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What Matters Most On Wednesday, February 18, 2026

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Vehicles drive along a highway under a banner with Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei's threat against US warships, in Tehran on February 18, 2026. (ATTA KENARE / AFP)

Iran and Russia to hold naval drill in Sea of Oman

US-Iran war could be imminent and take weeks, sources warn after latest nuclear talks

By ToI Staff, Lazar Berman and Agencies

Ex-IDF Military Intelligence chief says we’re ‘much closer than before’ to conflict, as US energy secretary warns Washington will stop Tehran getting nukes ‘one way or the other’

US Vice President JD Vance speaks on Fox News, February 17, 2026. (Screen capture: Fox News)

Vance: Nuclear talks showed some progress, but Iran won’t acknowledge Trump’s red lines

By Jacob Magid, Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

In this photo obtained by The Associated Press, Iranians attend an anti-government protest in Tehran, Iran, January 8, 2026. (UGC via AP)

Iranians chant ‘Death to Khamenei,’ ‘Long live the shah’ at memorials for slain protesters

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich speaks during party conference with local council heads from Judea and Samaria, in the Psagot settlement, February 17, 2026. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)

Smotrich: Next government should ‘encourage migration’ of West Bank Palestinians

By Jacob Magid and ToI Staff

Religious Zionist party leader pushes controversial move as 85 countries slam Israel for recent decision on West Bank land registration and rampant settler violence continues

Israeli security forces clash with settlers during the evacuation of the illegal outpost of Tzur Misgavi, in the Gush Etzion area of the West Bank, November 17, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

10 settler rabbis warn against ‘violence of any sort,’ amid attacks on Palestinians

By Emanuel Fabian, Charlie Summers and ToI Staff

Palestinians visit the Roman historical site in the West Bank town of Sebastia, November 20, 2025. (AP Photo/Nasser Nasser)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Feb. 18 – Israel moves to take over biblical sites in West Bank

By Amanda Borschel-Dan, Jeremy Sharon and Rossella Tercatin

Samuel Corner (far right) and other Palestine Action activists Jordan Devlin, Leona Kamio, Charlotte Head, Fatema Rajwani and Zoe Rogers. (Used under clause 27a of the Israeli copyright law. Taken from social media)

Palestine Action activists to face retrial over UK Elbit factory raid following backlash

By ToI Staff, Agencies and Zev Stub

The six defendants were acquitted this month of aggravated burglary in the raid, in which a police officer’s spine was allegedly fractured in a filmed sledgehammer attack

Screen capture from undated video of Fiona Monro who was convicted on February 2026 of stealing a poster of a former Hamas hostage Tzachi Idan from a memorial in Brighton, England. (X)

British woman who removed Israeli hostage poster from memorial is convicted of theft

By JTA and ToI Staff

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Daily Iranian newspapers are fronted with the image of Iran's Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei and other headlines, displayed at a kiosk in Tehran on February 18, 2026. (ATTA KENARE / AFP)

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Feb. 18: US will stop Iran’s nuclear arms ambitions ‘one way or the other,’ says energy secretary

White House press secretary says sides still far apart on some issues, amid reports major US-Israel operation could be imminent * Satellite images show Iran repairing, fortifying military and nuclear sites

9:55 pm

US refrains from condemning Israel at UN session on 'de facto annexation' steps
8:55 pm

Iran issues notice over planned rocket launches in Thursday drills
8:51 pm

Israel conducting 'gradual de facto annexation' of West Bank -- UN official

Staff Sgt. Ofri Yafe (Israel Defense Forces)

IDF soldier killed in ‘friendly fire’ incident in southern Gaza

By Emanuel Fabian

Initial military probe finds Staff Sgt. Ofri Yafe was killed near Yellow Line in Khan Younis area around 2 a.m. after being mistakenly identified as part of enemy forces

Op-ed

Beware Netanyahu’s Orwellian ‘War of Revival’ doublespeak

The PM is peddling a false October 7 narrative that skews why Israel went to war in Gaza, dishonors the dead, the injured, the traumatized, and obscures the need to get to the root of the failures

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)

Female soldiers operate a tank in the Negev Desert, in an undated photograph. (Israel Defense Forces)

Top religious Zionist rabbis urge Netanyahu to keep women out of IDF tanks

By Emanuel Fabian

Rabbis say army ‘capitulating to foreign social agenda’ with Armored Corps pilot for female troops; warn it would put Orthodox soldiers in impossible situation, harm people’s army

Inside story

Ariela Karmel and Tal Schneider

Reunifying Arab parties aim for more power, but may wind up with more Netanyahu

As Arab parties mull uniting in Joint List again, there are opposition worries that the juggernaut will end up weakening the anti-Netanyahu bloc, unintentionally keeping PM in power

Hadash/Joint List MK Ofer Cassif at the Police Internal Investigations Department in Jerusalem on April 11, 2021. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)

Former prime minister Naftali Bennett speaks at the Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations in Jerusalem, on February 17, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

In first, Bennett implies he won’t sit in a government under Netanyahu

By Ariela Karmel

'The Cleansing of the Temple' by Giovanni Antonio Fumiani, 1678. (José Luiz Bernardes Ribeiro /Wikipedia/ CC BY-SA 4.0)

'When you are hungry, you're a bit short'

Hangry Jesus? Rumbling stomach may have spurred iconic ‘cleansing of the Temple’

By Rossella Tercatin

A new peer-reviewed article offers an alternative reading of the famous Gospel story that saw Jesus flipping the tables of merchants and moneychangers

Stephen M. Flatow

In a 2002 TV debate, I challenged Jesse Jackson

He thought negotiating with terrorists would bring peace; I argued uprooting terror had to come first. After October 7, I have no doubt

Amnon Beeri-Sulitzeanu

Why Arab teachers are vital to Jewish schools

Integration is not a social experiment; it is an expanding practical solution and a vital tool for strengthening citizenship

From 'Observation / The Field Observers of the Gaza Sector: A Video Installation' by Talya Lavie at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art through April 11, 2026 (Elad Sarig)

Watching the watchers: Exhibit looks into the lives of IDF surveillance troops

By Jessica Steinberg

In a new installation at the Tel Aviv Museum of Art until April 11, director Talya Lavie records testimonies by female field observers, commemorating work of those killed on Oct. 7

Madrid museum ejects 3 elderly Israeli tourists who displayed Israeli flag, Star of David

By Grace Gilson

Video shows the women being called ‘genocidal maniacs’ and ‘murderers’ at Reina Sofía Museum, which Jewish groups condemn for ‘removing the victims’ rather than those shouting at them

Greenpeace activists hang an illustration by US visual artist Shepard Fairey "Obey" outside the Reina Sofia museum with an image taken by Gazan photojournalist Belal Khaled, which shows a Palestinian child crying for help, Madrid, Spain, January 24, 2024. (AP Photo/Bernat Armangue)

An effigy with an Israeli flag on its face that was symbolically tried, hung, shot and burned, during a carnival in the small European country of Andorra, February 16, 2026. (used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Andorra carnival features mock execution of Israeli effigy

By Grace Gilson

Israel's Adam Edelman (left) and Menachem Chen congratulate each other after competing in the bobsleigh men's 2-man heat 3 at Cortina Sliding Center during the Milano Cortina 2026 Winter Olympic Games in Cortina on February 17, 2026. (Stefano RELLANDINI / AFP)

2026 Winter Olympics

Jubilant Israeli team celebrates last-place finish in Olympic 2-man bobsleigh event

With eyes already on upcoming four-man race, team pilot AJ Edelman says after wrapping up first event that ‘we’re very proud — Israel is in the Olympics, baby!’

United States' Emery Lehman competes in the men's 1500m speed skating time trials at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Rho, Italy, February 4, 2026. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

American Jewish speedskater Emery Lehman wins silver medal at Winter Olympics

By jacob gurvis

This handout photo taken and received from the OIS/IOC on March 3, 2022, shows a neutral athlete outside the Paralympic Village in Beijing, China. (Chloe KNOTT / OIS/IOC / AFP)

Russian, Belarusian athletes allowed to compete under own flags at 2026 Paralympics

By AFP

Spike Lee wears a pro-Palestinian shirt and bag as he smiles from his courtside seat during the NBA All-Star basketball game Feb. 15, 2026, in Inglewood, California (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill)

Spike Lee defends pro-Palestinian outfit, says not meant to disrespect Avdija

Filmmaker says he was unaware Avdija was first Israeli NBA All-Star when he wore keffiyeh sweater to game, getup was ‘not intended as a gesture of hostility to Jewish people’

Sean Baker, third from left, Michelle Yeoh, Tricia Tuttle, Wim Wenders, Min Bahadur Bhamat, Bae Doona, Reinaldo Marcus Green, Ewa Puszczynska and Mitsuyo Miyazaki attend the opening ceremony of the International Film Festival, Berlinale, in Berlin, February 12, 2026. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber).

Dozens of film figures slam Berlin Film Festival’s ‘silence’ on ‘ongoing genocide’ in Gaza

By AFP and ToI Staff

The entire administrative headquarters of the Nazi party have been discovered in Munich, Germany. The bulk of the records, comprising forty tons of documents including twelve million membership and filing cards, were discovered in a paper mill on the outskirts of the town, whilst the remainder were found in the strong room of the Munich party headquarters, and stored in four different offices in the city. Major William D. Browne, Security Officer, and former detective who was instrumental in making the discovery of the Nazi Party master files, inspects the huge pile of cards in the Munich paper mills, on Oct. 28, 1945. (AP Photo)

Nazis restored old manuscripts to hunt down Jewish ancestry, researcher finds

University of Oxford expert uncovers role of paper restorers and bookbinders in deciphering church and civil records to compile ‘hitlist’ of Jews

Bezalel Zini. (Facebook, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Bezalel Zini said to deny knowing large sums of cash he got were from Gaza smuggling

By Charlie Summers and ToI Staff

Shin Bet chief’s brother reportedly says unspecified ‘personal problems’ stopped him from reporting suspects once he found out about smuggling

Eli Feldstein, a former media adviser to Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and one of the suspects in the so-called Qatargate investigation, and a defendant in the Bild leak scandal, speaks to the Kan public broadcaster in an interview aired December 22, 2025. (Screenshot: Kan)

Cops granted access to raw interview material that sparked probe of PM’s chief of staff

(R-L) Ofer Golan, Likud campaign manager, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, digital adviser Topaz Luk, and Likud spokesman Jonatan Urich at the Prime Minister's Residence in Jerusalem on March 20, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Senior aides to Netanyahu request cancellation of witness intimidation charges

By Jeremy Sharon

Local and state government trade blame over delays upgrading Western Wall egalitarian plaza

By Rossella Tercatin

High Court of Justice holds hearing on status of religious right at Jerusalem’s holy site for first time in years, demands answers on why 2017 directive by PM not yet implemented

A tourist walks on the temporary egalitarian prayer platform, built in 2013 in Jerusalem's Old City Davidson Archeology Park, as seen on April 12, 2016. (Amanda Borschel-Dan/Times of Israel)

Palestinian Muslim worshipers perform Taraweeh prayers on the first night of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan near the Dome of the Rock Shrine at the Al-Aqsa mosque compound atop the Temple Mount, in the Old City of Jerusalem on February 17, 2026. (AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)

Many Muslims, including in Holy Land, start marking month of Ramadan after moon sighting

By Lazar Berman and AFP

More Headlines

From 'Where To,' Assaf Machnes' feature film that premiered at the Berlinale on February 17, 2026 (Courtesy)

Ride sharingUber comedy-drama about Palestinian, Israeli premieres at Berlinale

By Jessica Steinberg

An IDF soldier walks with his weapon on a street during a military raid in the West Bank village of al-Yamun, near Jenin, February 17, 2026. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

IDF, police nab four ISIS-linked jihadists in West Bank said to plan terror attack

By Emanuel Fabian

Mohsen Mahdawi, center, looks on during a pro-Palestinian protest at Columbia University, Oct. 12, 2023, in New York. (AP/Yuki Iwamura, File)

Immigration judge rejects Trump effort to deport anti-Israel Palestinian student

By Agencies and ToI Staff

A Hezbollah flag flutters above the rubble of a building that was hit in January by an Israeli strike in the southern Lebanese village of Qannarit, on February 16, 2026. (Joseph EID / AFP)

Hezbollah rejects Lebanese government’s four-month plan for phase 2 of disarmament

By Agencies and Emanuel Fabian

Eli Sharabi's memoir recounts his 491 days as a Hamas hostage in Gaza. (Harper Influence via JTA)

Former Hamas captive Eli Sharabi’s memoir ‘Hostage’ named Jewish book of the year

By Andrew Silow-Carroll

The Tamar offshore natural gas platform. (Delek Drilling)

State report finds Israel unprepared to ensure gas keeps flowing during emergencies

Frederick Wiseman at the 77th annual Cannes Film Festival at Palais des Festivals on May 16, 2024, in Cannes, France. (Stephane Cardinale - Corbis/ via Getty Images/ via JTA)

ObituaryOscar-winning documentarian Frederick Wiseman, shut out for being a Jew, dies at 96

By Andrew Lapin

Illustrative: Israeli startup Xtend supplies the Israeli army and the US Defense Department with drone operating systems. (Courtesy)

Backed by Trump’s son, Israeli-founded AI drone startup plans to go public on Nasdaq

By Sharon Wrobel

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