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What Matters Most On Monday, February 2, 2026

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(L-R) Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in Jerusalem on December 22, 2025 (ABIR SULTAN / POOL / AFP), Steve Witkoff at the White House, January 29, 2026 (AP Photo/Evan Vucci), and IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir on December 29, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)

Netanyahu vows 'unbearable consequences' if Israel attacked

Ahead of Friday nuclear talks with Iran, Witkoff heading to Israel to meet PM, Zamir

By Agencies, ToI Staff and Lazar Berman

Trump envoy reportedly to meet with Iranian FM in Istanbul after country’s president orders start of negotiations; Kremlin offers to process or store Tehran’s enriched uranium

US President Donald Trump (left) seen arriving to a wedding event at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, February 1, 2026. (SAUL LOEB / AFP); Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei speaks during a meeting in Tehran on February 1, 2026, ahead of the 47th anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution. (KHAMENEI.IR / AFP)

US, Iran ready to talk, with mediators organizing meeting in Ankara — report

By ToI Staff and Agencies

IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir speaks at a senior command conference discussing investigations into the failures surrounding Hamas's October 7, 2023, onslaught and the subsequent war, December 29, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)

Israel’s army chief meets US defense officials in Washington amid Iran tensions

By Emanuel Fabian and Agencies

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (center) attends a Knesset plenum session marking the body's 77th birthday and the 60th anniversary of its building, on February 2, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Live updates (closed)

Feb. 2: Netanyahu slams Gaza’s Palestinian technocratic committee for use of PA logo

Iran fears US strike may reignite protests, imperil rule, sources say * Judge extends detention of relative of Shin Bet chief suspected in Gaza smuggling case

1:08 am

Bill and Hillary Clinton to testify in US House Epstein probe
11:21 pm

Groom suffers cardiac arrest at wedding, is resuscitated by guest
10:02 pm

Netanyahu slams Gaza Palestinian technocratic committee's use of PA logo

Ambulances wait in line at the Egyptian side of the Rafah border crossing with the Palestinian Gaza Strip, in northeastern Egypt, on February 2, 2026. (AFP)

Officials: Gaza technocratic panel to enter Strip next week

‘A lifeline’: Gazans rejoice as Rafah Crossing opens for limited pedestrian passage

By Emanuel Fabian, Jacob Magid and Agencies

Gazans welcome the opening as a milestone, although only limited crossings allowed for now; some 50 people expected to cross each way on first day

Smoke rises following an Israeli airstrike west of Khan Younis in the southern Gaza Strip, January 31, 2026. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

Muslim countries condemn Israel’s Gaza strikes, allege ‘repeated violations’ of ceasefire

By Lazar Berman and Emanuel Fabian

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Portland Trail Blazers forward Deni Avdija (left) drives against Detroit Pistons forward Duncan Robinson during the first half of an NBA basketball game in Detroit, December 5, 2025. (AP Photo/Ryan Sun)

‘Hard to believe’: Deni Avdija becomes first Israeli to be selected as NBA All-Star

By jacob gurvis

Portland Trail Blazers star forward is enjoying breakout season and has thrilled fans in Israel, where he grew up on a kibbutz; game is February 15

The 2,000-year-old 'pilgrimage road' leading from the City of David to the Western Wall in Jerusalem opens to the public on January 20, 2026. (Rossella Tercatin/Times of Israel)

'One of the city's most magnificent archaeological finds'

2,000-year-old Pilgrimage Road to Temple Mount opens to public after years of digging

By Rossella Tercatin

Millennia after being buried, street once traversed by millions of faithful from southern end of ancient Jerusalem to Western Wall can once again be walked by visitors

Epstein Files: Parsing new claims about Israeli, Chabad influence

A newly released 2020 FBI memo contains explosive allegations — but it is raw, unverified source reporting, not established fact, and should be read as such

Herzl’s tree is dead, long live Herzl’s tree

During his one visit to Palestine in 1898, the Zionist dreamer planted a cypress. It was destroyed. So why is he depicted standing next to a fully grown tree?

Debby Titlebaum Neuman

Called to reconnect to my native soil

Date trees drip honey, almond blossoms arrive just in time, and olive trees hint to Noah’s ark, reawakening the child in me who wants so deeply to still believe in peace

Now is our chance to prevent the next hostage crisis

With no Israelis currently in captivity, Israel can finally pass a law that removes kidnapping as a strategic weapon from our enemies’ hands

The last rally for Israeli hostages, in Central Park, New York City, February 1, 2026. (Luke Tress/Times of Israel)

Reporter's notebook'I feel relieved, but it's not over,' one activist says

‘All these people are so devoted’: Hostage advocates bid farewell at last NYC rally

Weekly Central Park demonstrations for the captives come to emotional close after over two years, as activists look to channel infrastructure and energy into other advocacy efforts

Daily Briefing Feb. 2 – Devoted NYC protesters hold final hostage rally

By Jessica Steinberg and Luke Tress

Juno hovering above Jupiter’s south pole. (Visualization/Courtesy/NASA)

Jupiter is large enough to hold more than 1,300 Earths

Deflated: Israeli scientists find Jupiter, though huge, is smaller than previously thought

By Diana Bletter

Using data from NASA’s Juno spacecraft, Weizmann Institute of Science researchers make most precise measurement to date, say the gas giant is thinner and flatter than believed

An Israeli soldier serving at Army Radio holds a microphone in Jerusalem, December 22, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Supreme Court freezes closure of Army Radio, says government must justify position

Conditional order gives government until March 15 to explain decision to shut the station; ministers again call to defy the courts

Far-right activist Mordechai David and other agitators block the vehicle of former Supreme Court president Aharon Barak, outside an event in Tel Aviv held by the Movement for Quality Government, January 28, 2026. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Police question right-wing agitator who blocked cars of former top justice, ex-PM

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) with Opposition Leader Yair Lapid at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, January 26, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Netanyahu, Lapid spar over claim Qatar lobbyist set up meeting for opposition heads

By Michael Horovitz

PM uploads pro-government outlet’s report that Qatargate suspect arranged meeting with Lapid, Gantz, Qatari officials and hostage families; later reposts without mentioning Gantz

An Iranian Revolutionary Guard vessel watches an American warship in the Strait of Hormuz May 19, 2023. (Jon Gambrell/AP)

After US warning, Iran says no plans to carry out live-fire exercises in Strait of Hormuz

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Iranian official denies planned drill after state TV announced it; CENTCOM had said it ‘will not tolerate unsafe IRGC actions’ in key sea passage

Women, one flashing a victory hand gesture, cross a street under a huge banner showing hands firmly holding Iranian national flags as a sign of patriotism, in Tehran, January 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)

Iran summons EU ambassadors after bloc listed IRGC as terrorist group

By Jon Gambrell

This image released by Neon shows, from left, Mohamad Ali Elyasmehr as Hamid, Majid Panahi as Ali, Hadis Pakbaten as Goli, in a scene from "It Was Just an Accident." (Neon via AP)

Anti-regime Oscar-nominated Iranian screenwriter arrested in Tehran

Ex-hostages demand Gal Hirsch quit after ‘despicable comments’ that protests helped Hamas

Letter accuses government hostage point man of ‘blackmailing us not to speak out against’ Netanyahu and of using his role to seek place on Likud party slate ahead of election

Gal Hirsch, coordinator for the Hostages and the Missing in the Prime Minister's Office, attends a National Security Committee meeting at the Knesset on November 3, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/ Flash90)

General view of the Israel Police Lahav 433 major crimes unit headquarters in the city of Lod on April 2, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Police arrest southern mayor for allegedly pocketing wartime donations to residents

By Charlie Summers and ToI Staff

Gal Hirsch, the government's point man on missing and kidnapped citizens, speaks with Einav Zangauker, mother of hostage Matan Zangauker, as he arrives for a meeting with families of Israelis held hostage by Hamas, in Herzliya, December 5, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

Full text of letter from ex-hostages and relatives demanding Gal Hirsch resign

By Jessica Steinberg

A Border Police officer walks past a Haredi Jew in Mea Shearim, Jerusalem on April 15, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Police blocking army from arresting draft dodgers in Haredi areas, IDF says

By Charlie Summers

Officials tell AG that police routinely release detained deserters with nothing more than Military Police summons; police do not deny claim

The Queen of Spain fritillary. (Hectonichus, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons)

'Israel is warming at a faster rate than the global average'

A third of Israel’s 156 butterfly species threatened, with three already extinct

‘Preserving butterflies is not just about preserving beauty and color, but about the stability and health of ecosystems on which we all depend,’ says ecologist Dotan Rotem

Illustrative: Airplanes at Ben Gurion Airport. February 11, 2026. (Nati Shohat/FLASH90)

Boeing and Israel’s Technion to develop clean fuel tech to cut carbon footprints

By Sharon Wrobel

Steven Spielberg arrives at the 83rd Golden Globes on January 11, 2026, at the Beverly Hilton in Beverly Hills, California. (Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP)

Catch him if you can

With a Grammy win, Steven Spielberg’s got his EGOT

Iconic Jewish director and activist adds music prize, won for producing documentary on composer John Williams, to his award haul; 9 of 22 EGOT winners have been Jewish

Bad Bunny accepts the award for best música urbana album for "Debí Tirar Más Fotos" during the 68th annual Grammy Awards on February. 1, 2026, in Los Angeles. (AP/Chris Pizzello)

Bad Bunny wins album of the year at Grammys as stars protest US immigration crackdown

By Maria Sherman

A screenshot of the Moltbook homepage taken on February 1, 2026. (Screenshot)

Hive mind

Humans not welcome: Social media site for AI agents sparks unease

Moltbook platform, allowing AI chatbots to communicate with one another, generates a new religion, musings on sentience and a whole lot of online chatter

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Dairy farmers and their supporters protest against the milk reform led by Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich at HaGoma Junction near the city of Kiryat Shmona, northern Israel, January 5, 2026. (Ayal Margolin/Flash90)

Farmers threaten to stop supplying milk in protest at dairy reform

A street vendor sells traditional Turkish bagels "Simit" as he waits for customers at Taksim Square, in Istanbul, on December 27, 2025. (Yasin Akgul/AFP)

Israeli detained in Turkey since late January for alleged offenses against Erdogan, flag

By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff

Then-British ambassador to the United States Peter Mandelson speaks as US President Donald Trump makes a trade announcement in the Oval Office of the White House in Washington, DC, on May 8, 2025. (Jim WATSON / AFP)

UK’s former US envoy quits Labour Party over fresh reports of ties with Epstein

By William Schomberg

Members of the Jewish Ethiopian community hold up family photos of loved ones who remain in Ethiopia, during a protest near the Knesset, February 1, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)

Protesters gather at Knesset to demand government facilitate Ethiopian immigration

By Ariela Karmel

Flames rise from a building that was hit by an Israeli airstrike in Ain Qana, southern Lebanon, February 2, 2026. (AP Photo/Mohammed Zaatari)

IDF says senior Hezbollah air defense operative killed in southern Lebanon airstrike

By Emanuel Fabian

Lt. Col. (res.) Yitzhak Harosh, who was killed in an attack at Allenby Crossing, September 18, 2025. (Israel Defense Forces)

Family of reservist killed in Allenby Crossing attack seeks compensation from Jordan

In this frame grab from video obtained by the AP outside Iran, a masked demonstrator holds a picture of Iranian opposition figure Reza Pahlavi during a protest in Tehran, Iran, January 9, 2026. (UGC via AP)

Iran arrests four foreigners for ‘participation in riots’ amid ongoing crackdown

By AFP

Syrian army helicopters hover near Mezzeh military airport in Damascus on November 10, 2025. (LOUAI BESHARA / AFP)

Syria says it detained group that used Hezbollah arms for attacks on airport

By Reuters and ToI Staff

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