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What Matters Most On Monday, February 9, 2026

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An Israeli family is seen at the outpost of Yahish Zion, near the settlement of Psagot, in the West Bank, on February 4, 2026. (Dor Pazuelo/Flash90)

PA condemns; Hamas tells Muslim states to cut Israel ties

Security cabinet okays deepened Israeli control of West Bank; Hamas urges ‘escalation’

By Nava Freiberg and ToI Staff

Katz and Smotrich announce moves to expand Israeli oversight of areas A and B, let Israelis buy land in West Bank, and boost Israeli authority over Tomb of the Patriarchs compound

Live updates (closed)

Feb. 9: PM will reportedly brief Trump on Israel’s latest intel about Iran while in DC

Palestinians report two dead, several wounded in Israeli airstrike in Gaza City * Thousands attend funeral ceremony for singer Matti Caspi in Tel Aviv

9:29 pm

Netanyahu shares social media post accusing ex-Shin Bet chief Bar of appointing himself 'de facto prime minister'
8:32 pm

Hamas threatens Gazans collaborating with Israel after gang leader taunts family of slain Rafah gunman
8:14 pm

Echoing Shas counterpart, Degel HaTorah spiritual leader says those who arrest draft dodgers will face divine justice

President Isaac Herzog, center, visits Bondi Beach in Sydney, February 9, 2026. (AP/Rick Rycroft)

Arriving in Australia, Herzog pays tribute to Bondi terror victims: ‘We shall overcome’

By Nava Freiberg, Agencies and ToI Staff

During trip, president to also meet Jewish leaders, Australian officials; thousands of anti-Israel protesters rally in Sydney against alleged Gaza ‘genocide,’ demand his arrest

Police deploy pepper spray to disperse pro-Palestinian, anti-Israel protesters taking part in a rally against President Isaac Herzog's visit to Australia in Sydney on February 9, 2026. (Saeed Khan / AFP)

Protests in Sydney against Herzog’s visit turn violent amid scuffles with police

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Coloring in the lines

As IDF and Hamas dig in, interim Gaza armistice line risks hardening into lasting border

Yellow Line was meant to be temporary, pending Hamas disarming; but with the terror group clinging to its weapons, the army is unlikely to withdraw, keeping the precarious stalemate in place

A Palestinian man faces the direction of a concrete block (back) marking the "Yellow Line" drawn by the Israeli military in Bureij, central Gaza Strip, November 4, 2025. (Bashar Taleb / AFP)

'Biased editing of security discussion protocols is illegal'

Lapid: Police may need to probe Netanyahu’s ‘intentional forgery’ of October 7 protocols

By Sam Sokol and Ariela Karmel

Opposition leader says ‘biased editing of protocols of security discussions’ goes beyond PM’s usual ‘lying’; Gantz calls Netanyahu document a ‘rewriting of history’

Opposition Leader Yair Lapid leads a meeting of his Yesh Atid faction at the Knesset in Jerusalem, February 9, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu takes part in a Foreign Affairs and Defense Committee meeting at the Knesset in Jerusalem on February 5, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

In meeting days before Oct. 7, Netanyahu sought to maintain quiet with Hamas – report

By Lazar Berman and Ariela Karmel

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Jeffrey Epstein and my husband

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Israel’s growing collective moral injury

The sense of betrayal by the IDF, police, and other once-trusted institutions is corrosive to national resilience. Healing requires a course correction

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir arrives for a hearing at the District Court in Jerusalem on January 25, 2026, after Superintendent Rinat Saban filed a lawsuit accusing him of blocking her promotion in the police. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Court orders Ben Gvir to allow promotion of officer who testified against Netanyahu

By Charlie Summers

Judge says police minister’s refusal to advance Rinat Saban betrays ‘external considerations’; Ben Gvir to appeal ruling, says cop should be fired for ‘illegal’ probe of PM

Police Supt. Rinat Saban arrives at the Jerusalem District Court for a hearing on National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir's refusal to sign off on her promotion on January 25, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

AG’s office demands Ben Gvir allow promotion of senior officer who clashed with him

By Charlie Summers

Screen capture from video of Lebanese security forces at the scene from where Israel captured Atwi Atwi, a senior member of the al-Jama'a al-Islamiyya terror group, February 8, 2026. (X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

IDF nabs top terror group figure from Lebanon, kills 2 Hezbollah operatives

By Emanuel Fabian

Military says senior member of al-Jama’a al-Islamiyya captured in raid; group identifies him as Atwi Atwi; airstrike said to kill 3, including child

Hezbollah supporters raise their group's flags during a protest condemning recent Israeli military actions in Lebanon in Beirut, Lebanon, February 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Feb. 9 – IDF brings in top terror figure in Lebanon for intel

By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Emanuel Fabian

Rescue workers and residents search for survivors in the rubble of a building that collapsed in the northern city of Tripoli, Lebanon, Feb. 8, 2026. (AP)

At least 14 killed in building collapse in Lebanon’s Tripoli

US Special Envoy for Peace Missions Steve Witkoff (L), Jared Kushner (C) and US Navy Admiral Brad Cooper, commander of US Central Command (R), as they observe flight operations aboard Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) in the Arabian Sea on February 7, 2026. (US Navy via AFP)

Iran was notified ahead of Witkoff, Kushner visit to US aircraft carrier – report

By ToI Staff and AFP

New billboard in Tehran threatens ‘raining missiles’ over Tel Aviv; Iranian Nobel Peace Prize winner sentenced to six years in jail, reformist figures reportedly arrested

A man inspects burned trucks and cars following an attack by Israeli settlers in the village of Beit Lid, east of Tulkarm, in the West Bank, on November 12, 2025. (Nasser Ishtayeh/Flash90)

3 times more Palestinians said hurt in West Bank terror than Israelis in January

By ToI Staff, Emanuel Fabian and Charlie Summers

22 Palestinians reportedly injured in terror attacks versus 7 Jewish Israelis, amid spike in settler violence; police searching for suspects who burned Islamic holy books at mosque

Illustrative: Luxury business jet with open door ready for passenger boarding. (dicus63, iStock at Getty Images)

Trump donor’s private jet used to deport Palestinians to West Bank – report

UK’s Guardian says plane owned by Israeli-American billionaire Gil Dezer used at least twice to ferry Palestinians rounded up by ICE in America to Israeli airport

Illustrative: A Wizz Air flight takes off from Ben Gurion International Airport, July 22, 2019. (Moshe Shai/Flash90)

Flight escorted by IAF into Ben Gurion after ‘security incident’; concerns unfounded

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Saudi source: Israel criticism not antisemitic, Netanyahu doesn’t want normalization

By Lazar Berman and ToI Staff

After ADL sounded alarm about shift in Saudi media coverage of Israel and Jews, royal family source insists to Kan that Riyadh has ‘no hostility,’ just issues with Israeli policy

Saudi Arabia Crown Prince Mohammad bin Salman walks to his seat after speaking during the US-Saudi Investment Forum at the Kennedy Center, November 19, 2025, in Washington, DC. (Brendan Smialowski / AFP)

A man holds a placard reading "Israel out of the Olympics" during a protest against the environmental, economic, and social impact of the Milano-Cortina 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan, Italy, on February 7, 2026. (REUTERS/Guglielmo Mangiapane)

Pro-Palestinian groups join anti-Olympics protests in Milan, demand Israel be ousted

By Rossella Tercatin and Reuters

Participants at the Saturday rally, whose fringes turn violent, call for release of activist arrested on suspicion of fundraising for Hamas

Prominent Norwegian diplomat who mediated Oslo Accords quits over Epstein ties

Mona Juul steps down from role as ambassador to Jordan and Iraq over contact with sex offender; previously served as envoy to Israel, Britain, and UN

Then-Norway's UN ambassador Mona Juul addresses the United Nations Security Council, at UN headquarters in New York City, January 22, 2019. (AP Photo/Richard Drew)

Britain's Prime Minister Keir Starmer talks with members of the audience after delivering a speech at Horntye Park Sports Complex in St Leonards-on-Sea, East Sussex, England, February 5, 2026. (Peter Nicholls/Pool Photo via AP)

UK leader Starmer fights for his job as ex-ambassador’s Epstein links spark crisis

By Jill Lawless

Morgan McSweeney, former chief of staff to UK Prime Minister Keir Starmer. (Screenshot via Sky News)

UK PM’s top aide quits in scandal over ex-ambassador’s links to Epstein

Supporters of alleged Palestine Action activists accused of breaking into Israeli-based defense firm Elbit Systems' site in Bristol in August 2024, hold placards and wave Palestinian flags outside Woolwich Crown Court in south east London on November 17, 2025, where the activists are due to stand trial. (Ben STANSALL / AFP)

After uproar, UK prosecutors to seek retrial for Elbit attackers acquitted last week

Original verdict, which vindicated suspects for politically motivated burglary and violence, set a dangerous precedent, British lawmakers and Jewish organizations charge

View of the Arab-Israeli city of Kafr Qara, northern Israel. February 13, 2025. (Yossi Aloni/FLASH90)

Man shot and killed outside home in Kafr Qara in latest Arab community bloodshed

By Charlie Summers

Omar Yahya, 25, is 39th casualty of violent crime in the sector in 2026, less than a year and a half after his brother was killed; woman also wounded, taken to hospital

Former Hadash MK Yousef Jabarin argues with Border Police officers during protest convoy headed to Jerusalem in protest of violent crime in Arab society on February 8, 2026. (Screenshot/Hadash Party)

Police accused of impeding Arab-led protest convoy against rampant violent crime

By Charlie Summers

Female emissaries of the Chabad-Lubavitch movement gather for a group photo in Crown Heights, Brooklyn, on February 6, 2026. (Jewish Telegraphic Agency)

'We give all year, and today it’s about filling up our cup'

From far corners of the Jewish world, the women of Chabad gather in freezing Brooklyn

By Grace Gilson

Annual gathering of female emissaries provides a respite for those on the front lines of religious life in far-flung communities, performing outreach and providing vital services

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Seahawks ride ‘Dark Side’ defense to a Super Bowl title, pounding Patriots 29-13

Japan's Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi, leader of the ruling Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), gives an interview with local media in front of a board displaying the names of LDP candidates, at the LDP headquarters, February 8, 2026 in Tokyo. (Kim Kyung-Hoon/Pool Photo via AP)

Japan’s ‘Iron Lady’ Takaichi cements grip with landslide win in snap election

By John Geddie and Tim Kelly

In this photo made from video and provided by the New Zealand Court of Appeal, February 9, 2026, Brenton Tarrant appears before the court by video from Auckland Prison in Auckland. (New Zealand Court of Appeal via AP)

New Zealand mosque shooter seeks to nix guilty plea, says prison made him irrational

By CHARLOTTE GRAHAM-McLAY

US semiconductor firm Astera Labs opens an R&D center in Tel Aviv, February 9, 2026. (Courtesy of Daniel Edry)

Astera Labs opens Israel R&D hub to tap into local talent, develop AI connectivity tech

By Sharon Wrobel

Center-left Socialist candidate António José Seguro celebrates after defeating far-right populist André Ventura in the second round of Portugal's presidential election in Lisbon, February 8, 2026. (AP/Ana Brigida)

Center-left candidate heavily defeats hard-right rival in Portugal’s presidential elections

By Barry Hatton

US Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard speaks during Turning Point USA's AmericaFest 2025, on December 20, 2025, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

US intel chief Gabbard calls claim she hid whistleblower complaint a ‘blatant lie’

By Reuters and ToI Staff

US soldiers pose with three of the ten abandoned dogs from the Gaza border that they will adopt. (Let the Animals Live)

Fur-get me notUS soldiers who served near Gaza adopt abandoned dogs

NASA astronaut Jessica Meir talks to her mother on a satellite phone outside the Soyuz MS-15 spacecraft after she lands with NASA astronaut Andrew Morgan and Roscosmos cosmonaut Oleg Skripochka in a remote area near the town of Zhezkazgan, Kazakhstan on April 17, 2020. (NASA/GCTC/Andrey Shelepin)

Jessica's rabbitJewish astronaut bringing daughter’s stuffed animal to space station

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