Saudi Arabia, tours Iran’s Jewish sites, meets religious leaders

Illustrative photo: US-made F-4 Phantom fighter jets from the Iranian air force. (AFP Photo/Behrouz Mehri)

Iranian fighter jet crashes near school in Tabriz, killing three people

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Economy Minister Orna Barbivai at the Economy Ministry in Jerusalem on June 14, 2021. (Sraya Diamant/Flash90)

Economy minister travels to Morocco to deepen trade ties

By AFP

Ezra Goldstein has been carefully selecting and stocking books at Community Bookstore since he took over the shop in Brooklyn's Park Slope neighborhood in 2009. (Julia Gergely/ JTA)

'The display window reflects how the neighborhood's feeling'

The literary tastemaker who saved Brooklyn’s oldest independent bookstore retires

By julia GERGELY

Ezra Goldstein took over Park Slope’s Community Bookstore in 2009 to bring it out of debt and become known as ‘the oracle’ of the borough’s literary community

More Headlines

The community of Mitzpeh Ramon (Doron Horowitz/Flash90)

5-year-old boy killed by donkey near Mitzpe Ramon

In this December 10, 2020 file photo, released by the Royal Hashemite Court, Jordan's King Abdullah II gives a speech during the inauguration of the 19th Parliament's non-ordinary session, in Amman Jordan. (Yousef Allan/The Royal Hashemite Court via AP, File)

Jordan’s King Abdullah kept secret Swiss bank accounts to hide vast wealth – report

Bernard Madoff exits Manhattan federal court in New York, March 10, 2009. (AP Photo/ Louis Lanzano, File)

Ponzi schemer Bernie Madoff’s sister, brother-in-law found dead

By AP

Illustrative: Local Jewish communities in the Bay Area show their support for the LGBTQ community at the San Francisco pride parade. (Daniel Dreifuss/Flash 90/File)

US Federations revises agenda, restoring gun control, LGBT rights to priority list

Avigdor Yitzhaki, then an MK for Kadima, attends aa cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on January 04, 2016. (Miriam Alster/FLASh90)

National lottery chief sought to quash damning story on ex-Mossad boss – report

Defense Minister Benny Gantz speaks at the Makor Rishon newspaper conference in Jerusalem, on February 21, 2022. (Shaul Ofer/Makor Rishon)

Gantz threatens coalition with demand for pension hike for career officers

By Judah Ari Gross

Illustrative: Israel Police investigate the scene of a crime on June 2, 2021. (Israel Police)

Woman arrested on suspicion of killing her infant children over 25 years ago

Nursing student Ahmad Hijazi, who was shot and killed in the crossfire between police and criminal gunmen on February 2, 2021. (Courtesy: Hijazi family)

Police cleared in shooting of Arab nursing student during firefight

By Aaron Boxerman

The National Insurance Institute offices in Jerusalem, October 26, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90/File)

Mother suspected of drugging her daughters to collect national insurance benefits

Former Supreme Court president Asher Grunis (Alex Kolomoisky/Flash90)

Former Supreme Court chief Grunis to head state probe of ‘submarine affair’

Similac Gold Alimentum (Courtesy)

Following death of infant in US, 2 Similac baby formula products recalled in Israel

Gabriel Bach, a former judge of the Supreme Court of Israel and a former deputy prosecutor during the trial of Adolf Eichmann, poses for a picture while holding a photograph showing him (below) during Eichmann's (top) trial, at the yard of his home in Jerusalem on May 3, 2020. (MENAHEM KAHANA/AFP)

Ex-justice Gabriel Bach, prosecutor in trial of Adolf Eichmann, dies at 94

By AP

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