PM: With new deal, Iran could soon build stadiums of centrifuges * Israel reopens to tourists March 1 * National park planned on E J’lem church lands * Selfie with a croc

[Times of Israel]( [The daily edition]( Sunday, February 20, 2022 Presented by [ChaiFlicks]( [PM: New, weaker deal would allow Iran to build stadiums of centrifuges in 2.5 years]( By [TOI staff]( [Bennett says Israel will maintain its citizens’ security, and is getting ready for ‘day after’ the agreement; says Iran will use financial gain from deal to fund regional terror]( [Gantz to Kamala Harris: Iran nuke deal must include ‘consistent enforcement’ by IAEA]( By [TOI staff and Jacob Magid]( [Iran ‘very optimistic’ about nuke deal, but says West and US to blame if talks fail]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( [Russia is planning ‘biggest war in Europe since 1945,’ says UK’s Johnson]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( [British PM warns of potential ‘sheer cost in human life’; Zelensky proposes meeting with Russia leader; Putin, Macron to speak; Germany, Austria tell citizens to leave Ukraine]( [‘What are you waiting for?’ Zelensky slams world’s ‘appeasement’; asks Putin to meet]( By [Jim Heintz, Dasha Litvinova and Lori Hinnant]( [Ukraine minister takes cover from mortars as frontline with rebel-held area heats up]( By [Thibaut MARCHAND]( Live updates [LIVE: Israel to open its skies to unvaccinated tourists on March 1]( By [Amy Spiro]( [Under new plan, tourists must submit to pre- and post-flight PCR tests, but returning Israelis will no longer need to show a negative COVID test before boarding a flight home]( Exclusive [In 1st, Israel advancing plan to expand national park onto E. Jerusalem church lands]( By [Jacob Magid]( [Visiting US lawmakers raise concern with PM about move slated to clear preliminary hurdle next month; church leaders blast plan to ‘nationalize one of Christianity’s holiest sites’]( from our sponsor [Israeli hit comedy The New Black streams exclusively on ChaiFlicks.]( [Watch free episodes of the award-winning Israeli comedy with English subtitles.]( ToI podcast [Daily Briefing Feb. 20: Eerie calm in Kyiv; Israel sounds alarm over Lebanese drones]( By [TOI staff]( [Diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman discusses Ukraine and Turkey and military affairs reporter Judah Ari Gross looks at UAVs over Israel and talks to the Conference of Presidents]( Top Ops [Noa Sattath]( [With Pegasus, we’re approaching democracy’s point of no return]( [The reported use of this extreme and invasive spyware is a violation of basic human rights – and before being used on Israelis, it was tested on Palestinians]( [Tani Frank]( [What Smotrich got right: The Conversion Bill and Diaspora Jewry]( [New legislation would redefine who gets to decide ’who is a Jew’ – and while the law would apply only to Israelis, it would have implications for world Jewry]( [Gantz warns of Iranian drones, says any new nuke deal must be enforced and built on]( By [Judah Ari Gross]( [Speaking at the Munich Security Conference, defense minister also issues stern warning to Hezbollah after its UAVs penetrate Israeli airspace]( [Israel, neighbors weighing pact to defend against threat of suicide drones — TV]( By [TOI staff]( [Foreign Ministry issues fresh call for Israelis in Ukraine to leave immediately]( By [TOI staff]( [‘An eruption [of war] will be quick and severe,’ ministry says, amid growing Western warnings that Russia may soon launch invasion; Israeli embassy in Kyiv kept open for now]( [Israeli satellite images show rapid Russian military buildup in Crimea]( By [TOI staff and Agencies]( [Intense shelling along Ukraine dividing line as Belarus says Russian forces to stay]( By [Agencies]( [France’s Macron phones Putin in last-ditch effort to stave off open conflict; European Council chief warns West can’t keep offering ‘olive branch’ to saber-rattling Moscow]( [Europe on the brink / Observers report 1,500 ceasefire violations in eastern Ukraine as thousands flee]( By [Agencies and TOI staff]( Risking a snap [Selfie-seeker enters crocodile enclosure at Ramat Gan zoo]( By [Stuart Winer]( [Safari park says it filed a police complaint about man seen in video posing with the toothy reptiles]( [28 chickpeas launched to ISS for Israeli-led ‘space hummus’ experiment]( By [TOI staff and JTA]( [Legumes will be delivered in a mini-greenhouse to the International Space Station to check if they can grow in a zero-gravity environment]( [Electric company plans high-voltage cable, pylons in Israel’s oldest planted forest]( By [Sue Surkes]( [Pylon plan will see felling of hundreds of trees, some aged over a century, in Hulda Forest, planted in 1907 in memory of Herzl; cables to bring renewable energy to center]( [Orange recycling bins to finally debut in Jerusalem, city promises]( By [TOI staff]( [CRM]( [Under Erdoğan, Turkish authorities are leading a revival of Jewish heritage]( By [Cnaan Liphshiz]( [Some say the cultural rejuvenation is an act by the president to cover his inherent antisemitism, while others say it represents a genuine interest in the community’s past]( [Amid possible thaw in Turkey ties, Herzog announces visits to Greece, Cyprus]( By [Lazar Berman]( [As virus cases continue to tumble, official says indoor face masks may be scrapped]( By [TOI staff]( [Daily caseload lowest in over a month and a half, number of hospitalized patients down; senior Health Ministry official says mask requirement could end by Passover in mid-April]( [Britain’s Queen Elizabeth II tests positive for coronavirus, but symptoms ‘mild’]( By [Agencies]( [UK to end isolation for those who test positive for virus, scrap all restrictions]( By [Jill Lawless]( Beijing 2022 [Israel wraps up Winter Olympics without medals, but with new achievements]( By [Amy Spiro]( [Skier Barnabas Szollos makes history for Israel in his Olympic debut, while figure skating veteran Evgeni Krasnopolski decides to hang up his skates following his third Games]( [CRM]( More Headlines [Journalist who broke police spyware story defends reporting amid growing doubts]( By [TOI staff]( [Epstein-linked modeling agent found dead in French jail cell]( By [Guillaume DAUDIN]( [2nd batch of art treasures from bitter divorce to hit auction block in NY]( By [AP]( [Amid criticism from some ministers, cabinet okays law changes for minimum wage hike]( By [TOI staff]( [Labor MK claims progress in prisoner swap talks with Hamas]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [Police arrest 5 allegedly on their way to commit murder in northern Arab village]( By [Emanuel Fabian]( [Year after ‘hostage’ video, Dubai princess assures UN she is well]( By [Agnès PEDRERO]( [Shots said fired at IDF post in northern West Bank, no injuries reported]( By [TOI staff]( [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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