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What Matters Most On Wednesday, February 23, 2022

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Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky during a joint news conference with Estonian President Alar Karis, following their talks in Kyiv, Ukraine, on February 22, 2022. (Ukrainian Presidential Press Office via AP)

In 1st comments, Israel backs Ukrainian ‘sovereignty,’ with no mention of Russia

By Lazar Berman

Statement from Foreign Ministry expresses support for ‘territorial integrity’ of Ukraine; Israeli ambassador to Kyiv says he is prepared ‘with all options’ for potential evacuation

Russia pulls diplomatic staff from Ukraine amid escalating tensions

Israel’s diplomatic staff in Ukraine complete relocation from Kyiv to Lviv

‘Who does Putin think gives him the right?’ Biden announces sanctions over Ukraine

A Ukrainian soldier passes by houses in the village of Novoluhanske, Luhansk region, Ukraine, on February 19, 2022. (AP Photo/Oleksandr Ratushniak)

Ukraine calls up reservists, urges its citizens to leave Russia as invasion looms

By AFP

Ukraine’s security council approves plans to declare a state of national emergency as reservists between the ages of 18 and 60 called up for a period of up to one year

Putin says Russian interests, security ‘non-negotiable’ as global sanctions close in

US, Europe punish Putin with sanctions over Ukraine ‘invasion,’ threaten more action

By AP

Trump hails Putin as ‘genius’ for Russia’s aggression toward Ukraine

By AFP

Enter to win The Jewish Lives Origins of Israel Collection.

That’s 7 books worth $175 featuring the prizewinning biographies of Herzl, Ben-Gurion, Bialik, Dayan, Jabotinsky, Rav Kook, and Rabin.

Defense Minister Benny Gantz leads a Blue and White party meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on February 14, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Opposition bills advance, as Gantz boycotts plenum over stalled IDF pension law

Coalition pulls its legislation amid efforts to reach compromise with Blue and White; opposition pulls bill calling for investigation of defense minister’s past business

Analysis‘We’re not just decoration’: New coalition blows are warnings, not yet crisis points

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

A hyperbaric chamber using Shai Efrati's anti-aging protocol (courtesy of Sagol Center for Hyperbaric Medicine)

Research suggests physical treatment alongside psychological

World-first Israeli study shows oxygen therapy can dramatically reduce PTSD symptoms

By Nathan Jeffay

Half of the 18 IDF veterans in research made such good progress that they were no longer deemed to have PTSD by the end of a 60-session course in a hyperbaric oxygen chamber

The coronavirus ward of Shaare Zedek hospital in Jerusalem on February 9, 2022. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

New COVID cases, deaths fall further in Israel and globally as Omicron wave fades

By Agencies and ToI Staff

ToI podcast

Daily Briefing Feb. 23: Israel’s space-age meds & tangled diplomatic web on Ukraine

Diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman proposes that the Iran nuclear deal and Russian tension are tied; Health reporter Nathan Jeffay brings us promising med-tech research

An armored vehicle rolls down a street outside Donetsk, the territory controlled by pro-Russian militants, eastern Ukraine, late Tuesday, February 22, 2022. (AP)

Live updates (closed)

Army convoy spotted heading from Russian border to separatist territory in Ukraine

Unmarked Tanks and fuel tankers making way to Donetsk, one of two Ukraine territories Putin declared as independent hours after rebel shelling killed Ukraine soldier

7:24 pm

Iranian hackers publish CCTV footage, workers’ details from Haifa, Ashdod ports
7:23 pm

Zandberg vows to pass 'climate law' by this summer
7:07 pm

John Kerry: 'Israel could be extraordinarily helpful' in global fight against climate change

Opposition leader and former prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to a Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations mission at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on February 22, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Netanyahu urges US Jews to fight Iran deal or risk nuke threat on NY, LA

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

Former PM lambastes nascent deal being negotiated in Vienna, claiming it only delays Iran by a few years while giving regime’s nukes a ‘kosher seal of approval’

Defense Minister Benny Gantz speaks at the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, on February 22, 2022. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)

Gantz claims Iran giving Venezuela attack drone know-how

By Emanuel Fabian

Chief Iranian nuclear negotiator Ali Bagheri Kani arrives at the Coburg Palace, venue of the talks aimed at reviving the Iran nuclear deal, in Vienna, on February 8, 2022. (Alex Halada/AFP)

Iran says nuclear talks at ‘critical’ stage, ‘optimistic’ about chances for deal

By AFP

Rachel Sharansky Danziger

More than Ukraine hangs in the balance right now

Putin is effectively reinstating the geopolitics of territorial expansion and empire building, which, in time, will put our cries of ’never again’ to the test

Sarah Tuttle-Singer

The Arab cop’s morning in Jerusalem

’This is city is crazy,’ Shadi tells Yossi, his partner, a Jewish cop. ’We fight and kill each other, but really, we’re all the same’

'The phrase 'the Jewish soul' excludes me'

New consul general to Shanghai under fire for comments on anthem, Jewish state

By Lazar Berman and Tobias Siegal

Netanyahu calls Meretz MK Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi’s appointment a scandal; she says she wouldn’t be questioned ‘if I were a Jewish woman’

Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi (Meretz)

MK Ghaida Rinawie Zoabi attends a Knesset committee meeting in Jerusalem on June 21, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

In first for Arab woman, Meretz MK appointed Israeli Consul General in Shanghai

In this photo, released by the Israel’s Government Press Office, Chelsea owner Roman Abramovich (left) talks with Israeli President Isaac Herzog at Stamford Bridge, in London, November 21, 2021. (Kobi Gideon/Israel’s Government Press Office via AP)

Billionaire Roman Abramovich makes ‘8-figure donation’ to Yad Vashem

Money to fund International Institute for Holocaust Research and build it a new home; Russian-Israeli oligarch says ability to donate to Holocaust research is a ‘privilege’

Israeli Ambassador to Romania David Saranga (right) and Romanian Rear Admiral Mihai Panait attend a commemoration ceremony for the victims of the drowning of the Struma ship on that event's 80th anniversary in Constanţa, Romania, on February 22, 2022. (Courtesy of the Israeli embassy in Romania via JTA)

For 1st time, Romania commemorates Holocaust refugees who died when Struma torpedoed

By Cnaan Liphshiz

Clockwise from top left: The Abraham Accords signing ceremony on the White House lawn, September 15, 2020; Yasser Arafat confers with Arab League Secretary General Amr Moussa before an Arab Information Ministers meeting in Cairo, August 15, 2001; Palestinian women view destroyed houses at the Jenin refugee camp in the West Bank, April 28, 2002; The aftermath of the Park Hotel bombing on March 27, 2002. (AP/Alex Brandon, AP/Enric Marti, AP/Greg Baker, Flash90)

Interview'I don't ever remember a pace of events like this'

3 days in March: How the 2nd Intifada’s bloodiest hours seeded today’s Middle East

By Renee Ghert-Zand

In ‘Death Tango,’ ex-Mossad man and strategic analyst Yossi Alpher reflects on consecutive events during Second Intifada that he says doomed the peace process, possibly for good

Mohammad Shahada, 14, who was shot and killed by Israeli soldiers on Tuesday, February 22, 2022. The Israeli army says Shahada threw Molotov cocktails at passing Israeli cars on Route 60. (Courtesy)

14-year-old Palestinian killed by troops, allegedly while hurling firebombs at cars

By Aaron Boxerman and Emanuel Fabian

Local Palestinians claim al-Khader resident Muhammad Shahada was on other side of security barrier from road, too far away to threaten drivers

Muhammad Aljoni, a young man with Down syndrome, grapples with police at a protest in Sheikh Jarrah, East Jerusalem, on February 21, 2022. (Screenshot)

Police apologize for roughing up Palestinian with Down syndrome at Jerusalem protest

Border Police officers try to disperse Palestinians and activists gathering to demonstrate in the flashpoint neighborhood of Sheikh Jarrah in east Jerusalem, February 18, 2022. (Ronaldo Schemidt/AFP)

Court freezes eviction of Palestinian family from Sheikh Jarrah home

By Aaron Boxerman

Defense Minister Benny Gantz speaks at the Academic and Technology College of Tel-Hai, northern Israel, on February 23, 2022. (Ariel Hermoni/Defense Ministry)

Following drone incursion, Gantz renews threat against Hezbollah

By Emanuel Fabian

Speaking at a memorial for soldier killed in Lebanon, defense minister suggests a ‘bill with high interest’ would land on Nasrallah’s doorstep if he takes further action

A Syrian Finance ministry building is seen after an alleged Israeli missile strike in Quneitra, southern Syria, on February 23, 2022. (SANA)

Israel said to fire missiles at Syrian targets across Golan Heights frontier

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

An IDF attack helicopter is seen in the skies above the border between Israel and Lebanon, on September 1, 2019. (David Cohen/Flash90)

IDF said to drop threatening flyers in Syrian Golan after overnight strike nearby

By Emanuel Fabian

President Isaac Herzog speaking at the Haaretz and Hebrew University Israel Climate Change Conference, on February 23, 2022. (Haim Zach/GPO)

Confirming Turkey trip, Herzog presents vision of regional climate cooperation

By Lazar Berman

At Haaretz-Hebrew University climate conference, president pledges to bring neighbors, including Palestinians, into partnership around water, solar energy

A species of flying fish at the Evtach marine reserve. (Guy Lavian/Israel Nature and Parks Authority)

New Mediterranean reserve planned to protect creatures in the sand and sea

Flames leap from trees as the Dixie Fire jumps Highway 89 north of Greenville in Plumas County, California, on August 3, 2021. (AP Photo/Noah Berger)

World must brace for more extreme and devastating wildfires, UN warns

By Marlowe HOOD

Boston-area college in turmoil after string of antisemitic and racist incidents

By Penny Schwartz

Curry College offering $10,000 reward for information on those involved in campaign of hate graffiti at school that began after International Holocaust Remembrance Day

A view of the Congregation Beth Israel synagogue in Colleyville, Texas, on January 17, 2022. (Emil Lippe/Getty Images via JTA)

Antisemitic flyers strewn in Colleyville, scene of recent synagogue hostage-taking

Valley Park Middle School (Google Maps via JTA)

Call for more Holocaust education after Toronto kids give Jewish teacher Nazi salute

Israeli con man Shimon Hayut and Israeli model Kate Konlin speak with Inside Edition, on February 21, 2022. (Screenshot/YouTube via Inside Edition)

On the defense

‘Tinder Swindler’ breaks silence, claims he isn’t a ‘monster’

Israeli fraudster Shimon Hayut says he was ‘just a single guy that wanted to meet some girls on Tinder’ as his new girlfriend calls Netflix documentary ‘fake’

Podcaster explores own Black-Jewish identities through frame of Crown Heights riots

By Adam Dickter

Just six when her city roiled in racism, a Jew of color offers an audio personal account of the upheaval three decades later

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Democrat Marie Newman during an election campaign event in the Archer Heights neighborhood of Chicago, March 9, 2020. (Charles Rex Arbogast/AP)

J Street drops endorsement of congresswoman at center of pro-Palestinian bribe claim

Sara Netanyahu leaves the Jerusalem Magistrate's Court, on June 16, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Court throws out former cleaner’s claim of abuse by Sara Netanyahu

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and coalition chairman David Amsalem at a Likud party faction meeting at the Knesset, on June 25, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Amsalem: Netanyahu harmed dignity of right-wing bloc with refusal to back me

Police chief Kobi Shabtai at a police ceremony in Jerusalem, on September 5, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

Police chief blasts ‘fake news’ media after investigation refutes spyware claims

Israeli Tourism Minister Yoel Razvozov (right) and Emirati Minister of State for Entrepreneurship and Small and Medium Enterprises Ahmad Belhoul al-Falasi attend a ceremony at the Israeli pavilion at Expo 2020 in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, on October 7, 2021. (AP Photo/Jon Gambrell)

Tourism minister says airport security dispute with Dubai far from resolution

Illustrative: In this May 31, 2019 file photo, Hezbollah fighters march at a rally to mark Jerusalem Day or Al-Quds Day, in the southern Beirut suburb of Dahiyeh, Lebanon. (AP Photo/Hassan Ammar, File)

Lebanon says it thwarted Islamic State suicide bomb plot on Hezbollah stronghold

By AFP and ToI Staff

Engineers work on the conversion of a Boeing 767 passenger plane to a cargo plane at the Israel Aerospace Industries in Lod, near Tel Aviv, Israel, on January 25, 2022. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Cashing in on e-commerce, Israeli engineers transform jets for cargo use

By Laurie Kellman

Tel Aviv Mayor Ron Huldai holds a press conference at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, on January 24, 2021, in Tel Aviv. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Tel Aviv Mayor Huldai, 77, to run for sixth term after 25 years in office

By Tobias Siegal

Benny 'Pinky' Hod sails his hasake board from where the Jordan River enters the Dead Sea to Kalia Beach, February 18, 2022. (Malka Nihom)

Old saltEx-naval officer aims to highlight Dead Sea plight by paddling it

Illustrative: ultra-Orthodox boys. (Rishwanth Jayapaul/Flash90)

Majority of ultra-Orthodox men in Israel lack basic English skills – study

Josh Mandel (left), a Republican running for the US Senate, debates Morgan Harper (right), a Democrat, at the City of God church in Cleveland, on February 21, 2022. (Morgan Harper campaign/YouTube via JTA)

Jewish Senate hopeful cites slavery after Israel query in debate with Black opponent

This photo provided by Jordan Tourism Ministry shows two carved standing stones at a remote Neolithic site in Jordan’s eastern desert. A team of Jordanian and French archaeologists said Tuesday, Feb. 22, 2022, that it had found a roughly 9,000-year-old shrine. The ritual complex was found in a Neolithic campsite near large structures known as “desert kites," or mass traps that are believed to have been used to corral wild gazelles for slaughter. (Tourism Ministry via AP)

Almost perfectly preserved 9,000-year-old shrine discovered in Jordanian desert

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