Ukraine envoy: Israel, drop neutrality * Op-ed: Zelensky we’re with you * Refugees’ airport ordeal * Turkey to return Siloam stone * A matchmaker rabbi * PODCAST: Fauda 4

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Friday, March 11, 2022 [Russian convoy appears to be encircling Kyiv as onslaught widens to western Ukraine]( By [Agencies and TOI staff]( [Russian strike hits care home for people with disabilities near Kharkiv; Zelensky says EU ‘must do more for us’ as swathes of the country lose power, heat, and food]( [Russia expands strikes, hitting western Ukraine airports far from main offensive]( By [Evgeniy Maloletka]( [World condemns Russian hospital strike as troops advance on Kyiv, choke off Mariupol]( By [Agencies and TOI staff]( [Ukraine envoy: Israel is scared of Russia, isn’t sole mediator, shouldn’t be neutral]( By [Carrie Keller-Lynn]( [Ambassador Korniychuk slams Israeli leaders over lack of aid and support for Ukraine, urges Israel to take in more refugees, says Zelensky ‘doesn’t understand’ Jerusalem’s stance]( [Lapid to travel to Romania, Slovakia for Ukraine talks, visit border rescue efforts]( By [Carrie Keller-Lynn]( [Zelensky slams Russia for deploying Syria mercenaries to Ukraine: ‘Murderers’]( By [Agencies and TOI staff]( Op-ed [David Horovitz]( [If PM can’t say it, we Israelis must: Zelensky, we’re with you; Putin, stop the war]( [Damagingly and ultimately untenably for Israel, Bennett believes he dare not alienate Russia by publicly condemning it. Even so, there’s more he should be doing now to help Ukraine]( [Bennett says Israel ‘must open doors and hearts’ to Jewish Ukrainian refugees]( By [TOI staff]( [After rebuff, Zelensky to address Knesset members in coming days, says speaker]( By [TOI staff]( [Refugees fleeing war in Ukraine kept waiting for hours at Israel’s airport]( By [TOI staff]( [Interior Minister Shaked orders all waiting refugees be moved to hotel, after footage shows people massed in a closed terminal for lengthy periods without basic provisions]( [Israeli girl and mom, fleeing Ukraine, held at airport, told they could be sent back]( By [TOI staff]( [Foreign Ministry says nearly 11,000 Israelis fled Ukraine, some 1,500 remain]( By [TOI staff]( ToI Community [TOI staff]( [Ukraine crisis: Join an exclusive briefing with Lazar Berman]( [Just back from two weeks on the ground in Ukraine, ToI’s diplomatic correspondent is ready to take your questions in this special, ToI Community-only event]( Interview [What does Putin think he’s doing? An expert’s primer on why he invaded, what’s next]( By [David Horovitz]( [Moscow-born Ksenia Svetlova traces Putin’s rise, degeneration, war plans and failures, explains why he’s not (yet) using even more force, and posits a possible end to this tragedy]( [Stalled Russian convoy appears to move into forests, towns as Kyiv girds for fight]( By [Evgeniy Maloletka]( [Russia sanctions extend further into banking, hotel fields as US warns more coming]( By [Agencies]( Live updates [LIVE: Putin tells Lukashenko he sees some ‘positive shifts’ in Russia-Ukraine talks]( By [TOI staff]( [Confirmed Ukraine death toll rises to 549 according to UN; UK to slap sanctions on 386 Russian lawmakers over supporting invasion]( [Survivor who married her pre-war flame 50 years after Auschwitz turns 100 in NY]( By [Luke Tress]( [Frida Simon faced down Mengele and lived through the camps, while her boyfriend went on the lam; they reunited in Brooklyn a half-century later]( Exclusive [Israeli official: Turkey agrees to return ancient Hebrew inscription to Jerusalem]( By [Shalom Yerushalmi and TOI staff]( [The 2,700-year-old Siloam inscription, taken by the Ottomans and still held in Istanbul, marks direct evidence of Bible’s account of King Hezekiah’s tunnel-building in Jerusalem]( Inside story [Tal Schneider]( [Behind Israel’s rekindled flame with Turkey, a rabbi with a penchant for matchmaking]( [Marc Schneier, an influential and controversial rabbi to American celebrities and Gulf sheikhs alike, describes his role in bringing Herzog and Erdogan together]( [In phone call with Biden, Erdogan stresses importance of Ukraine war mediation]( By [AFP and TOI staff]( Top Ops [Rachel Galloway]( [Knowing the difference between Minsk, Pinsk and Chelm: Ukraine is personal]( [The UK joined a strong majority of UN countries to condemn Putin’s invasion, and we must continue together in support of the Ukrainians and the values we share]( [Keshet Starr]( [Why bother with the story of Amalek’s evil every year?]( [We cannot pretend that the epic battles of good versus evil are things of the past, or we won’t succeed in fighting evil when it’s in our midst (Parshat Zachor)]( [Michael Siegal]( [Responding to Amb. Shoval: Judge us based on who we are, not who we were]( [I invite you to come see The Jewish Agency for yourself. You’ll surely like our upgrades of the past 4 years – and of course our assistance to Ukrainian Jews]( [Zalman Shoval]( [The Jewish Agency has a vital mission – but first, it needs a shake-up]( [For years it’s been a haven for local party hacks. Now, precisely at this tense time of rising antisemitism, the Agency has important roles to play]( [‘I can stay alive, brighter days will come,’ says Holocaust survivor stuck in Kyiv]( By [Sue Surkes]( [With around half of capital’s residents said to have fled, housebound Ludmila, 85, lauds continuing devotion of carer Anna, who says; ‘We hug when we’re very scared’]( [71 children killed, 100 injured since start of Russia invasion, says Ukrainian MP]( By [AFP]( [Senate passes $1.5 trillion spending bill including Iron Dome aid, Ukraine help]( By [Jacob Magid and AP]( [Upper house approves $1 billion in extra funding for missile system 5 months after GOP senator held it up; $13.5 billion for Ukraine, aid for Palestinians also approved]( [EU says ‘pause’ in Iran nuclear talks needed due to ‘external factors’]( By [Jon Gambrell]( [Josep Borrell says he will continue to be in touch with all parties ‘to overcome the current situation,’ as Russia’s Ukraine invasion complicates final stages of diplomacy]( [Khamenei: Iran won’t give up ‘defensive power, regional presence, nuclear progress’]( By [Agencies]( [Democrat dozen threaten to torpedo Iran deal if it comes to Congress]( By [Ron Kampeas]( Times Will Tell [Podcast: ‘Fauda’ creators talk about fourth season, as art imitates reality]( By [TOI staff]( [Lior Raz and Avi Issacharoff discuss their new storyline and the challenges of writing drama, with commentary from docu filmmaker Oren Rosenfeld, maker of ‘The Real Fauda’]( [CRM]( [Ayyy! The Fonz arrives in Israel, playing role of Jewish dad in HOT comedy ‘Chanshi’]( By [Jessica Steinberg]( [Actor Henry Winkler speaks to students at Jerusalem’s Sam Spiegel Film and Television School, practices his ‘het’, shares memories and motivation]( [Doctors warn of polio ‘outbreak’ threat as 2 new preliminary positive cases found]( By [Nathan Jeffay]( [‘The tip of the iceberg’; Traces of disease also found in Jerusalem sewage, prompting fears that polio could be spreading in the city, particularly in ultra-Orthodox community]( [CRM]( [US Jewish groups warn Purim partiers against blackface costumes]( By [Luke Tress]( [Six organizations in New York and New Jersey tell community members to stop dressing up as racial stereotypes, halt the traditional ‘hanging of Haman’ during holiday next week]( [New York proposes new rules for secular education in yeshivas, other private schools]( By [Luke Tress]( More Headlines [After coalition battle, Knesset reauthorizes ban on Palestinian family unification]( By [Aaron Boxerman]( [Apocalypse now? To some evangelicals, Ukraine invasion spells the end of days]( By [David Crary]( [Lapid meets King Abdullah, bids to lower tensions with Palestinians as holidays near]( By [Jacob Magid]( [Suspect charged in fatal playground shooting of 4-year-old Arab boy]( By [TOI staff]( [Following scathing report, Lapid urges sale of Israel’s ‘Air Force One’]( By [TOI staff]( [8 accuse Jewish far-right French presidential candidate Zemmour of sexual abuse]( By [Cnaan Liphshiz]( [Israel’s first-ever Winter Paralympian hits the slopes at Beijing Games]( By [Amy Spiro]( [Controversial US Congressman calls Zelensky a ‘woke’ ‘thug’]( By [Ron Kampeas]( [French-Palestinian lawyer jailed again by Israel over alleged terror links]( By [AFP and TOI staff]( [Court denies Netanyahu lawyers’ request to hand over evidence from witness’s phone]( By [TOI staff]( [US to ease mask mandate on mass transit as pandemic ebbs]( By [Zeke Miller]( [Islamic State terror group names new leader, confirms death of predecessor]( By [Hashem Osseiran]( [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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