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What Matters Most On Saturday, February 21, 2026

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This handout image from the US Navy shows Capt. Daniel Keeler, the commanding officer of the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln, flying an MH-60R Sea Hawk helicopter in the Indian Ocean on Jan. 23, 2026. (Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Daniel Kimmelman/US Navy via AP)

Trump: 32,000 killed in protests against regime

Israeli officials believe US, Iran at unbridgeable impasse as they near open conflict

By Reuters, Jacob Magid and ToI Staff

Report says US might allow Tehran ‘token’ nuclear enrichment, but gaps between sides widely seen as irreconcilable; one military scenario ‘takes out the ayatollah and his son’; Congress may vote on curtailing Trump

US Navy Carrier Air Wing 8 aircraft fly in formation over the world’s largest aircraft carrier, Ford-class aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford (CVN 78), during Carrier Air Wing 8’s aerial change of command ceremony while underway in the Caribbean Sea, Jan. 19, 2026. (US Navy photo)

Trump says ‘considering’ limited strike on Iran to coax it into accepting deal on his terms

By Jacob Magid, Emanuel Fabian and Agencies

A Google office building at the company's campus in Silicon Valley, June 2019. (Sundry Photography via iStock by Getty Images)

US charges 3 Silicon Valley engineers with sending Google trade secrets to Iran

By AFP and ToI Staff

Live updates (closed)

Feb. 21: Police use water cannon on anti-government protesters outside PM’s residence in Jerusalem

Trump leaning toward attacking Iran, deadline of 10-15 days said ‘not scientific’ — report * Jordanian base said hosting dozens of US planes in sharp uptick * Ayelet Shaked: Netanyahu must go

11:13 pm

Right-wing activist Mordechai David detained for protest at home of Arab Israeli news anchor Lucy Aharish
10:07 pm

4 injured after grenade explodes in Kafr Kanna house; leaders urge truce
9:13 pm

ISIS urges members to fight against Syria's new government

Driver charged with hate crime after ramming truck into Brisbane Synagogue

Australian police investigating incident as criminal, not terror; Jewish groups condemn ‘chilling assault on sacred place of worship’

A vehicle rams into the gates of Brisbane Synagogue in Queensland, Australia, February 20, 2026. (Screenshot/X; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

Pro-Palestinian protesters outside Gail's Bakery in north London. (Screenshots/X; used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

UK Jewish leaders condemn vandalism of London bakery accused of ‘funding Israel’

By Grace Gilson

Hamas says open to Gaza peacekeeping force, but rejects foreign role in ‘internal affairs’

By Agencies and Jacob Magid

After initially coming out strongly against US-backed stabilization force, terror group says ceasefire monitors acceptable while demanding halt to Israeli ‘aggression’ before ‘political process’

Members of the Al-Ghafeer family break their fast during the holy month of Ramadan beside the tent where they are sheltering at the Gaza City port on Friday, Feb. 20, 2026. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Israeli strikes in Lebanon kill at least 12, including senior Hezbollah official

By Emanuel Fabian

IDF targets Hamas, Hezbollah command centers in strikes in Palestinian refugee camp in south and on Hezbollah missile force in Beqaa Valley

A heavily-damaged building is pictured in the village of Ali al-Nahri in the center of Lebanon's eastern Beqaa Valley region on February 21, 2026, following Israeli strikes. (AFP)

Women wait outside a medical center in the al-Hol camp, in al-Hassakeh province, northeastern Syria, Feb. 4, 2026. (AP/Ghaith Alsayed)

Few people left at Syrian detention camp that held ISIS families after thousands flee

By Reuters and ToI Staff

Huckabee says 'fine' if Jews take Greater Israel, backtracks

Tucker Carlson claims Israel targeted his family, Netanyahu ‘believes in blood guilt’; questions Israel’s right to exist

By Luke Tress and ToI Staff

In program including interview with Huckabee, right-wing commentator launches litany of unsubstantiated claims echoing antisemitic tropes, falsely says Herzog visited Epstein island

Tucker Carlson delivers a monologue in an episode of his podcast released on February 20, 2026, in which he interviewed US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee. (X screenshot)

Photographer Avishag Shaar-Yashuv. (Gilad Bar Shalev)

Interview'Now I understand how much the war took out of me'

After years documenting Oct.7, Israeli NYT photographer turns her lens on something sweeter

By Jessica Steinberg

Avishag Shaar-Yashuv photographed funerals, devastation and hostage releases since losing loved ones in Hamas-led massacre. Now she’s revisiting a prewar project focused on pastry

The Board of Peace: The check’s in the mail

Trump unveiled a grand $10 billion vision for Gaza; what he did not unveil was binding money, durable governance or genuine legitimacy

Bruce D. Forman

Why Alexander Vindman’s candidacy matters for American Jews and Israel

From Soviet antisemitism to a Purple Heart to impeachment testimony, his life story reframes the loyalty smear — and what principled US support for Israel truly requires

US Representative Robin Kelly of Illinois speaks during the US Senate Democratic Primary Debate, in Chicago, February 19, 2026. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)

Democratic candidate running for US Senate in Illinois says Israel committed ‘genocide’

By Joseph Strauss

Congresswoman Robin Kelly — who previously received AIPAC donation — slams her primary opponents for not adopting similar stance, underscoring shift on Israel among Democrats

The US Supreme Court, Feb. 6, 2026, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul, File)

US Supreme Court strikes down swath of Trump’s global tariffs

By LINDSAY WHITEHURST

A copy of the Ten Commandments is posted along with other historical documents in a hallway of the Georgia Capitol, June 20, 2024, in Atlanta. (AP Photo/John Bazemore)

US court okays Louisiana law requiring Ten Commandments to appear in classrooms

By HANNAH SCHOENBAUM and Rebecca Boone

The Reel Schmooze podcast

‘All the President’s Men’: 50-year-old time capsule of great American journalism

By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Jordan Hoffman

Jordan Hoffman and Amanda Borschel-Dan watch the groovily styled 1976 film and see parallels with today’s Epstein case, plus Israeli Oscar contender, ‘Children No More: Were and are Gone’

1976 movie poster for 'All the President's Men' (courtesy)

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

Bennett says he won’t include Ben Gvir in any future government

By ToI Staff, Ariela Karmel and Charlie Summers

Ex-PM, Netanyahu’s main election challenger, brands Ben Gvir a ‘failed minister,’ bully and racist, amid crime wave epidemic shaking Arab society

Marc Shaiman is the author of a new memoir, 'Never Mind the Happy: Showbiz Stories from a Sore Winner.' (Robert Trachtenberg via JTA)

Interview

In new memoir, acclaimed ‘Hairspray’ composer tells a showbiz story shaped by Jewish humor

By Stephen Silver

In ‘Never Mind the Happy,’ Tony winner and 7-time Oscar nominee Marc Shaiman recounts collaborations with Bette Midler and Rob Reiner, and the musical liberties he took at his bar mitzvah

People walk by the flags of Israel and Somaliland flying alongside each other at the entrance to a fruit farm between the capital city of Hargeisa and Port city of Berbera along the highway connecting the two as Muslims commemorate the holy month of Ramadan in Somaliland on February 19, 2026. (Tony KARUMBA / AFP)

After Israeli recognition, Somaliland marks ‘1st Ramadan when the world knows us’

By AFP

‘I love Israel so much,’ says young woman near memorial for Mogadishu’s destruction of Hargeisa; local official: We feel for Palestinians, but it’s Somalia that wants to kill us

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South Africa's Minister of Sports, Arts and Culture Gayton McKenzie (C) speaks as he attends a commemoration ceremony, for French individuals who fought against apartheid, with South Africa's Deputy President Paul Mashatile and Frances President Emmanuel Macron at Freedom Park in Pretoria on November 21, 2025 ahead of the G20 leaders' Summit. (Photo by Ludovic MARIN / AFP)

South Africa pulls out of Venice Biennale after minister pans artist’s focus on Gaza

By Grace Gilson

Cliff collapse at Sidna Ali Beach in Herzliya, February 21, 2026. (Assaf Nissenbaum/Israel Nature and Parks Authority)

Cliff face collapses at a Herzliya beach; none reported hurt

German Chancellor and leader of Germany's Christian Democratic Union (CDU) Friedrich Merz gives a speech during his CDU's party congress in Stuttgart, southern Germany, February 20, 2026. (Thomas Kienzle / AFP)

Germany’s Merz vows to keep out far-right as he warns of a changed world

Isaiah Zagar sits with his dog Blue at the 'Dear Julia' exhibit during an interview at Philadelphia's Magic Gardens, May 26, 2016. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke, File)

Renowned Jewish mosaic artist who created Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens dies at 86

By Grace Gilson

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