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What Matters Most On Tuesday, February 7, 2023

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An IDF search and rescue team to assist Turkey in the wake of a deadly earthquake arrives in the city of Adana, early on February 7, 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF denies involvement in potential aid to Syria

‘We’ll do our best to save lives’: IDF rescue delegation arrives in southern Turkey

By Emanuel Fabian

150 search, rescue and medical experts getting to work after survey team scanned areas affected by deadly earthquake; IDF Medical Corps prepares to establish field hospital

United Hatzalah volunteers prepare equipment at Ben Gurion Airport before traveling to Gaziantep, Turkey, to assist in rescue efforts after powerful earthquakes hit the country, on February 7, 2023. (Judah Ari Gross/Times of Israel)

Another Israeli aid delegation takes off for southern Turkey after deadly quakes

By Judah Ari Gross

Emergency teams search for people in the rubble of a destroyed building in Adana, southern Turkey, February 7, 2023. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Feb. 7: IDF rescue forces land in Turkey for Operation Olive Branches

Quake toll passes 5,000 as rescue efforts in Turkey, Syria hampered by aftershocks

By Mehmet Guzel, GHAITH ALSAYED and Suzan Fraser

Teams continue to search through unstable structures, with temperatures below freezing; survivors seek shelter wherever they can; health facilities in northern Syria overwhelmed

Screen capture from video of a newborn baby who was rescued from rubble following an earthquake in Syria, February 7, 2023. (Twitter. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Baby said born under rubble in Syria is rescued, while mother dies

Men search for people among the debris in a destroyed building in Adana, Turkey, February 6, 2023. (AP Photo/Khalil Hamra)

‘Can anyone hear me?’: Rescuers search for survivors beneath rubble in Turkey, Syria

By Mehmet Guzel and ZEYNEP BILGINSOY

Screen capture from video of Torah scrolls being removed from the earthquake-damaged synagogue in Antakya, Turkey, February 7, 2023 (Twitter. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Head of tiny Jewish community in Turkey’s Antakya feared dead; Torah scrolls saved

Home of Saul Cenudioglu and wife Fortuna in Antakya collapsed in quake; Israeli ambassador says no word on any Israelis hurt in catastrophic temblors that hit region

Screen capture from video of light fittings in Israel that were shaken by a major earthquake in Turkey and Syria, February 6, 2023. (Twitter. Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Witnesses recount how quakes rattled Israel, sent hundreds fleeing buildings

This combination of pictures created on February 6, 2023, shows a picture taken on July 3, 2016, showing the minaret of the mosque inside of the UNESCO-listed citadel, in the regime-controlled northern Syrian city of Aleppo (L) and a picture taken on February 6, 2023, of the same tower following an earthquake (AFP)

UNESCO sounds alarm over earthquake damage to Turkey, Syria heritage sites

By AFP

Illustrative image of Jerusalem, October 17, 2021. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

Minor earthquake reported in Jerusalem, West Bank after devastation in Turkey, Syria

Energy Ministry confirms 3.5-magnitude tremor; Home Front Command says no danger to area residents

9:51 pm

Home Front Command says no danger after minor quake near Jerusalem
9:30 pm

Minor tremors reported in Jerusalem after devastating quakes in Turkey and Syria
7:18 pm

Barbra Streisand to finally release long-awaited memoir

A building that has undergone refurbishment and expansion through TAMA 38 next to a building that has not. (YouTube screenshot)

Israeli buildings face major earthquake risk, despite efforts to upgrade them

By Danielle Nagler

According to official estimates, at least 600,000 residential homes and many other buildings remain unprotected, as experts urge more comprehensive action

Ya'akov Asher, head of the Interior and Environmental Protection Committee, center, leads a committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, January 10, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Knesset to review earthquake readiness next week, as state comptroller sounds alarm

Illustrative: A blaze and toxic smoke clouds at the Bazan Group's Haifa oil refinery on December 25, 2016. (Israel Police)

Factories with hazardous materials not prepared for earthquakes, ministry warns

A bid for unlimited power. That’s all it is.

As the Attorney General clearly shows, this ’reform’ doesn’t make Israel more democratic. Far from it.

Here’s what Israel’s friends can really do to help

Don’t add fuel to our fire by taking sides – seek out the voices promoting unity

Members of the new government headed by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu pose for a group photo at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, on December 29, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

New government has so far appointed zero women as ministry directors general

Out of 31 cabinet ministries, 23 men have been tapped as directors, with only a handful of positions still unfilled; women’s group threatens to go to court over matter

Analysis

Haviv Rettig Gur

In the Knesset and in the streets, the leaders of the Israeli center-left are MIA

Opponents of the judicial overhaul offer no alternative, no vision and no strategy. These are given to a political movement by its leaders, which the center-left doesn’t have

Israelis protest against the government and its planned judicial overhaul, Tel Aviv, January 28, 2023. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

Anti-government activist Zeev Raz speaks to Channel 12 news, February 6, 2023. (Screenshot/Channel 12, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Former combat pilot who implied Netanyahu deserves death apologizes to protesters

Workers from the high-tech sector protest against the proposed changes to the legal system, in Tel Aviv, on February 7, 2023. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

For third week in a row, tech workers in Israel rally against judicial overhaul

By Sharon Wrobel

Shas party leader Aryeh Deri, leads a faction meeting, at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on February 6, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)

Bill to restore Deri as minister by disempowering High Court submitted to Knesset

Coalition parties said aiming for preliminary reading next week; AG reportedly probing if Shas leader has violated court disqualification by continuing to meet ministry officials

Illustrative: Sugary drinks and soda in a supermarket, December 3, 2014.(Nati Shohat/Flash90)

Coalition said reassessing cancellation of sugary drink tax over health concerns

Thousands of protesters rally against Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government's planned judicial overhaul, in Tel Aviv on February 4, 2023. (Gili Yaari /Flash90)

Data firm records show spike in English-language online criticism of legal overhaul

By Tal Schneider

Chairman of the Knesset Constitution, Law and Justice Committee MK Simcha Rothman leads a committee hearing, February 6, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Knesset law committee to begin votes on judicial overhaul legislation in coming days

By Jeremy Sharon

Opposition MK Kariv calls for strike to protest swift advancement of contentious legal reforms; Natan Sharansky warns of ‘demagoguery,’ erosion of human rights

Leader of the National Unity Party MK Benny Gantz speaks during a faction meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem, on February 6, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Gantz: Israel to grind to a halt if judicial blitz continues; coalition pushes back

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

An illustrative photo of the Tel Aviv financial business district skyline. (Elijah Lovkoff via iStock by Getty Images)

Report: Cybersecurity giant Wiz to pull cash out of Israel due to judicial shakeup

Pilots pose with an aircraft at a new underground Iranian air force base in this picture released February 7, 2023 (Iranian Army)

Iran unveils underground airbase tasked with responding to potential Israeli assault

Iranian state news agency says hidden site home to fighter jets equipped with long-range cruise missiles

Illustrative: The Butler County Courthouse in Hamilton, Ohio, October 28, 2020. (AP Photo/Tony Dejak)

US federal jury says Ohio magistrate was fired for being Jewish

By Andrew Lapin

Kimberly Edelstein wins $1.1 million in damages in lawsuit against judge who axed her after she requested 8 days vacation for Jewish holidays

Daniel Pollack-Pelzner, a tenured English literature professor at Linfield University, was fired from his job in 2021 after calling out what he said was antisemitic speech by its president. (Courtesy/Pollack-Pelzner via JTA)

US university that fired teacher who reported antisemitism settles with him for $1m

By Andrew Lapin

Antisemitic fliers seen in Georgia in February 2023. (Esther Panitch/Twitter)

State lawmaker vows legislative action after antisemitic flyers hit Atlanta suburbs

'We bring tourists to Jerusalem. This is how we're repaid?'

In fresh move in tax dispute with Vatican, Israel freezes Notre Dame hotel accounts

By Lazar Berman

Municipality places lien on NIS 18 million in accounts of Vatican-owned church and pilgrim center, as three decades pass without economic agreement with Holy See

An undated photo of the Notre Dame guest house, convent, and church, located just outside Jerusalem's Old City. (Shmuel Bar-Am)

Supporters for the freedom of Soviet Jewry rally in front of the Soviet consulate in San Francisco in a undated photo. (Courtesy of American Jewish Historical Society)

'When I found out I thought I was in the "Twilight Zone"'

FBI memo: Bay Area Soviet Jewry protest leaders secretly sought Jews for Jesus’ help

By Asaf Elia-Shalev

Freedom of information request yields stunning revelation that leadership recruited the well-organized but widely loathed proselytizing group to help organize and bolster crowds

Interior of the Neve Shalom synagogue in Istanbul, Turkey. (courtesy, Turkish Jewish community)

Turkey arrests 15 IS members who allegedly plotted to target Istanbul synagogues

By David I. Klein

Local police say Khorasan Province leadership of Islamic State ordered suspects to take action against Swedish and Dutch missions, Jewish and Christian houses of worship

Undated image believed to show Sarah Beth Clendaniel in tactical gear, holding a rifle (Court documents)

Neo-Nazi pair planned power grid attack to ‘completely destroy’ Baltimore

By ToI Staff and AP

CIA director William Burns meets with Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas in the latter's Ramallah office on January 29, 2023. (Wafa)

CIA director: Current Israeli-Palestinian tensions resemble Second Intifada

Bill Burns says his meetings with leaders during last week’s trip to the region left him more concerned about prospect of increased violence

View of buildings in East Jerusalem, February 1, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

After international pressure, PM delays East Jerusalem razing sought by Ben Gvir

Illustrative: Israeli troops operate near the West Bank city of Jericho, early February 6. 2023. (Israel Defense Forces)

Palestinian teen gunman killed in clash with IDF in Nablus; 9 suspects arrested

By Emanuel Fabian

Negev and the Galilee Minister Yitzhak Wasserlauf arrives for the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on January 3, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

New department in Negev and Galilee Ministry to bolster illegal West Bank outposts

By Carrie Keller-Lynn

Sunday cabinet decision fails to clarify what ‘young settlement’ office’s powers will be, and how it will overlap with various other settlement-related bodies

Paul Farber is the creator and host of a new podcast about the Rocky Balboa statue in Philadelphia. (Gene Smirnov via JTA)

Interview'In a world of pain and loss, we're pulled toward monuments'

Jewish ‘monuments man’ on what Philly’s famous Rocky Balboa statue says about memory

By jacob gurvis

As host of the new NPR podcast ‘The Statue,’ Paul Farber looks into how we carry memories as a collective – learning from a fictitious character’s very real sculpture along the way

More Headlines

The village of Buq'ata during snowfall, February 7, 2023 (Michael Giladi/Flash90)

Snowfall in northern Israel and parts of West Bank as winter storm thunders on

The border fence between Lebanon and Israel, as seen from the village of Ghajar, in northern Israel, January 13, 2023. (Issac Harari/Flash90)

Israeli man who snuck into Lebanon in fog is a repeated border crosser, IDF says

By Emanuel Fabian

Costco Warehouse in Pittsburgh, Feb. 2, 2023. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Israel invites US retail giant Costco to make foray into local food market

By Sharon Wrobel

British author Salman Rushdie in a selfie he posted on social media, February 7, 2023 (Twitter)

In 1st interview after attack, Salman Rushdie says now ‘very difficult’ to write

By AFP

File: An illustrative picture of a preschool in northern Israel, unconnected to the story, August 29, 2021 (Michael Giladi/Flash90)

Haifa hospital doctor arrested on suspicion of indecent act outside a preschool

Malka Leifer (YouTube screenshot)

Trial of Malka Leifer, accused of sexually abusing her students, starts in Australia

Illustrative: Law enforcement in Los Angeles, November 23, 2016. (AP Photo/ Richard Vogel/ File)

Israeli-American sentenced to 7 years in US prison over child sexual abuse material

Google announces release of ChatGPT rival named Bard

By Glenn Chapman and Laurence Benhamou

Environment Protection Minister Idit Silman, left, dives at the coral reefs in Eilat, February 6, 2023. (Omri Omsi/Israel Nature and Parks Authority)

The way of waterEnvironment minister goes diving to save coral

By Stuart Winer

Illustrative: A man helps a woman to walk out from a residential building which was hit by a Russian rocket, in the city center of Kharkiv, Ukraine, February 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Andrii Marienko)

‘We need to wake up’: UN chief fears entry into ‘wider war’ over invasion of Ukraine

By Amélie BOTTOLLIER-DEPOIS

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