Join our Community

Support ToI and remove all ads

Learn more

English
Français
עברית

Get The Daily Edition
Account
Sign In
- Sign in
- Join our Community

Open Search form

Israel & the Region
Jewish Times
Israel Inside
Tech Israel
Real Estate Israel
The Blogs
Podcasts
Video
Newsletters
Partners

Input search

English
Français
עברית

Latest Articles
Latest Alerts
Israel & the Region
Jewish Times
Israel Inside
Tech Israel
Real Estate Israel
The Blogs
Podcasts
Video
Newsletters
Partners
Community
- Join our community
- Sign in
- About The Times of Israel
- Advertise on The Times of Israel
- Contact us
- Download our App
  - For IOS users
  - For Android users
- Get the Daily Edition
- Follow us
- © 2026 The Times of Israel , All Rights Reserved
  
  Terms and conditions Privacy policy

Input search

The Daily Edition

What Matters Most On Monday, February 23, 2026

Facebook
Twitter

View previous edition

View next edition

Live updates (closed)

Feb. 23: US meeting Russia, China teams in Geneva to discuss nuclear issue

Israel’s 2026 Eurovision song is titled ‘Michelle,’ reveals Kan public broadcaster * Country in ‘state of emergency’ as violence in Arab community soars, Herzog says

9:25 pm

Trump denies top US general is against Iran war, says Caine thinks it would be 'easily won'
9:15 pm

Past and current US envoys Friedman, Huckabee dedicate 'Hound Dog' performance to Tucker Carlson
8:47 pm

France moves to bar US Ambassador Charles Kushner from direct government access

Iranian women walk past a banner bearing a portrait of Iran's supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei during the Iranian-Islamic fashion design fair at the Imam Khomeini Grand Mosque in Tehran on February 22, 2026. (AFP)

Netanyahu meets on Iran, possible Hezbollah involvement

US, Iran to hold talks Thursday as Tehran claims ‘good chance’ of diplomatic solution

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Iranian FM says hopeful of averting attack as Trump masses forces, warns Iran will strike back, says missiles can hit Israel again; official says Iran offering new concessions

Trump mulling limited Iran strike, could try for regime change later – report

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Fresh campus protests in Iran continue for second day with shows of defiance

Khamenei, planning for possible assassination, appoints Larijani to key role – report

By ToI Staff and Agencies

Analysis

The Tucker Carlson-Mike Huckabee debate is a battle for the GOP’s soul on Israel

The clash between the Republican Party’s isolationist and Christian Zionist camps could determine its approach to the Middle East — though under Trump, don’t expect either side to win

Tucker Carlson (left) interviews US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee at Ben Gurion Airport in a podcast episode published on February 20, 2026. (Screenshot/X)

A hand-drawn swastika is seen on the front of Union Station near the Capitol in Washington, January 28, 2022. (AP Photo/J. Scott Applewhite, File)

ToI podcastDaily Briefing Feb. 23 – Why is Tucker Carlson spreading antisemitic tropes?

By Amanda Borschel-Dan and Lazar Berman

From Our SponsorAmim Towers

Amim Towers: The new standard in Jerusalem’s urban living

In Jerusalem’s up-and-coming Talpiot neighborhood, an LYO Group development now under construction and open for purchase

West Bank mosque set on fire, graffitied with ‘revenge’ in apparent settler attack

By Noam Lehmann and Emanuel Fabian

IDF, police forces investigating arson at Abu Bakr al-Siddiq mosque near Nablus; PA says attack shows depths of ‘barbarity’ of the ‘racist Israeli incitement machine’

The aftermath of an arson attack at the Abu Bakr al-Siddiq mosque in the village of Tell, near Nablus in the northern West Bank, February 23, 2026. (Screen captures: X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

From the blogs

What blogging on The Times of Israel taught this Moroccan journalist

The outlet that the Arab world brands as a propaganda arm of the Zionist entity has never touched a comma of my criticism

United States' Jack Hughes celebrates after scoring the winning goal against Canada during the overtime period of the men's ice hockey gold medal game at the 2026 Winter Olympics in Milan, Italy, February 22, 2026. (AP Photo/Carolyn Kaster)

Jewish hockey star Jack Hughes clinches gold medal for Team USA at Winter Olympics

By jacob gurvis

Dramatic overtime goal breaks 46-year Olympic drought for Team USA, which hadn’t taken home gold since 1980’s ‘Miracle on Ice’

Emery Lehman competes at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Milan, Italy. (Noel Stave/ Speedskating)

InterviewTaking a final lap in Milan, US skating medalist Emery Lehman enters Jewish Olympic lore

Analysis

Israel limps away from Winter Olympics overshadowed by bobsleigh team’s drama

After scrappy group fought for years for a spot on the Olympic stage, its legacy is tainted by disqualification, and the whole delegation’s accomplishments at the Games have been swallowed up

Israel's AJ Edelman, front, Menachem Chen, Uri Zisman and Omer Katz start for a four-man bobsleigh run at the 2026 Winter Olympics, in Cortina d'Ampezzo, Italy, Feb. 21, 2026. (AP/Alessandra Tarantino)

Israel's Artem Dolgopyat reacts after competing in the artistic gymnastics men's floor exercise final during the Paris 2024 Olympic Games at the Bercy Arena in Paris, on August 3, 2024. (Paul Ellis / AFP)

Israeli Olympic champion Dolgopyat wins gold at Gymnastics World Cup in Germany

Screen capture from video of Israeli kickboxer Ahavat Hashem Gordon celebrating his victory over Turkish opponent Ali Koyuncu at the UTMA 17 event in Lithuania, February 21, 2026. (One via YouTube)

Smash hitIsraeli kickboxer beats anti-Israel Turkish foe

By Stuart Winer

Analysis

Nava Freiberg and Noam Lehmann

With Hamas focused on Gaza, Islamic Jihad seen filling vacuum in West Bank

Iran-backed PIJ terror group’s flexible command structure and unfettered emphasis on armed conflict has helped it expand influence in the territory, deepening the challenge for Israel

Gunmen, including one wearing an Islamic Jihad headband, take part in a funeral procession for Palestinians killed by an Israeli airstrike in Tubas, in the northern West Bank, on September 13, 2024. The military said the strike targeted five terror operatives. (Jaafar Ashtiyeh/AFP)

The ‘day after’ deception that exploded in our faces

Netanyahu’s refusal to plan for Gaza’s future wasn’t a blunder — it was a bid to save his coalition. The cost? Lives, endless war and no political horizon

Over my shoulder

I remember my own self-righteous lefty liberalism, but 20 years later, I can’t sustain it: the globalized intifada is coming for me

Arab Israeli news anchor who was harassed by far-right mob: These are Netanyahu’s goons

Lucy Aharish charges PM is ‘guilty’ over provocateurs’ repeated targeting of government critics, says there is ‘no forgiveness for what my child went through’

Channel 13 anchor Lucy Aharish speaks on the network's evening news, February 22, 2026. (Screen capture: Channel 13)

Police Supt. Rinat Saban arrives for a hearing at the District Court in Jerusalem, January 25, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Court rejects Ben Gvir’s bid to further delay promotion of detective who investigated PM

By Charlie Summers

National Security Minister Itamar Ben Gvir and Shas party chair Aryeh Deri attend a meeting on the planned state budget vote, at the Knesset, in Jerusalem, on May 23, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Coalition forges ahead with bid to bar court from nixing ministerial appointments

Illustrative: Hamas Nukhba terrorists captured on October 7, 2023, are seen in a cell at a prison in central Israel, February 17, 2026 (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

Congregants from prison chief’s synagogue taken on tour to see Hamas prisoners – report

Nitzan jail visit said to include lunch, Q&A with staff and sermon for some 20 members of Kobi Yaakobi’s Jerusalem congregation, including rabbi; prison service doesn’t deny report

This photo, published by the police on February 23, 2026, shows a gun and other equipment found amid an investigation into an alleged plot by four Galilee residents to carry out a shooting attack in northern Israel's Karmiel. (Israel Police)

Shooting attack on soldiers in Karmiel thwarted, police say; 4 arrested

By Charlie Summers

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro speaks during a B'nai B'rith Youth Organization International Convention on February 12, 2026, in Philadelphia. (AP Photo/Joe Lamberti)

Interview'I refuse to live in fear, I refuse to back down'

Amid rising antisemitism and strife over Israel, Josh Shapiro turns to his Jewish faith

By Steve Peoples

Pennsylvania’s Democratic governor, seen as a potential presidential candidate, draws ire over his progressive Zionism, says there’s a ‘very real’ antisemitism problem on both sides of aisle

US Secret Service kills armed man trying to enter Trump’s Mar-a-Lago Florida estate

By MICHELE L. PRICE

First printed edition of Maimonides’ ‘Guide for the Perplexed’ on auction for $1M

By Rossella Tercatin

The volume, which combines two books experts believe were printed in Rome around 1473, to be auctioned Tuesday by Jerusalem-based Kedem

A 500-year-old first printed edition of Maimonides’ ‘Guide for the Perplexed,’ combining two books to make it complete, is set to be auctioned on February 26, 2026, by the Jerusalem-based Kedem Auction House. (Kedem Auction House)

Images of Ze’ev Jabotinsky's 1938 letter. (Nate D. Sanders Auctions)

Jabotinsky letter revealing plea for funds to save European Jews heads to auction

A Crusader sword dating to the 12th century was found off the Carmel Coast in the area of Dor Beach in a discovery announced on February 22, 2026. (Yoav Bornstein/ University of Haifa)

Sharp eyes

Diver finds his second Crusader sword in 5 years off Israel’s coast

By Rossella Tercatin

800-year-old, meter-long artifact discovered off Dor Beach, undergoes a CT scan at the Medica Elisha Hospital

At Berlinale, former hostages view film about their captivity rewritten after release

By Toby Axelrod

Tom Shoval’s ‘Letter to David’ first aired at the 2025 Berlin International Film Festival but was given a new ending and a second premiere after the release of David and Ariel Cunio

Brothers David, Eitan and Ariel Cunio, from left, stand outside the Berlin theater Babylon before a screening of a documentary about their family, Feb. 20, 2026. (Toby Axelrod via JTA)

Director Abdallah Al-Khatib, left, and Taqiyeddine Issaad hold a Palestinian flag after receiving the GWFF best first feature award for 'Chronicles from the Siege,' during the awards ceremony for the International Film Festival, Berlinale, in Berlin, Germany, February 21, 2026. (Ebrahim Noroozi/ AP).

Gaza ‘genocide’ comment at Berlinale prompts walkout by German minister

By Reuters and ToI Staff

Some of the young people behind Israel's first High Court petition on climate action, outside the High Court in Jerusalem, on February 23, 2026. Green Trend's CEO Elad Hochman is wearing a white jacket.(Green Trend).

In first, environmental NGOs petition High Court against government’s climate policies

Petitioners demand interim injunction to compel government to explain why emissions cut target for 2030 is 27% and not 43%, as set by the UN to cap rising temperatures

Groundwater in the parking lot of the residential Assuta Tower on Jabotinsky Street in Tel Aviv, June 27, 2024. (Yakov Livshitz)

Rising Mediterranean pushes groundwater up into Tel Aviv basements

'The Torah of Dao puts us back inside ourselves'

Mindfulness and matcha meet in new display at Haifa’s Tikotin Museum of Japanese Art

By Jessica Steinberg

Curator Shir Meller-Yamaguchi brings her knowledge of Japanese culture to ‘From Dao to Dō – Spirit of the Way,’ highlighting the tradition of slowing down and appreciating life

More Headlines

Conservative rabbis pray at the Ezrat Yisrael egalitarian prayer space at the Western Wall, December 12, 2024. (Courtesy/ File)

Netanyahu nixes ministerial vote on bill cementing Orthodox control of Western Wall

By Sam Sokol and Ariela Karmel

US Vice President Kamala Harris delivers a concession speech for the 2024 presidential election on the campus of Howard University in Washington, Wednesday, November 6, 2024. (AP Photo/Ben Curtis)

Report: Democrats’ internal review finds Harris lost votes in 2024 over Gaza stance

Master Sgt. Roddie Edmonds is being awarded a Medal of Honor in 2026 for his bravery in protecting Jewish troops in World War II. (Courtesy Yad Vashem via JTA)

US soldier who saved Jews in POW camp during WWII to be awarded Medal of Honor

By PHILISSA CRAMER

Illustrative: A ZIM container ship at the Haifa port, November 14, 2011. (Yaakov Naumi/Flash90)

Knesset panel flags national security fears over Zim’s sale to German shipping rival

By Sharon Wrobel

Participants in Jerusalem's annual Gay Pride Parade hold up a picture of 15-year-old Shira Banki on August 3, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Jerusalem municipality to name area in the city after teen murdered at 2015 pride march

By Shira Silkoff

Illustrative: Career soldiers and soldiers in mandatory service in the IDF Military Intelligence Directorate attend a ceremony for the appointment of the new chief of intelligence at Glilot military base, near Tel Aviv, March 28, 2018. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Formal complaints by career soldiers jumped 40% in last year – report

By Emanuel Fabian

Screen capture from video of US forces withdrawing from the Qasrak in Hasakah province, northeastern Syria, February 23, 2026. (X)

US military begins withdrawing from main base in northeast Syria, Syrian sources say

Supreme Court Justice Daphne Barak-Erez presides over a hearing on petitions against the government’s decision to shut down Army Radio, January 28, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

High Court orders Justice Ministry lawyer to advance Sde Teiman leak case within a week

By Jeremy Sharon

Illustrative: Police officers at Prince Alfred Park in Sydney on December 21, 2025. (GEORGE CHAN / AFP)

Australian teen assaulted at Scouts camp while wearing yarmulke, Israeli flag

By Zev Stub and ToI Staff

Ori Mechtaiev, 18, a Border Police trainee who was shot and killed in Azor, in an apparent case of accidental discharge, on February 22, 2026. (Israel Police)

18-year-old Border Police trainee killed in suspected accidental shooting

By Charlie Summers

Ra'am MK Mansour Abbas speaks during a 40 signatures debate at the Knesset in Jerusalem, January 19, 2026. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

MK Mansour Abbas’s son hit by car, seriously injured while riding electric bicycle

By Charlie Summers

Carol Fessler, center, charged in the hit-and-run death of 4-year-old Rafael Adana, arrives for a court hearing in Petah Tikva, February 23, 2026. (Jonathan Shaul/Flash90)

Woman, 82, jailed for a year for leaving scene of hit-and-run that killed 4-year-old boy

View Edition by Date

January	February 2026					March
Mo	Tu	We	Th	Fr	Sa	Su
						1
2	3	4	5	6	7	8
9	10	11	12	13	14	15
16	17	18	19	20	21	22
23	24	25	26	27	28

The Times of Israel

Daily Edition

Free to Your Inbox

The email is either missing or invalid.

By signing up, you agree to our terms You hereby accept The Times of Israel Terms of Use and Privacy Policy, and you agree to receive the latest news & offers from The Times of Israel and its partners or ad sponsors.

Advertisement

Advertisement

Israel & the Region
Jewish Times
Israel Inside
Tech Israel
Real Estate Israel
The Blogs
podcasts
video

terms and conditions
privacy policy
about us
advertise with us
Jobs at The Times of Israel
contact us

Community

Join our community
Sign in

Get the Daily Edition

Enter your email address

Follow us on Facebook Follow us on Instagram Follow us on Whatsapp Follow us on X Follow us on Youtube Follow us on Telegram Follow us on Threads Follow us on Bluesky

© 2026 The Times of Israel, all rights reserved

Concept, design & development by

Developed by

Powered by

Never miss breaking news on Israel

Get notifications to stay updated

You're subscribed

Register for free
and continue reading

Registering allows you to manage your newsletters and alerts and helps us improve your experience. It takes just a few seconds.
Already registered? Enter your email to sign in.

Email address

Please use the following structure: example@domain.com

Or Continue with

By registering you agree to the terms and conditions. Once registered, you’ll receive our Daily Edition email for free.

Send me The Times of Israel Daily Edition

Register to continue

Email address

Or Continue with

Log in to continue

Email address

Something went wrong.
Please try again in a few minutes..

Sign in or Register

Email address * Password *

Incorrect password. Please try again or choose an option below.

I forgot my password / Send me a sign in link

Or Continue with

check your email

Check your email

We sent an email to you at .

It has a link that will sign you in.

Click the link in that email to complete your registration.