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What Matters Most On Friday, February 27, 2026

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US Ambassador to Israel Mike Huckabee attends the lobby for Israel–United States relations at the Knesset in Jerusalem, February 25, 2026. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

IDF says no change in instructions to citizens

US ambassador tells embassy staffers: If you want to leave Israel, ‘do so TODAY’

By Agencies, Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

State Dept says non-emergency staff and families can leave Israel; Omani FM reportedly to meet with Vance in effort to avert war; US aircraft carrier expected off northern coast, refuelers at airport, F-22s seen moving in south

In this handout photo released by the Omani Ministry of Foreign Affairs on February 26, 2026, US special envoy Steve Witkoff (center) and Jared Kushner hold a meeting with Oman's Foreign Minister Badr Albusaidi (right) in Geneva. (Omani Foreign Ministry / AFP)

Vance: 'No chance' strikes on Iran would spark protracted war

US, Iran said to agree on further talks next week, as mediator claims progress

By Agencies, ToI Staff, Jacob Magid, Stav Levaton, Emanuel Fabian and Nava Freiberg

Contradictory reports emerge on whether sides any closer to deal; report says Witkoff, Kushner demanded Tehran dismantle all nuclear sites and turn over enriched uranium; Trump said briefed on his potential military options

This image from a video verified by AP shows Iranian security forces shooting into the courtyard outside the Imam Khomeini Hospital, in Ilam, Iran, January 4, 2026. (UGC via AP, File)

Iranian agents blocked care for wounded anti-regime protesters at hospitals, doctors say

By Sarah El Deeb

US President Donald Trump dances after speaking at the Port of Corpus Christi in Corpus Christi, Texas, Friday, Feb. 27, 2026. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

Live updates (closed)

Feb. 27: Demanding zero enrichment, Trump laments that Iran not ready for deal

Omani FM says deal possible within 90 days, as US president insists he wants one immediately * Rubio declares Iran a state sponsor of wrongful detention

9:44 pm

Trump demands 'no enrichment' for Iran: 'They want it for civilian. I think it's uncivil'
9:37 pm

Omani FM reports 'quite substantial progress' on a US-Iran deal
9:23 pm

'Stop taking hostages': Rubio says US has declared Iran a state sponsor of wrongful detention

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Analysis

Despite overwhelming US military might, Iran campaign poses complex challenges

A massive edge over the Islamic Republic still leaves US vulnerable to support-sapping attacks, and success will remain elusive unless Trump figures out what he wants to achieve

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)

Women walk past a ballistic missile launch vehicle in Tehran on February 11, 2026, during a rally marking the 47th anniversary of the 1979 Islamic revolution (AFP)

Trump’s claim on Iranian missile development said unsupported by US intelligence

By Jonathan Landay, Humeyra Pamuk and Gram Slattery

Analysis

UK Green Party’s election upset is a crippling blow to Labour – and a major boon to anti-Zionism

As ruling Labour comes in a dismal third in Manchester’s heavily Muslim district of Gorton and Denton, voters seem to heed the BDS-supporting Greens’ call to punish Starmer for supporting Gaza ‘genocide’

Green Party candidate Hannah Spencer poses for a selfie with Green Party leader Zack Polanski after winning the Gorton and Denton Parliamentary by-election, at Manchester Central Convention Complex in Manchester, England, on February 27, 2026. (Photo by Paul ELLIS / AFP)

Green Party candidate Hannah Spencer, right, celebrates with party leader Zack Polanski at a volunteer event after winning the Gorton and Denton by-election, Manchester, England, February 27, 2026. (AP/Jon Super)

UK’s anti-Israel Green Party wins special parliamentary election, taking seat long held by Labour

By AP and ToI Staff

Manchester race won by Hannah Spencer whose Greens, led by Jewish politician Zack Polanski, accuse Israel of genocide and support arms embargo; hard-right Reform takes 2nd place

Graffiti, including the words 'Free Palestine' and several inverted triangles -- a symbol used in Hamas propaganda to indicate an Israeli target -- is seen on a statue of Winston Churchill, in central London on February 27, 2026. (Brook Mitchell / AFP)

‘Zionist war criminal’: Anti-Israel activist vandalizes Churchill statue in London

Former Labour Party leader and co-founder of 'Your Party,' Jeremy Corbyn, delivers a speech on the first day of the Founding Conference for Your Party in Liverpool, north-west England, on November 29, 2025. (Darren Staples / AFP)

UK’s anti-Israel Corbyn set to be appointed parliamentary head of far-left Your Party

By Shira Silkoff

'Risks breaking faith with millions of Jews'

Progressive Jews sound alarm over bill cementing Orthodox control of Western Wall

Diaspora leaders warn criminalizing non-Orthodox prayer at the Wall will exclude many from Judaism’s holiest site, violate World Zionist Organization resolutions

A boy reads from the Torah as part of his bar mitzvah ceremony at the Western Wall's egalitarian section in Jerusalem on November 17, 2022. (Egalitarian section/Facebook)

Yochanan Schimmelpfennig

If you don’t audit humanitarian aid, it doesn’t stay humanitarian

Without checks on where resources go, who controls them, and what happens if they are diverted, then you’re not protecting civilians, but supplying the war

Jonathan Muskat

Why do we need to remember Amalek every year?

We’re not about to forget that bad players exist and treat the Jewish people poorly, but relegating them to an annual reminder leaves room for what’s truly important

Jewish extremists (left) gather outside the home of Israeli TV journalist Lucy Aharish on February 26, 2026. (Kan TV screenshot). Aharish (right) vows that "violence will not triumph" in a Channel 13 TV monologue on February 22, 2026, after she and her family were targeted at their home by Jewish extremists in an earlier incident. (Channel 13 screenshot)

‘May your village burn’: Jewish extremists protest at Arab journalist’s home for 5th time this week

By ToI Staff and AFP

Police open investigation into far-right hate campaign against Lucy Aharish, as dozens hold counterprotest in support of her outside TV studio where she works

Moshe Sharvit (left) who runs the Emek Tirzah Farm illegal outpost in the West Bank and was sanctioned by the US in March for violent activity against local Palestinians, is visited by Religious Zionism MK Tzvi Succot (right) and chairman of the Jordan Valley Regional Council David Elhayani (center) at the oustpost, February 15, 2024. (Courtesy Office of MK Tzvi Succot)

High Court knocks IDF over failure to protect Palestinians from settler violence

By Jeremy Sharon and ToI Staff

Lazar Focus podcast

Imam Imad Al Masri: The Muslim community spreading peace in Israel and beyond

By Lazar Berman

As he marks the Muslim holy month of Ramadan, the Ahmadiyya cleric explains the roots of his sect, how it reached Israel, and the world it is fighting to create

Imam Imad Al Masri (courtesy)

Soldiers are seen at the entrance to Tzrifin military base in central Israel, April 4, 2023. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

IDF to relocate 11 bases from central Israel to free up land for real estate

By Emanuel Fabian

Defense Ministry says move will yield more than 3 square km of land for housing, commerce; authorities to also mull moving IDF HQ out of Tel Aviv; units to soon move to new Beersheba tech campus

People take cover as siren warns of incoming missiles fired from Iran, at a public bomb shelter in Katzrin, northern Israel, June 19, 2025. (Michael Giladi/Flash90)

'There’s no preparing. What does that even mean?

Embracing go-bags and gallows humor, Israelis live in limbo as Trump teases war with Iran

By Deborah Danan

Whether planning to stay, flee, or something in between, Sabras contemplate a conflict that could result in regime change for one of country’s most devoted enemies – at a steep price

David Zini seen with ultra-Orthodox soldiers from the IDF's Hasmonean Brigade, at the Western Wall in Jerusalem, on August 6, 2025. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)

‘There was no treason’: Shin Bet chief rejects conspiracy theories of Israeli collaborators on October 7

By Emanuel Fabian and ToI Staff

Zini tells security agency’s leadership there was no cooperation with the enemy, as Netanyahu remains publicly silent on pervasive, baseless claims

Former hostage Matan Angrest is interviewed on Channel 12's "Uvda" program, in an episode that aired February 26, 2026. (Screenshot)

Ex-hostage Matan Angrest reveals Hamas terrorists electrocuted him in captivity

A protester holds up a photo of Jeffrey Epstein in front of the Metropolitan Correction Center on July 8, 2019, in New York City. (Stephanie Keith/Getty Images/AFP)

Deep dive

Checks, charities, conversion classes: What the Epstein files reveal about his Jewish world

By Andrew Lapin

The latest release of emails connected to the child sex trafficker gives a fuller picture of his extensive communal networking, from schools to showbusiness

Hillary Clinton says she is confident her husband knew nothing about Epstein’s crimes

By Raphaelle PELTIER and Gregory WALTON

A reinforced door is seen in the safe room of Shlomo and Hanna’le Margalit in Kibbutz Nir Oz on September 26, 2024. The Margalits stayed in this room for 12 hours during the October 7, 2023, Hamas terror attack on southern Israel. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

Not waiting for state okay, 2 kibbutzim buy lockable, bulletproof doors for safe rooms

Armor-plated doors haven’t yet been approved by army for home use, but opting for survival over protocol, Nahal Oz and Kerem Shalom install them behind existing blast-resistant doors

Fields of red anemones in Shokeda Forest on February 20, 2026 (Jessica Steinberg/Times of Israel)

A cautious bloomGaza envelope hosts Darom BaLev for 2nd year as anemones carpet south

By Jessica Steinberg

Tyler Oliveira interviews residents of Lakewood, New Jersey, in his YouTube video titled 'I Exposed New Jersey's Jewish Invasion...', February 2026. (Screenshot)

'There’s a major financial incentive to be an antisemite'

As popular YouTuber targets US Orthodox communities, the right grapples with antisemitism

By Grace Gilson

Tyler Oliveira releases ‘exposés’ about Haredi locales Lakewood and Kiryas Joel, relying on selective interviews, amplifying antisemitic tropes, and garnering millions of views

San Francisco Mayor Daniel Lurie denounces ‘Tax the Jews’ chant heard during protest

By Jackie Hajdenberg

Mamdani meets Trump at White House, seeks administration’s help on Mahmoud Khalil

By Agencies and ToI Staff

Chef Moshe Basson flips a dish of maklouba at Eucalyptus on February 25, 2026. (Daniel Laufer)

A new leaf

Last service at Eucalyptus restaurant as a Jerusalem institution closes

By Jessica Steinberg

Beloved restaurateur Moshe Basson, who put mallow and nettles on the menu, bids goodbye to nightly dinners, but says he will still forage for biblical farm-to-table dishes

Azorim CEO Hershey Friedman (left) and Givat Shmuel mayor Yossi Brodny at a groundbreaking event for a new housing project in the city in late 2025. (Courtesy/Azorim)

InterviewAzorim has over 70 projects and 40,000 residential units

Betting big on Israeli real estate, Canadian billionaire looks to drive housing markets

After buying foundering developing firm Azorim in 2011, Hershey Friedman has turned it into a NIS 5 billion market leader — and is now doubling down on Jerusalem

Housing snapshot February 2026: Prices rise for second straight month after ceasefire

Inside story

As Israel plans two new airports, experts say proposed site near Gaza won’t fly

With Ben Gurion set to reach capacity within years, international terminals are planned for the north’s Ramat David and the south’s Ziklag. Only one is grounded in common sense, analysts say

Illustrative: Airplanes at Ben Gurion Airport. February 11, 2026. (Nati Shohat/FLASH90)

More Headlines

UN Special Rapporteur for the Palestinian Territories Francesca Albanese talks to The Associated Press at the Sarajevo airport in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Thursday, July 10, 2025, on her way to events commemorating the 30th anniversary of the Srebrenica genocide. (AP Photo/Darko Bandic)

Family of anti-Israel UN rapporteur Albanese sues Trump over sanctions

By Luke Tress and Reuters

File: Then-Nazareth mayor Ali Salam seen after a meeting with Foreign Minister Yair Lapid (not pictured) outside the Foreign Ministry offices in Jerusalem, May 22, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Former Nazareth mayor charged with funneling millions from city to crime family

By Charlie Summers

A screenshot from a video shows smoke rising from the site of an Israeli airstrike in the Beqaa Valley, in eastern Lebanon, on February 26, 2026. (Screenshot: X, used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)

IDF strikes Hezbollah military compounds in eastern Lebanon; teenager said killed

By Emanuel Fabian

An ultra-Orthodox man casts his vote at the Safed Likud polling station on February 5, 2019 during the party's primaries. (David Cohen/Flash90)

Likud’s ultra-Orthodox wing accuses Haredi factions of seeking to take over party

Nikki Goldstein and Rabbi Eli Schlanger celebrate Sukkot. (Courtesy via JTA)

HarperCollins to publish book of conversations with Chabad emissary slain in Bondi attack

By Grace Gilson

The team of the film "Chronicles from the Siege" hold a Palestinian flag as they arrive on the red carpet for the Award Ceremony of the 76th Berlinale, Europe's first major film festival of the year, in Berlin on February 21, 2026. (RALF HIRSCHBERGER / AFP)

Filmmakers back Berlin festival chief after director’s Gaza ‘genocide’ speech sparks row

By AFP

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