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What Matters Most On Sunday, February 15, 2026

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Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends the Conference of Presidents Leadership Mission to Israel in Jerusalem, February 15, 2026 (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

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Feb. 15: PM says Hamas disarmament must include 60,000 rifles: ‘That’s what they used on Oct 7’

In videos, Iranians heard calling ‘Death to Khamenei from windows and balconies * Israel’s Deni Avdija makes history as first Israeli to play as NBA All-Star

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Israel's Deni Avdija makes history as first Israeli to play as NBA All-Star
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New anti-government chants in Tehran after giant rallies abroad -- reports

US President Donald Trump (R) shakes hands with Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu as Trump listens to a question from a reporter at the end of a news conference at Mar-a-Lago, on December 29, 2025, in Palm Beach, Florida. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)

PM and Trump reportedly agree to ‘full force’ economic pressure campaign against Iran

Blocking Iranian oil exports to China among the options, US official tells Axios; Geneva to host next round of US-Iran talks, though second American official sees ‘zero chance’ of deal

Screengrab of Majid Takht-Ravanchi, Iran's deputy foreign minister for political affairs, in an interview with the BBC, aired February 2026. (BBC)

Iran willing to compromise on nuclear deal if sanctions relief on table, diplomat says

Supporters of Iran's exiled Crown Prince Reza Pahlavi attend a demonstration during the Munich Security Conference in Munich, Germany, February 14, 2026. (AP Photo/Ebrahim Noroozi)

250,000 rally in Munich against Iran’s regime as Pahlavi urges ‘global day of action’

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Portland Trail Blazers forward Deni Avdija drives to the basket against the New York Knicks during an NBA basketball game, Sunday, Jan. 11, 2026, in Portland, Ore. (AP Photo/Amanda Loman)

'He's the best ambassador that Israel has right now'

With breakout NBA season, Israel’s Avdija elevating his game to new heights

The first-ever Israeli to make the All-Star Game, the former Maccabi Tel Aviv superstar is boxing out haters while on a fast break to basketball greatness for the Trail Blazers

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Palestinians mourners gather during a funeral to pray over the bodies of several killed in an overnight Israeli strike, Nasser Hospital in Khan Younis, southern Gaza, February 15, 2026. (Bashar Taleb / AFP)

12 said killed in IDF Gaza strikes, including senior Islamic Jihad commander

By Emanuel Fabian, Noam Lehmann and Agencies

Military says it targeted terror operatives after ‘blatant’ ceasefire violation; Nasser Hospital warns MSF of consequences if it doesn’t retract claim of gunmen in hospital

Palestinian terror operatives are seen approaching Israeli troops in the northern Gaza Strip, in footage published by the military on February 14, 2026. (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF strikes gunmen who approached troops in north Gaza after emerging from tunnel

By Emanuel Fabian

Smoke and flames rise from an Israeli military strike on a building in the Zeitoun neighborhood of Gaza City, February 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Jehad Alshrafi)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Feb. 15 – ToI reports from Yellow Line as Gaza conflict smolders

By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Emanuel Fabian

Naama Kazes, of the West Bank settlement of Leshem, poses near her home in 2025. (Courtesy)

Reporter's notebook'I want to show people there’s nothing to be afraid of'

Meet the settlers of Instagram, the photogenic West Bank women documenting pastoral life

As the war of opinion rages on amid an Israeli-Palestinian ceasefire, these influencers beyond the Green Line seek to win hearts and minds while documenting their rustic lifestyles

Birthright participants volunteer in an agricultural community in Israel following the October 7, 2023, Hamas onslaught. (courtesy)

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Charles Bronfman and Jeffrey R. Solomon

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Post-October 7 peoplehood must evolve from sharing buses to creating political networks, advocating for minority rights in Israel and embedding Israeli culture more deeply in diaspora life

Footage shows Palestinian prisoners in scenes filmed during National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir's visit to the Ofer Prison on February 13, 2026. (Screenshots/X)

After overseeing rough handling of Palestinian prisoners, Ben Gvir posts proud video

By ToI Staff and AFP

Far-right minister tours Ofer Prison with relatives of terror victims, boasts of tough policies as bound inmates paraded at gunpoint; prisoners’ rights group decries ‘revenge’ tactics

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (left) and National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir (right) in the Knesset plenum in Jerusalem, March 19, 2025. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

PM said pushing to soften wording of bill mandating death penalty for terrorists

Irwin J. Mansdorf

The Tucker Carlson effect

Almost half of young Republicans surveyed see Jews as a threat to the American way of life. That’s not the biggest problem facing pro-Israel candidates

Sarah Segal-Katz

Finally, women like me can take the Rabbinate’s exams in Jewish law

The Supreme Court has ruled that a policy of ’only men’ is discriminatory, but will Israel’s Chief Rabbinate uphold that decision?

Mansour Abbas says foreign-linked actors pressured him to ally with Netanyahu in 2021

By Charlie Summers

Ra’am party head hints that Qatar wanted PM in power over perceived dovishness on Hamas; Bennett reacts by claiming ‘Sinwar preferred Netanyahu because Netanyahu is good for Hamas’

Ra'am chairman Mansour Abbas speaks in an interview with Channel 12 news aired on February 14, 2026. (Screenshot/Channel 12)

Incoming Mossad Director Maj. Gen. Roman Gofman at the Knesset in Jerusalem on February 5, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/ Flash90)

Netanyahu’s military aide gives testimony on allegations against PM’s chief of staff

By Jeremy Sharon

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)

Netanyahu didn’t push Trump to slam Herzog over pardon, PM’s office claims

By Charlie Summers, Lazar Berman and Jacob Magid

Israeli president’s office had reportedly sought clarification on whether premier was behind US leader saying Herzog ‘should be ashamed of himself’ for not yet pardoning Netanyahu

Israel's Jared Firestone reacts after competing in the skeleton men's heat 4 at Cortina Sliding Center during the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Cortina d'Ampezzo on February 13, 2026. (Stefano RELLANDINI / AFP)

Israel makes history but no major wins in first week at 2026 Winter Olympics

Skeleton’s Jared Firestone ends Olympic run in 22nd place, as country’s first-ever cross-country skier crosses the finish line second to last at Milano Cortina Games

Sa’ar to represent Israel at inaugural Board of Peace meeting, after PM declines to attend

By Jacob Magid and Lazar Berman

Saudi Arabia says it can’t commit funds to Gaza’s reconstruction without more information about IDF pullout and disarmament of Hamas, hopes Thursday’s DC meeting will bring clarity

Foreign Affairs Minister Gideon Sa'ar at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Jerusalem, January 18, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Illustrative: Qatari people holding swords to celebrate Qatar National Day, Doha, Qatar, December 09, 2014 (Hussein Ali/iStock by Getty Images)

Despite Qatar’s moderate image, its textbooks are filled with antisemitism, study finds

Schools in country continue to teach Jew-hatred, portray Christians as infidels and idolators, and legitimize violent jihad, IMPACT-se says

Syrian Minister of Foreign Affairs and Expatriates Asaad Al-Shaibani attends a meeting in Moscow on December 24, 2025. (Photo by Handout / RUSSIAN FOREIGN MINISTRY / AFP)

Syrian FM: Security talks with Israel are focused on buffer zone, not Golan Heights

By AFP and ToI Staff

Asaad al-Shaibani clarifies negotiations are about IDF presence in border areas that Israeli troops entered after Assad regime’s overthrow, says control of Golan ‘is another issue’

Fighters from the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF) sit atop an armoured personnel carrier on the outskirts of the town of al-Shadadi in the northeastern Syrian province of Hasakeh, on February 19, 2016. (Delil souleiman / AFP)

Syria assumes control of another base from US forces, the second within days

By AFP

Illustrative: Israeli security forces at the scene of a shooting in which one man was killed, in Tel Aviv, November 8, 2025. (Yehoshua Yosef/Flash90)

Two men shot and killed hours apart amid scourge of violent crime in Arab community

By Charlie Summers and ToI Staff

18-year-old killed in Nazareth, while man killed and another wounded in Negev highway shooting, bringing number of victims this year to 47 in just 45 days

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Members of the Popular Forces anti-Hamas militia are seen next to a tunnel entrance in the southern Gaza Strip, in a photo published by the group's leader on February 12, 2026. (Ghassan al-Duhaini on Facebook)

Anti-Hamas militia says it is destroying terror group’s tunnels in Gaza

By Emanuel Fabian

Russian opposition leader Alexei Navalny speaks to the media in front of security officers standing guard at the Foundation for Fighting Corruption office in Moscow, Russia, Dec. 26, 2019. (AP Photo/Alexander Zemlianichenko, File)

European nations accuse Kremlin of using dart frog toxin to poison Alexei Navalny

By AP

Israelis and tourists enjoy the beach where a 2,000-year-old arch of the Caesarea aqueduct collapse, as seen on August 21, 2023. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)

Two years after collapse, Caesarea aqueduct to be restored in joint project

By Rossella Tercatin

This undated photo from the personal collection of Jeffrey Epstein provided by the Democrats on the House Oversight Committee on December 12, 2025, shows former Trump adviser Steve Bannon (L) posing with Epstein. (HANDOUT / House Oversight Democrats / AFP)

Jeffrey Epstein used glamor of Nobel Peace Prize to court elites, files reveal

Screen capture from video of former US president Barack Obama during an interview with commentator Brian Tyler Cohen published February 14, 2026. (X)

Obama deplores lack of shame after Trump racist monkey clip

By AFP

German director Wim Wenders attends a press conference of the International Jury of the 76th Berlinale, Berlin on February 12, 2026. (John MACDOUGALL / AFP)

Berlinale chief urges ‘cool heads’ amid backlash over Wim Wenders’ no-politics comment

By AFP

Alleged cryptocurrency fraudster Roman Novak and his wife Anna, in an undated photo. (Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Israeli man said arrested in UAE over killing of alleged crypto fraudster

This still image from a NASA livestream shows Crew-12 answering questions during a livestream aboard the International Space Station on February 14, 2026. (HANDOUT / NASA / AFP)

Crew headed by Jewish American Jessica Meir arrives at International Space Station

By AFP

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