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What Matters Most On Friday, February 13, 2026

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Supporters of anti-Israel group Palestine Action stage a protest outside the Royal Court of Justice in London, Britain, February 13, 2026. (AP Photo/Kin Cheung)

British Jews 'deeply concerned,' minister vows fight

UK High Court rules banning of anti-Israel group Palestine Action unlawful

Judges leave ban in place pending government’s expected appeal, but say ‘level, scale’ of group’s actions, including raids on military and industrial sites, don’t merit ‘terror’ label

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks to reporters on the tarmac of Joint Base Andrews in Maryland ahead of his return to Israel, February 12, 2026. (Lazar Berman/The Times of Israel)

Trump says Iran should agree to a deal over the next month

Returning to Israel, skeptical Netanyahu says Trump sees possible ‘good deal’ with Iran

By Lazar Berman and Jacob Magid

PM insists any deal must address missiles, proxies; Trump: ‘Very traumatic for Iran’ if no deal reached; PM to skip Board of Peace meeting next week, miss AIPAC event

A 'hit list' of Israeli targets on Iranian state TV network Ofogh, February 12, 2026. (Screenshot)

Iranian state TV airs ‘hit list’ of seven top Israeli officials, including Netanyahu

By Charlie Summers and ToI Staff

This photo provided by the New York State Sex Offender Registry shows disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein (left), March 28, 2017. (New York State Sex Offender Registry via AP); Former prime minister Ehud Barak in an interview with Channel 12 news aired on February 12, 2026. (Screenshot/Channel 12)

'I never saw any unreasonable occurrence or behavior'

Ehud Barak: I regret ever meeting Epstein, should have used ‘more thorough judgment’

In interview, ex-PM says staying at apartment owned by sex offender wasn’t illegal; hoping for ‘tall and slim’ Russian girls to migrate to Israel was ‘unsuccessful choice of words’

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Analysis

Israel looks to wean itself off US aid, but breaking free could cost both sides

As PM urges ‘maximal independence’ after years of getting billions from Washington, past officials say IDF can benefit from more freedom, but shift could also destabilize region

A US C-17 sits at the Nevatim Air Base in the desert in Israel, October 13, 2023, after bringing crates of American munitions for Israel. (AP/ Lolita Baldor/ File)

USS Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier refuels from the underway replenishment oiler USNS Laramie in the eastern Mediterranean Sea, October 11, 2023. (US Navy photo via AP)

US sending second aircraft carrier, world’s largest, to Mideast as Iran tensions high

By KONSTANTIN TOROPIN and Jon Gambrell

Source says USS Ford to join USS Lincoln as Trump ups pressure on Tehran to reach nuclear deal; Iranians hold 40-day mourning events for victims of regime’s crackdown on protests

Protesters display a banner featuring portraits of alleged victims of the Iranian government during a demonstration against the Iranian government called by the People's Mujahedin of Iran (MEK), in Munich, southern Germany, on the sidelines of the 62nd Munich Security Conference (MSC) on February 13, 2026. (Michaela STACHE / AFP)

Rights group says verified death toll in last month’s Iran protests has passed 7,000

IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Eyal Zamir meets with troops in southern Gaza's Rafah, February 13, 2026. (Israel Defense Forces)

Live updates (closed)

Feb. 13: Hamas delegation in Cairo for disarmament talks, as sides wait for US to formalize proposal

Trump says he’d love to make a deal, but Iran has been ‘difficult’ * Police close case into settler attack, citing lack of evidence, even though they never interviewed victim

9:36 pm

Trump: Regime change in Iran 'would be the best thing that could happen'
9:15 pm

Israel bars entry to Italian journalist, citing his 'one-sided' reporting
8:48 pm

Indian writer Roy pulls out of Berlin Film Festival over Gaza row

US President Donald Trump (center) walks with President Isaac Herzog (left), and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Ben Gurion Airport, October 13, 2025, near Tel Aviv. (AP/Evan Vucci)

Trump says Herzog should be ‘ashamed of himself’ for not pardoning Netanyahu

Israeli president notes he hasn’t made decision and can’t until Justice Ministry offers legal opinion; Trump claims Herzog not making move as he doesn’t want to ‘lose power,’ without explaining

Irina Velitskaya

One day, everyone will have this book at the back of their closet

The 2025 US National Book Award winner about the Gaza war tries to shame its many readers into accepting its warped conclusions; eventually, truth will out

Hallel Silverman

From the Kotel to Iran: Protest matters

At 17, I was detained by the police for wearing a tallit at the Western Wall. Then I was released and I did it again. And again. Iranians should have the same right

Chaya Berkowitz

Dear Gap-year boys and girls: We’re tired

You’re far from home and we’re glad to welcome you for shabbat, but please! A modicum of politeness in return. Here’s what it takes to be a good guest

The dog that did not bark

Reading the Torah as a comment on current events is risky, but it can be apt: The case of a guard dog (the US) protecting (Israel’s) sheep from a wolf (Iran) (Mishpatim)

Lazar Focus podcast

Lazar Berman: Are Saudis moving away from Israel and toward Islamists?

By Lazar Berman

Normalization with Riyadh was seen as inevitable. Now analysts are alarmed by MBS’s cozying up to Turkey and Qatar and attacking the UAE, and antisemitism in Saudi media

ToI diplomatic correspondent Lazar Berman (ToI)

Supreme Court justice Ofer Grosskopf arrives for a hearing on a petition to convene the Judicial Selection Committee at the Supreme Court in Jerusalem, February 12, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

High Court justice says Levin’s refusal to appoint judges causing ‘murderers to be freed’

‘We are releasing murder defendants, that means something is not working,’ says Justice Alex Stein, as court presses justice minister to convene Judicial Selection Committee

Chief Commissioner of the Israel Prison Service Kobi Yaakobi, January 11, 2026. (Moshe Shai/FLASH90)

Prosecutors inform prison chief Yaakobi of plans to indict him on ethics violations

By Charlie Summers and ToI Staff

Sanders ally who accuses Israel of genocide wins NJ race in which AIPAC opposed her rival

Analilia Mejia declared winner of special election for US House seat a week after voting; lobby group has defended its campaign against Tom Malinowski, who questioned unconditional aid for Israel

Analilia Mejia speaks during a news conference outside the US Capitol on April 19, 2023, in Washington. (Alex Wong/Getty Images/AFP)

US Senator John Curtis, a Republican from Utah speaks during a hearing at the Capitol in Washington, January 15, 2025. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

GOP senator to oppose Trump nominee for diplomatic post over his remarks on Israel, Jews

By Patricia Zengerle

A portrait of US President Donald Trump hangs on the US Labor Department headquarters near the Capitol, on November 26, 2025, in Washington. (AP/Rahmat Gul)

US Homeland Security taps social media chief behind posts decried as having racist overtones

By Grace Gilson

Armed Hamas police officers patrol in Gaza City, October 11, 2025. (Ali Hassan/Flash90)

Diplomats insist EU, Egypt won’t train Hamas-linked officers for Gaza police force

By Nava Freiberg

Abdullah Barghouti is taken to Jerusalem Magistrate's Court to testify as part of a US civil lawsuit against the Palestinian leadership, on June 20, 2012. (Noam Moskowitz/Flash90)

Hamas says jailed commander Abdullah Barghouti assaulted, starved in Israeli prison

By Noam Lehmann and ToI Staff

(From L) Chief Rabbi of France Haim Korsia, France's President Emmanuel Macron and Anne-Laure Abitbol, sister of Ilan Halimi, a French Jew who was tortured and murdered in 2006, attend a ceremony commemorating the 20th anniversary of his murder at The Elysee Presidential Palace in Paris on February 13, 2026. (Bertrand GUAY / POOL / AFP)

Honoring 2006 Jewish murder victim, Macron says ‘antisemitic hydra’ has only grown since

By AFP

Marking 20 years since Ilan Halimi’s brutal killing, French president denounces Islamist, far-left and far-right anti-Jewish hate, noting some of it is masked as anti-Zionism

A panel discussion at the Conference of European Rabbis, January 27, 2026 (D.V.A. Productions)

Reporter's notebook'We feel like Europe isn't on Diaspora Ministry's map'

European rabbis bemoan antisemitism, brainstorm sustainability at Jerusalem confab

Shifted from Baku due to security concerns, conference hosts 300 Orthodox leaders who see mounting challenges amid communal survival on the Continent after Oct. 7

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a plenum session for the Knesset's 77th birthday on February 2, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

ToI poll: Most Israelis don’t believe PM’s account of his Gaza policies before Oct. 7

By Tal Schneider and ToI Staff

Arab parties would win 15 seats if they ran today as Joint List, but only 11 if separately; Channel 12 poll finds just 12% of Israelis think Hamas will be fully disarmed

A doctored image of Naftali Bennett and Yair Lapid standing alongside members of Israel's Arab political party lists that appeared on the Likud’s official social media accounts on January 22, 2026. (Original photo from X. Added graphics by The Times of Israel)

Elections committee orders Likud to delete doctored image of Bennett with Arab party heads

The Diary of Anne Frank has been translated into more than 75 languages. (John Halpern via JTA)

'This is censorship as well'

New law could make Anne Frank and ‘Night’ mandatory reading for Texas public schools

By Andrew Lapin

A proposed first-of-its-kind state-required reading list recognizes the importance of Holocaust education amid continuing tensions over who controls what students read

Israel fans cheer their team ahead of a Group I, World Cup qualifier soccer match between Israel and Italy at the Nagyerdei Stadium in Debrecen, Hungary, Monday, Sept. 8, 2025. (AP Photo/Denes Erdos)

Ireland commits to play Israel in European soccer tourney after seeking Israeli team’s ouster

By Reuters and ToI Staff

Both squads are drawn in same group for Nations League, with Ireland’s soccer association acknowledging risk of forfeiture if it refuses to play against Jewish state

Protesters hold an Israeli flag stained with red paint at an anti-Israel demonstration in Madrid, Spain, on May 11, 2024.(Pierre-Philippe Marcou/AFP)

Three countries seeking to ban Israel from international social workers union

By Grace Gilson

President of the German Bundestag Julia Kloeckner meets with Knesset Speaker Amir Ohana (not pictured) during a welcome ceremony at the Knesset in Jerusalem, February 11, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

German court again rejects suit over arms exports to Israel, as lawmaker visits Gaza

By AFP

FILE - James Van Der Beek attends the FOX Winter Press Day in Los Angeles on November 18, 2024. (Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)

Obituary

‘Dawson’s Creek’ star James Van Der Beek, dead at 48, had longstanding ties to Israel

By Grace Gilson

US actor, who died after years-long battle against colorectal cancer, met his wife while traveling in Tel Aviv and later married her there

Florida GOP gubernatorial candidate James Fishback references the antisemitic term 'goyslop' during a campaign event at the University of Central Florida in Orlando, February 4, 2026. The crowd applauded his use of the term. (Screenshot via X)

'These remarks aren't accidental gaffes; they're calculated'

Florida anti-Israel GOP candidate James Fishback rants about ‘goyslop.’ What does it mean?

By Andrew Lapin

The 31-year-old outsider in the Republican gubernatorial primary is an admirer of antisemite Nick Fuentes – and is helping vault a hate-filled expression to prominence

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Illustrative photo of infant milk formula in Quimper, western France January 29, 2026. (Fred TANNEAU / AFP)

Health ministry launches probe into death of infant who consumed recalled formula

By Diana Bletter

Check Point Software Technologies offices in Tel Aviv. (Courtesy)

Check Point snaps up three Israeli startups to bolster its AI security arsenal

By Sharon Wrobel

Police tape marks off Tumbler Ridge Secondary School where a shooting took place, leaving at least nine people dead in the small town of Tumbler Ridge, British Columbia, on February 11, 2026. (Paige Taylor White / AFP)

ADL retracts claim that Canada school shooter tweeted ‘I need to hate jews’ 2 days before attack

By Jackie Hajdenberg

US judge rules Trump’s defamation lawsuit against BBC to go to trial in 2027

By AP

US soldiers patrol in Syria's northeastern city Qamishli, in the Hasakeh province, then mostly controlled by Kurdish-led Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), on January 9, 2025. (Delil SOULEIMAN / AFP)

US confirms pullout from al-Tanf base in Syria as government forces move in

By AFP

Visitors attend the official opening of the 57th Damascus International Book Fair in Damascus, Syria, February 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Ghaith Alsayed)

Islamist and Kurdish texts banned under Assad openly displayed at Damascus book fair

By Kinda Makieh and Firas Makdesi

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