Heavy fighting near Kyiv * Zelensky: God won’t forgive’ * ToI in Lviv: Friday night, when a synagogue became a sanctuary * Ukraine’s Israel envoy warns of coming genocide

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Monday, March 7, 2022 Live updates [LIVE: Heavy fighting reported near Kyiv; US vows to ‘defend every inch’ of NATO territory]( By [TOI staff]( [Ukraine, Russia to begin talks in coming hours; Blinken on tour to reassure Baltic allies; Zelensky in call for more sanctions: ‘Stop funding terror’]( [Ukraine rejects Moscow proposal for evacuation corridors into Belarus, Russia]( By [Agencies]( [Providing safe passage ‘into the arms of the country that is currently destroying yours is nonsense,’ says UK minister, backing Kyiv’s stance as Russians keep up bombing campaign]( [Ukraine fears iconic port city of Odesa could be Putin’s next target]( By [AFP]( [‘God will not forgive, ‘ Zelensky says as Russian forces kill fleeing civilians]( By [Agencies and TOI staff]( Reporter's notebook [Lazar Berman]( [On a Friday night in Lviv, Ukraine, when a synagogue became a sanctuary]( [With only one Jew, no ritual wine, and no communal prayers on Shabbat eve, a shul with a history of resistance fulfills its holiest mission]( [Under fire, Ukraine’s Lviv scrambles to protect its historic statues]( By [Thibaut MARCHAND]( [Foreign Ministry to start coordinating non-governmental aid to Ukraine]( By [TOI staff]( [Ukraine envoy thanks Bennett for shuttle diplomacy, says Jerusalem could host talks]( By [Carrie Keller-Lynn and Aaron Boxerman]( [Yevgen Korniychuk says Israel’s peace efforts are more important than military aid, but repeats plea for helmets and flak jackets; elaborates on Russian strike in Babyn Yar ravine]( [Bennett found Putin to be ‘rational’ during meeting — report]( By [TOI staff]( [Bennett holds follow-up call with Putin after Moscow meeting]( By [TOI staff and Tal Schneider]( ToI podcast [Daily Briefing March 7: Israel becomes diplomatic hub as Ukrainian refugees arrive]( By [TOI staff]( [Political correspondent Tal Schneider discusses Israel’s diplomacy and Diaspora affairs reporter Judah Ari Gross updates us on Ukrainian refugee situation and Yad Vashem’s comments]( [Russia stays away from UN court hearing on invasion, brought by Ukraine]( By [Agencies]( [Israeli Roman Brodsky, killed fleeing Ukraine, laid to rest in Arad]( By [TOI staff]( [Bennett: Israel’s ‘sacred’ task is to help Jewish Ukrainian refugees above others]( By [Amy Spiro and TOI staff]( [PM tells ministerial committee that country must focus on Jews displaced by Russia invasion; interior minister says cap will come soon on entry of non-Jews]( [Israel to cap number of non-eligible Ukrainian refugees it accepts — Shaked]( By [Amy Spiro]( [Israeli minister heads to Poland as Ukraine refugees pour across border]( By [TOI staff]( Top Ops [Karyn G. Gershon]( [War in Ukraine is displacing empowered Jewish women – it’s a disaster]( [We’re getting requests from desperate refugees and those who need evacuation – and striving to ensure no women and families fall through the cracks]( [Zimra Vigoda]( [Strangers and a house with sticky walls]( [Pictures of refugee children from Eastern Europe trigger memories of an early childhood journey to freedom. It’s the post-trauma I didn’t know I have.]( [Naomi Chazan]( [Women in the midst of war]( [It is so often women who suffer an autocrat’s displays of aggression and women whose actions mitigate against them: gender equality and democracy go hand in hand]( [Alon Tal]( [At long last, a breath of fresh air for Haifa]( [The plan to create a ’high-tech Riviera’ will give residents a reprieve from the polluting oil refineries and petrochemical industry that make them sick]( [First new polio case in decades diagnosed in Israel]( By [Amy Spiro]( [Unvaccinated 4-year-old in Jerusalem tests positive for mutated version of disease; parents urged to get their children’s inoculations up-to-date]( [Over 2 years into COVID pandemic, official death toll passes 6 million]( By [David Rising]( [Syria says two civilians killed in Israeli airstrikes near Damascus]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [State media claims its air defenses shot down most missiles, but damage also caused to sites; reported attack marks first since Russia’s invasion of Ukraine]( [US officials say Russia recruiting Syrians to fight in Ukraine: Wall Street Journal]( By [AFP]( [IDF says its F-35 jets intercepted 2 Iranian drones ferrying arms to Gaza last year]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [Reports say aircraft were carrying firearms for terror groups; military says March 2021 interception was carried out ‘in coordination with neighboring countries’]( [With nuclear deal looming, Gantz implores world to ‘mobilize’ against Iran]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [Iran adjusting stance after Russia’s new demands at nuclear talks]( By [Amir Vahdat and Jon Gambrell]( [Inside the Jewish response to the mounting Ukrainian refugee crisis in Poland]( By [Toby Axelrod]( [Russian and Ukrainian foreign ministers to meet in Turkey on Thursday]( By [AFP and TOI staff]( [Russia’s Sergey Lavrov and Ukraine’s Dmytro Kuleba set to meet in Antalya while President Isaac Herzog is visiting Istanbul and Ankara]( [Blinken assures nervous Baltics that NATO protection against Russia ‘sacrosanct’]( By [Matthew Lee]( [Not just Bennett: France’s Macron aligns with West, but keeps open line to Putin]( By [Barbara Surk]( [CRM]( Archaeology [Half a million years ago, prehistoric man may have been just as sentimental as us]( By [Amanda Borschel-Dan]( [Tel Aviv University study on popular settlement spot Revadim looks at personal motivations behind reuse of flint tools]( Archaeology [‘Magic’ bowls among trove of ancient artifacts seized in raid on Jerusalem home]( By [Amanda Borschel-Dan]( [Ramat Shlomo resident suspected of illegal antiquities trade had three 1,500-year-old incantation bowls from Iraq, hundreds of other rare treasures]( [CRM]( [Argentina’s new virtual Jewish museum celebrates Córdoba community’s playful humor]( By [Juan Melamed]( [In addition to history and documents, check out the ‘Idishometer,’ a quiz on Yiddish words and their Spanish translations]( More Headlines [IAEA ‘deeply concerned’ by Russia’s actions since takeover of Ukraine nuclear plant]( By [AFP]( [AIPAC slammed for endorsing Republicans who refused to certify Biden’s election]( By [JTA and TOI staff]( [Prosecution okays early release of actor Ivgy, convicted of indecent assault]( By [TOI staff]( [Palestinian, 16, killed by IDF in West Bank when throwing firebombs, army says]( By [Aaron Boxerman]( [Keira Knightley to voice Holocaust-era artist in animated film]( By [CALEB GUEDES-REED]( [People love TV Jews / GOP lawmaker uses ‘Shtisel’ cast photo to show solidarity with Jews]( By [Ron Kampeas]( [Ukrainian family that fled war reportedly facing expulsion from Israel]( By [TOI staff]( [Cabinet unanimously votes to shut down Haifa Bay’s oil refineries]( By [TOI staff]( [US chip giant Nvidia acquires Israeli data storage company Excelero]( By [Ricky Ben-David]( [Decried for inaccuracies, ‘The Boy in the Striped Pajamas’ to get sequel]( By [Andrew Lapin]( [Oligarchs could be flying to Israel on chartered jets to evade sanctions — report]( By [TOI staff]( [Mellanox founder backs fintech startup looking to tackle foreign exchange transfers]( By [Ricky Ben-David]( [The daily edition]() [facebook]( [twitter]( [instagram]( [View in browser]( [Contact support](mailto:support@timesofisrael.com) [Advertise with us](mailto:advertise@timesofisrael.com) Were you forwarded this email? 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