US says Iran deal possible in days, as terms emerge * Putin holding huge nuclear missile drill Sat., as Ukraine tensions soar * Dead Sea’s new museum * Podcast: ToI at 10

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Friday, February 18, 2022 [Report: Under draft nuke deal, Iran to first cut enrichment to 5%; get $7b in assets]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( [Outline detailed by Reuters provides for Iran’s release of Western prisoners, subsequent gradual waiving of sanctions]( [US says nuclear deal possible within days if Iran ‘shows seriousness’]( By [AFP]( [Russia to stage massive nuclear missile drills Saturday, at height of Ukraine crisis]( By [VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV, YURAS KARMANAU and DARLENE SUPERVILLE]( [Military says Putin will monitor the large-scale exercise, as tensions with West escalate to highest level since Cold War]( [Satellite photos provide bird’s-eye view of unfolding Ukraine crisis]( By [Robert Burns]( [Shellfire shakes eastern Ukraine, as separatists announce evacuation to Russia]( By [AFP and TOI staff]( [Putin warns ‘situation deteriorating’ as US accuses Moscow of trying to provoke an incident to falsely justify invasion; US envoy says up to 190,000 Russian troops massed on border]( [Western allies watch Russia for invasion pretext, dismiss unverified troop pullback]( By [Agencies]( [‘Very high’ risk Russia will invade Ukraine within days, Biden warns]( By [VLADIMIR ISACHENKOV, YURAS KARMANAU, DARLENE SUPERVILLE and LORNE COOK]( [Ukraine upbraids Israeli ambassador after Jerusalem seeks Russian guarantees]( By [Lazar Berman and TOI staff]( [Kyiv has ‘tough conversation’ with Michael Brodsky over Foreign Ministry director-general asking Moscow to help evacuate its citizens in case of invasion]( [Jewish refugee aid group readies for possible humanitarian crisis in Ukraine]( By [Luke Tress]( [Explainer / Are DNA hacking fears behind leaders opting for Putin’s long table over COVID tests?]( By [Mallika Sen]( [Drone from Lebanon triggers sirens across north, evades Iron Dome]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [Military says jets scrambled and missile fired at UAV, but it missed, amid rash of recent drone incidents; no injuries or damage reported]( [Lebanon sees ‘positive proposals’ to settle maritime dispute with Israel]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( Times Will Tell [Podcast: Mazel tov! A behind-the-scenes look at The Times of Israel as we turn 10]( By [TOI staff]( [Editor David Horovitz shares his motivations for launching our increasingly resonant site a decade ago, and charts its progress and goals]( Reporter's notebook [At Dead Sea museum, chemical firm evokes past pioneers as it bids to keep mining]( By [Sue Surkes]( [With movies and virtual reality, guided tour through reconstructed huts combines Zionist history with ICL’s push for renewal of mineral extraction license]( Top Ops [Tanya White]( [When the Golden Calf meets the TikTok Daf]( [At the heart of the Tabernacle lies the Golden Calf, for all divine worship involving creativity and human interpretation holds the potential for idolatry]( [Sam Lehman-Wilzig]( [Conservative Judaism: The beginning of the end?]( [Religion pushes toward the extremes of liberal universalism and dogmatic particularism – the once-largest branch declined because it takes the middle road]( [Left-wing activists march on West Bank outpost in rally against legalization plan]( By [Emanuel Fabian and TOI staff]( [Right-wing demonstrator detained for trying to snatch banner from protester near Evyatar, which is designated a closed military zone]( [Israel permitted 33 Palestinian structures, razed over 1,100 since 2017 — ministry]( By [Aaron Boxerman]( [Israel girding for feared Friday flare-ups in tense Jerusalem, West Bank]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [Tesla’s Elon Musk slammed for comparing Canada’s Trudeau to Hitler in tweet]( By [AFP]( [Post likening prime minister to Nazi leader over COVID rules deleted after outcry; tycoon also raises hackles with claim regulators ordering ‘unfounded’ probes into his company]( [Reform movement’s longtime youth director named in report on sexual misconduct]( By [Asaf Shalev]( [Investigators hired by Union for Reform Judaism reveal dozens of incidents of sexual abuse, including 17 involving minors, that took place over past 50 years]( [CRM]( [Israel rejects cooperation with ‘morally bankrupt’ UN rights probe into May fighting]( By [Lazar Berman]( [In scathing letter, ambassador Meirav Eilon Shahar says commission headed by Navi Pillay is biased and will not treat Israel fairly; ‘We expect such bodies to act in good faith’]( [Gazan used medical entry permit to scout for Hamas recruits in Israel — Shin Bet]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [Demolished during 2021 Israel-Hamas conflict, an iconic Gaza bookstore reopens]( By [Agencies and TOI staff]( [Netanyahu skips right-wing rally demanding state inquiry into police spyware affair]( By [TOI staff]( [Some 1,500 people show up at Tel Aviv protest hyped by opposition leader; justice minister backpedals on need for major inquest]( [Netanyahu’s refusal to back MK who lashed judge said to fluster Likud]( By [TOI staff]( [State comptroller says ‘in-depth’ investigation under way into police spying claims]( By [TOI staff]( [Netanyahu lawyers demand prosecution disclose info hacked from former aide’s phone]( By [TOI staff]( Obituary [Marrying at Nazis’ old resort, Alan Feldstein’s life was a ‘middle finger’ to Hitler]( By [PHILISSA CRAMER]( [Feldstein and Felice Jacobs held defiant nuptials at the Eagle’s Nest a decade after WWII, but that symbolic act was just the beginning of a lifelong fight against bigotry]( [Jewish Louisville mayor candidate ‘traumatized’ as shooting suspect released]( By [PIPER HUDSPETH BLACKBURN and DYLAN LOVAN]( [Black Lives Matters-affiliated group pays $100,000 cash bond to free Quintez Brown, 21, days afer he was arrested for attempted murder for trying to shoot Craig Greenberg]( [‘F*ck’ Jews’ daubed outside Israeli restaurant in NYC]( By [Lisa Keys]( [Israel to market 30,000 affordable housing units in 2022]( By [Adina Cooper]( [First batch of 10,000 units will available to eligible buyers under lottery system by April, says Housing Ministry]( [CRM]( [Druze athlete breaks Israeli barrier with record-breaking 1,000-meter run]( By [TOI staff]( [Biomedical engineering student Karawan Halabi beats time that stood for 25 years, becoming first Druze to set an Israeli best; starts training for the Olympics]( [Beijing 2022 / Israeli ice skaters Kops, Krasnopolski advance to free skate at Beijing Olympics]( By [Amy Spiro]( More Headlines [Arizona Jews sue to stop the state from using Zyklon B in executions]( By [Nicole Raz and Mala Blomquist]( [PA’s Abbas hosts US House Speaker Pelosi for rare West Bank meeting]( By [Aaron Boxerman and Jacob Magid]( [Turkish officials hold preparatory talks in Israel ahead of Herzog trip to Ankara]( By [Lazar Berman]( [Leaders of Eilat, Jordan’s Aqaba hold rare public meeting to renew ties]( By [TOI staff]( [Mobileye, mobility partners to launch autonomous shuttles in US by 2024]( By [Ricky Ben-David]( [Refocused US Federations agenda leaves LGBT rights, gun control off priority list]( By [Ron Kampeas]( [Firebrand lawmaker questioned by police for pulling gun on Arab guards]( By [TOI staff]( [Far-right French presidential candidate Zemmour adopts racist conspiracy as mantra]( By [Elaine Ganley]( [Army chief heads to Singapore in rare public visit]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [IDF, police seize dozens of weapons being smuggled in from Jordan]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [Antisemitic Boston arsonist set fires while target of federal probe, FBI admits]( By [Asaf Shalev]( [Donald Trump, two of his children, ordered to testify in NY business fraud case]( By [Michael R. 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