Robooting ties, Erdogan hosts Herzog * Ukraine sounds Chernobyl alarm * Israel caps refugees at 25,000 * Bennett officials: Zelensky’s choice is capitulation or calamity

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Wednesday, March 9, 2022 [Herzog lands in Turkey to ‘restart relations’ as Jerusalem-Ankara ties warm]( By [Tal Schneider]( [President making first high-level state visit to country in over a decade, in major step toward taking ties out of deep freeze, but distrust remains after years of bad blood]( [Explainer / As ties come out deep freeze, the ups and downs of Israel-Turkey relations]( By [AFP and TOI staff]( [Istanbul Airport opens a kosher meal vending machine for Jewish travelers]( By [David I. Klein]( Live updates [LIVE: IAEA says no safety impact at Chernobyl as Ukraine warns of imminent power outage]( By [Jacob Magid and TOI staff]( [Herzog meeting with Erdogan at Turkish presidential palace; Ukraine says ‘holding the line’ in defense of Kyiv; Moscow: invasion thwarted Ukraine attack on separatist-held areas]( Interview [Radiation expert: Ukraine war could pose greater nuclear threat than Chernobyl]( By [Renee Ghert-Zand]( [Radiation countermeasures expert Dr. Alla Shapiro, a Chernobyl first responder, says war conditions make it harder to save lives in event of attack on nuclear power plant]( [Ukraine says power completely cut to Chernobyl; IAEA downplays safety concerns]( By [AFP and TOI staff]( [Putin’s nuclear threats ‘extremely dangerous’ blackmail, watchdog says]( By [Nina Larson]( ToI podcast [TOI staff]( [Daily Briefing Mar. 9 – Minister Shai in Poland: ‘Israel must rescue more refugees’]( [Brief interview with Diaspora Minister Shai; senior analyst Haviv Rettig Gur on race and responses to Ukraine; health reporter Nathan Jeffay with a blitz of new Israeli research]( [US intel chiefs warn ‘aggrieved’ Putin may redouble assault as invasion flounders]( By [Agencies]( [Ukrainians sink Russian warship that attacked Snake Island – report]( By [TOI staff]( [Israel will allow 25,000 non-Jewish Ukrainian refugees to stay in country — minister]( By [TOI staff]( [Quota of 5,000 added to some 20,000 already here before war; country expects tens of thousands more who are eligible to make aliyah to do so as a result of the conflict]( [Israel mulls European request for gas as Russia threatens to cut EU supplies]( By [Sue Surkes]( From the blogs [James G. Lindsay]( [I was wrong: Israel must stand firmly with Ukraine]( [Whatever favor Israel may think it will curry by staying neutral, a world dominated by Russia’s Putin and China’s Xi is not a safe world for democratic states]( [Israel said to believe Ukraine now faces critical choice: Capitulation or calamity]( By [TOI staff]( [Following Bennett’s talks with Putin and Zelensky, Israeli officials say Russia has softened demands, but will likely double down on destructive assault if no capitulation]( [Jerusalem said to warn Kyiv it won’t tolerate continued criticism amid mediation bid]( By [TOI staff]( [Zelensky says he spoke with Bennett, thanks him for mediation efforts with Russia]( By [TOI staff]( Top Ops [Nachman Shai]( [One people, dispersed around the globe]( [We are witnessing an emerging true sense of Jewish solidarity, as the Jewish state assists Ukrainian Jews, including those who won’t be taking refuge in Israel]( [Rachel Sharansky Danziger]( [Putin’s invasion shakes the very framework of our world]( [If I believe ’might’ doesn’t make ’right’ (and I do), I must help Ukraine and its people with every fiber of my being, to uphold the values I believe must prevail]( [Aron Heller]( [Israel’s entrepreneur-in-chief looking for big Ukraine ‘exit’]( [Naftali Bennett is a product of Israel’s vaunted startup nation, where high-risk and high-reward ventures are encouraged – and only the most daring score big]( [Noam Weissman]( [Who Zelensky wants the Jewish people (and all of us) to be]( [3 pesky thoughts that get in our way of doing the right thing, and 4 ’right things’ to do to ensure we act well when we have our chance]( [Two Russia experts fear Putin played Bennett by inviting him to Moscow]( By [Carrie Keller-Lynn]( [Analysts say Russian leader may have used Israeli PM to buy time for regrouping, and to win legitimacy from world leaders]( [Two weeks in, Russian invasion of Ukraine slowed but not stopped]( By [Lolita C. Baldor and Robert Burns]( [Amid effort to rescue civilians, Zelensky urges end to ‘ping-pong’ over Polish jets]( By [Agencies]( [Ceasefire agreed on to allow escape from Mariupol, Sumy, Enerhodar, Volnovakha, Izyum and several towns around Kyiv; Ukraine president demands West make decision over warplanes]( [‘We’ll fight in forests, fields, streets’: Zelensky channels Churchill in UK speech]( By [Jitendra Joshi]( [US blocks Polish attempt to send fighter jets to Ukraine]( By [Vanessa Gera, Lolita C. Baldor and Ellen Knickmeyer]( [McDonald’s joins other major firms pulling out of Russia as blowback grows]( By [Juliette MICHEL]( [Coca-Cola, Starbucks, Pepsi and Yum! also suspend some operations as boycott pressure grows; Yale team says 290 large companies have withdrawn, but 30 remain]( [World heading to Yom Kippur War-level oil shock, French minister says]( By [AFP]( [In latest steps against Russia, US and Europe target oil and gas imports]( By [Agencies]( [Mariupol family risks all just to tell teen daughter in Israel: ‘We are alive’]( By [Sue Surkes]( [Vika Korotkova drives out to location with phone reception, reports that city subjected to heavy Russian bombardment and without heat, food, water, or communications, ‘is dead’]( Musical plea for peace [94 violinists from 25 countries form chorus in support of Ukraine]( By [Amanda Borschel-Dan]( [Young Kyiv-based violinists, filming themselves between shelling and explosions, are joined by fiddlers from around the world in a moving rendition of a Ukrainian folk song]( [1 million children leave behind lives, friends as they flee Ukraine war]( By [Justin Spike]( [Make food, not war / Jewish bakers support Ukraine through their love of hamantaschen]( By [Joe Baur]( [CRM]( [Top Iran nuclear negotiator returns to Vienna as talks come to a head]( By [Agencies]( [Ali Bagheri Kani arrives in Austrian capital following sudden trip back to Tehran, with EU envoy indicating new agreement awaiting Islamic Republic’s okay]( [Iran vows revenge for 2 IRGC operatives killed in Syria strike attributed to Israel]( By [TOI staff and AFP]( [In Israel, Mike Pence says future GOP administration will rip up any new Iran deal]( By [Amy Spiro]( [New York City says antisemitic crime jumped 400% in February]( By [Jacob Henry]( [NYPD records 56 incidents in month, up from 11 in January; Brooklyn City Council member promises action to crack down]( [Michigan GOP candidate says ‘not antisemitic,’ won’t apologize for Facebook posts]( By [Andrew Lapin]( [Stolen Anne Frank statue recovered in Buenos Aires, will get rededication ceremony]( By [Juan Melamed]( [IDF unprepared for attacks on hazmat facilities in wartime, comptroller warns]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [Investigation finds ‘certain gaps’ in threat of drones, incomplete data on military’s competency to respond to hazardous leaks; army says working to ‘implement recommendations’]( [Most IDF vets dismayed by Defense Ministry rehab center, comptroller finds]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [State comptroller releases scathing report on Israel’s ‘Air Force One’]( By [TOI staff]( [US earmarks $5.5 million for Israeli, Palestinian businesses, female entrepreneurs]( By [Tal Schneider]( [Citing skittishness by participants, USAID program administrator declines to name trade associations contracted to distribute grant money from Partnership for Peace Fund]( [International Women's Day / Women underrepresented in Israeli tech ecosystem, annual study confirms]( By [Ricky Ben-David]( [Photo essay / International Women’s Day brings little joy for Ukrainian refugees]( By [AP]( [CRM]( More Headlines [Teen girl killed by stray gunfire in northern village while in her bedroom]( By [TOI staff]( [Opposition leader Benjamin Netanyahu tests positive for COVID]( By [TOI staff]( [Jordan’s court says former crown prince apologizes for 2021 attempted coup]( By [AFP]( [Dozens of vehicles vandalized in suspected hate crime in Jaljulia]( By [TOI staff]( [Daycare manager jailed for 3.5 years for abuse, assault of young kids under her care]( By [TOI staff]( [Birthright Israel to lower its age limit back to 26]( By [Andrew Lapin]( [Israel’s first ‘space medicine’ university course gets underway in Jerusalem]( By [Ricky Ben-David]( [Stranger than friction / As ‘Fauda’ readies fourth season, real-life conflicts hit close to home]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( [New legislation paves path for trial of driverless autonomous taxis in Israel]( By [Ricky Ben-David]( [American tourist stumbles upon intact Early Bronze Age pottery jug in Judean Desert]( By [TOI staff]( [Author David Grossman wins Erasmus Prize from the Netherlands]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( [Shipwreck of Shackleton’s Endurance, lost in 1915, discovered off Antarctica coast]( By [Griffin SHEA]( [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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