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What Matters Most On Monday, February 16, 2026

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Bnei Brak violence follows years of rabbinic incitement and anti-draft campaigns

Attack on two female soldiers occurs after hardline Jerusalem Faction sends out incorrect alert that they were attempting to deliver conscription orders

Ultra-Orthodox Jewish men clash with police, following an assault on two female Israeli soldiers in Bnei Brak, February 15, 2026. (Oren Ziv/Flash90)

Interior Minister Aryeh Deri (L) speaks with Education Minister Nafatli Bennett during the opening of the winter session of the Knesset, Jerusalem, October 31, 2016. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Bennett and Deri spar after mob attacks female soldiers in Bnei Brak

By Sam Sokol and ToI Staff

Two female IDF soldiers are rescued by police after being chased by a mob in the ultra-Orthodox city of Bnei Brak on February 15, 2026. (Screenshots/David Keshet/X)

Soldiers wore skirts, left guns at home to avoid provocation

2 female soldiers attacked by rioting Haredi mob in Bnei Brak, rescued by police

By Sam Sokol, Charlie Summers, Emanuel Fabian and Lazar Berman

Police nab 23 rioters after cop car flipped, motorcycle set alight; Tel Aviv police chief chides IDF for not clearing army visit with cops; IDF chief fumes that soldiers ‘cannot move freely’ in Israel

Image: A recycle bin for papers set on fire after two female Israeli soldiers were rescued from riots that broke out while they were performing a welfare visit in the ultra-Orthodox city of Bnei Brak, near Tel Aviv, Israel, February 15, 2026. (AP Photo/Associated Press, Oded Balilty)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Feb. 16 – Female soldiers under attack in Israel

By Jessica Steinberg and David Horovitz

New settlement to ‘expand Jerusalem’ for first time since 1967  

By Jeremy Sharon

Left-wing group accuses government of ‘backdoor annexation’; West Bank regional council head lauds ‘realization of the settlement vision,’ says more such steps on the way

Illustrative: The East Jerusalem neighborhood of Neve Yaakov (foreground) and the Palestinian neighborhood of al-Ram (background) are seen separated by Israel's West Bank security barrier on February 16, 2026. (AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)

The illegal settlement farming outpost of Hesed Olam in the central West Bank where a 'conference of appreciation' for illegal farming outposts was held by the Mateh Binyamin Regional Council, February 2, 2026. (Courtesy, Arutz 7)

Cabinet OKs new West Bank land registration process, critics decry ‘de-facto annexation’

By Jeremy Sharon

Extremist settler Yinon Levi attends a Knesset Economic Committee meeting after he was sanctioned by the US government, in Jerusalem, February 14, 2024. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Prosecutors say they’ll indict settler accused of killing Palestinian activist

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Hamas terrorists move towards the Erez crossing between Israel and the northern Gaza Strip, during the terror group's onslaught on October 7, 2023. (Mohammed ABED / AFP)

Hamas used emojis to signal operatives to prepare for Oct. 7 assault

By Emanuel Fabian

IDF investigation finds same string of pictograms was sent to phones of terrorists on two prior instances when Hamas had intended to launch onslaught

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu hosts visiting US Senator Lindsey Graham in Jerusalem, February 16, 2026. (Maayan Toaf/GPO)

Live updates (closed)

Feb. 16: Visiting Israel, US senator says decision on Iran is ‘weeks, not months’ away

Huckabee: At some point, Trump must tell Iran that ‘enough is enough’ * Justice minister refuses to say if he’ll obey High Court order to convene Judicial Selection Committee

8:05 pm

18-year-old Palestinian said shot dead by Israeli forces in West Bank; no comment from IDF
7:47 pm

IDF: Hezbollah operative killed in Israeli drone strike in southern Lebanon
7:45 pm

Graham to ToI: US must back up promises to Iran protesters; ISF can't disarm Hamas

This screen grab from footage circulating on social media shows protesters dancing and cheering around a bonfire as they take to the streets in Tehran, Iran, January 9, 2026. (UGC via AP)

New anti-government chants reported across Iran after major rallies abroad

By AFP and Lazar Berman

Footage appears to show Iranians yelling slogans from apartment buildings in several cities; Iranian protesters filmed bloodiest night of January protests for Israeli TV

Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, left, shakes hands with International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director-General Rafael Grossi during their meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, February 16, 2026. (Iranian Foreign Ministry via AP)

Iran FM meets with UN nuclear chief ahead of 2nd round of US talks, as IRGC holds drill

By Agencies and ToI Staff

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)

Trump told Netanyahu he’d back Israeli strikes on Iran if talks fail – report

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Dana Eden attends Kan's 'Tehran' premiere in Israel (Avishag Shaar-Yashuv)

Award-winning ‘Tehran’ producer found dead in Athens hotel room

By Jessica Steinberg and ToI Staff

Dana Eden, 52, was in Greek capital to oversee filming of hit drama series’ fourth season

Revital Yakin Krakovsky

We’re not alone in the fight against Holocaust denial

The defenders of history include German voices that say: the Holocaust happened. It happened to the Jewish people. And our families were part of it

It is time to stop this madness

A community cannot shrug off responsibility when its members nearly lynch two Jewish women in uniform — that is a desecration of God’s name

Illustrative photo of a ritual circumcision (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

US ambassador to Belgium urges nation to drop charges over illegal circumcisions

Accusations against three mohels for acting without medical license are ‘antisemitic,’ Bill White says; European Commission also seeking a solution to impasse over Jewish ritual

'When I come to play, I come with the entire nation'

Deni Avdija makes history as first Israeli to play as NBA All-Star

By ToI Staff and AFP

Avdija scores 5 points and makes 4 assists during 15 minutes on basketball court, though his team of international stars loses both contests, missing out on round-robin championship

Kevin Durant of Team USA Stripes (R) shoots against Deni Avdija of Team World during the 75th NBA All-Star Game at Intuit Dome on February 15, 2026 in Inglewood, California. (Ronald Martinez/Getty Images/AFP)

Palestinians move through the Rafah Crossing as a European Union official looks on, February 2026 (EUBAM)

Interview'The technical details can delay the whole process'

Amid snags, EU mission tries to help frustrated Gazans traverse Rafah’s tortuous crossing

By Lazar Berman

EUBAM head Nataliya Apostolova acknowledges complaints but says operations at reopened terminal are steadily improving, in close coordination with authorities in Jerusalem and Cairo

Indonesia says 8,000 troops ready to deploy to Gaza by June as Trump touts progress

By AP, Jacob Magid and ToI Staff

Former defense minister Yoav Gallant speaks with Yonit Levi and Amit Segal of Channel 12 news in an interview broadcast on February 6, 2025. (Channel 12 screen capture)

Israeli charged with spying on ex-defense minister Gallant for Iran

By Charlie Summers

Fares Abu al-Hija, 32, allegedly carried out missions for figure he met via social media, including stashing phones in Haifa, photographing former minister’s home in Amikam

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Channel 13’s looming sale ignites fears of political meddling and regulatory evasion

Israeli TV channel’s owner Blavatnik rejects a higher bid in favor of one from media tycoon Drahi, who is seen as close to Prime Minister Netanyahu

Protesters gather outside the Blavatnik Building at Tate Modern in London, accusing UK billionaire Len Blavatnik of canceling TV programs on Channel 13 in Israel that are critical of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, July 2024 (Vuk Valcic/Alamy Live News)

Gunman Naveed Akram in the course of a deadly terror attack on a Hanukkah event at Bondi Beach, Sydney, Australia, December 14, 2025. (Screengrab used in accordance with clause 27a of the copyright law)

Bondi Beach terrorist, charged with 15 counts of murder, faces court for first time

Naveed Akram remains mostly silent as he appears before judge via video link over deadly shooting at seaside Hanukkah event; lawyer says he has not discussed how client will plead

Released hostage Ariel Cunio and former hostage Arbel Yehoud reunited on October 13, 2025 (Courtesy Hostages Forum)

Former hostage couple dreams of space (travel) and time to recover and rebuild their home

By Jessica Steinberg

Launching crowdfunding campaign as they work their way back to life, Ariel Cunio and Arbel Yehoud say they’re learning to breathe again after horrors of lengthy solitary captivities

Eitan Klein, Deputy Director of the Israel Antiquities Authority Theft Prevention Unit, with dozens of stone vessel fragments found in a roughly 2000-year-old production site on the eastern slope of Mt. Scopus in Jerusalem, in a discovery announced on February 16, 2026. (Yoli Schwartz/Israel Antiquities Authority)

Tailing looters, archaeologists find 2,000-year-old stone vessel factory in Jerusalem

By Rossella Tercatin

Cups, bowls and other ritually pure items are thought to have been fashioned out of soft limestone at Mount Scopus site along pilgrimage road in waning days of Second Temple

The British Museum. (Wikimedia Commons/Eric Pouhier CC BY-SA)

British Museum removes some references to ‘Palestine’ after accuracy complaints

UK Lawyers for Israel prompts change, arguing applying name to periods when no such entity existed risks ‘obscuring the history of Israel and the Jewish people’

More Headlines

Illustrative: Zim shipping containers. (Yaakov Naumi/Flash90)

German shipping giant in talks to buy Israel’s Zim for up to $3.5B; workers go on strike

By Sharon Wrobel

Justice Minister Yariv Levin attends a plenum session in the Knesset in Jerusalem, January 14, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

High Court orders justice minister to justify yearlong refusal to appoint new judges

By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff

The Israel Post Philatelic Service has issued a new stamp saluting the IDF's elite engineering Yahalom unit. (Yahalom Multimedia Dept)

Diamonds in the roughNew postage stamp salutes elite IDF engineering unit Yahalom

Col. Moshe Tetro speaks during a briefing at the Kerem Shalom border crossing with Gaza on January 10, 2024. (Charlie Summers/Times of Israel)

Belgian arms factory workers strike over IDF attaché’s visit to premises

Paramedics and police gather at the scene of a shooting that killed two men in Umm al-Fahm on February 16, 2026. (Magen David Adom)

Father and son shot dead, electrician killed hours later as Arabs reel from crime wave

By Charlie Summers

Hungary's Prime Minister Viktor Orban, right, shakes hands with US Secretary of State Marco Rubio after a joint press conference following talks during a visit in Budapest, Hungary, on February 16, 2026. (Alex Brandon / Pool AP / AFP)

Rubio to Hungary’s PM Orban ahead of election: ‘Your success is our success’

By AFP

The aftermath of an Israeli strike targeting a car in the Lebanese town of Majdal Anjar, February 15, 2026. (Screenshot: X)

IDF strike targets Islamic Jihad operatives in Lebanon; 4 reported killed

By Emanuel Fabian

Activist of the far-right identitarian movement 'Ligue du Midi' Olivier Roudier shouts in a megaphone in Montpellier, southern France, on February 15, 2026, during a rally after the fatal beating of a 23-year-old. (Sylvain THOMAS / AFP)

French justice minister blames ‘ultra-left’ for youth’s killing that shocked France

By AFP

This handout image released by Queensland Police on February 16, 2026, shows a recovered Egyptian artifact on display in the town of Caboolture, Queensland, Australia. (Handout / QUEENSLAND POLICE SERVICE / AFP)

Australian archaeology museum recovers Egyptian artifacts after break-in

By AFP

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

Alone againShutting down buzz, Obama says no evidence aliens have made contact

By AP

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