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Fri, 20 Feb 2026 08:33:30 GMT
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THE WORLD’S largest aircraft carrier, the ‘USS Gerald R. Ford’, arrives in St. Thomas, US Virgin Islands last December. (photo credit: Seaman Abigail Reyes/US Navy/Handout via REUTERS)
NATIONAL AFFAIRS: In Israel, flights regularly depart and arrive. Supermarkets remain stocked. The risks of escalation are real, but so is the memory of having faced Iran before – and endured.
Fri, 20 Feb 2026 09:11:41 GMT
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PALESTINIANS QUEUE at an Israeli checkpoint, as they make their way to the Temple Mount, in Jerusalem
Since the beginning of the war, more than 420 inciters have been arrested. In other cases, the inciters were given a warning by security forces.
Fri, 20 Feb 2026 08:21:48 GMT
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A BANNER that reads "Dump AIPAC" is displayed by demonstrators as they take part in a protest against the US backing of the Israeli military operation in Gaza, outside the Washington office of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) in Washington, DC, US, September 22, 2025.  (photo credit: REUTERS/DANIEL BECERRIL)
Schakowsky endorsed Donna Miller, the Cook County commissioner, in the 2nd Congressional District last month. Now, she said, she cannot let her endorsement stand.
Thu, 19 Feb 2026 21:27:25 GMT
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 The U.S. Air Force B-2 bomber "Spirit of Oklahoma" is refueled in-flight over Eastern Washington state, April, 27, 2002 while participating in "Northern Edge," Alaska
A possible first wave of an attack on Iran would focus on strategic missile sites and launchers, the most immediate threats to US forces and Israel, a former CENTCOM official told the Post.
Fri, 20 Feb 2026 06:55:42 GMT
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 SAUDI CROWN PRINCE Mohammed bin Salman. (photo credit: BAHRAIN NEWS AGENCY/HANDOUT VIA REUTERS)
The deal seemed so close before the October 7 attacks. Unfortunately, any progress on normalization now hinges on the highly unlikely establishment of a Palestinian state.
Fri, 20 Feb 2026 07:47:48 GMT
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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Gal Hirsch, Coordinator for the Hostages and the Missing in the Prime Minister"s Office hold a press conferene at the Prime Minister
In bloc terms, Netanyahu’s coalition stood at 50 seats (unchanged from the previous poll), the opposition bloc at 60 (unchanged), and Hadash-Ta’al plus Ra’am at 10 (unchanged).
Thu, 19 Feb 2026 23:17:46 GMT
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The official reportedly believed that "Netanyahu was looking for continued calm and quiet understandings, while a new government would be dragged into an operation in the Gaza Strip."
Fri, 20 Feb 2026 01:19:44 GMT
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US President Donald Trump makes a fist at the end of an event during a visit to Coosa Steel Corporation, in Rome, Georgia, U.S., February 19, 2026.  (photo credit: REUTERS/KEVIN LAMARQUE)
A smaller attack on Iran would target a few military or government sites, designed to be small enough not to provoke major retaliation and force Iran to agree to a deal favorable to the US. 
Fri, 20 Feb 2026 09:17:42 GMT
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 Iran and Israel flags on geopolitical map. (photo credit: SHUTTERSTOCK)
JPPI President Prof. Stern said the research aimed primarily to demonstrate that when Israel conducts a “defensive war against armed terrorist organizations that attacked it, it is judged harshly."
Fri, 20 Feb 2026 09:20:28 GMT
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Original photograph of the artifact published in 1927 (L) and the actual artifact, February 20, 2026. (photo credit: Guy Brunton, Martin Odler, Newcastle University)
The drill’s chemical composition was also surprising, study co-author Jiří Kmošek noted, as it is made up of an unusual copper alloy containing arsenic, nickel, lead, and silver. 
Fri, 20 Feb 2026 08:35:57 GMT
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MK Boaz Bismuth seen with haredi MKs and Aliyah and Integration Minister Ofir Sofer in the Knesset, Jerusalem, January 14, 2026. (photo credit: YONATAN SINDEL/FLASH90)
According to senior haredi party figures quoted by Maariv, some of Frenkel-Shor’s conditions are not purely legal in nature but reflect “an ideological approach.”
Fri, 20 Feb 2026 07:53:58 GMT
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A UNITED Launch Alliance Atlas V rocket carrying two astronauts aboard Boeing
NASA Administrator Jared Isaacman ripped into Boeing and agency leadership for their handling of the Starliner mission during a news conference timed with the release of the 300-page report.
Thu, 19 Feb 2026 15:47:05 GMT
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 Sagiv Asulin: “To be a light unto the  nations means that Israel  must lead the global  struggle for the survival  of Western civilization” (photo credit: Hadar Perlmutter)
The First Judeo-Christian Zionist Congress convenes in Tennessee: ‘In Nashville, I expanded Zionism to the nations’
Thu, 15 Jan 2026 11:42:41 GMT
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“It was a secret poll which said that 92% of the Iranian people hate their regime,” Sabti said, according to a transcript provided to The Jerusalem Post.
Wed, 14 Jan 2026 09:57:00 GMT
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Social media influencer Loay Alshareef at The Jerusalem Post conference in Miami, Florida (photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM)
Speaking at the Jerusalem Post Miami Summit on Wednesday, Alshareef called on Israel and the Jewish people to back Iranians seeking freedom, as Netanyahu voiced solidarity with the protesters.
Thu, 15 Jan 2026 21:10:20 GMT
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Ido Mahatzri ,CEO TALMA (photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM)
At the Jerusalem Post Miami Conference, TALMA CEO Ido Mahatzri showed how teachers, language and values reshape Israel’s periphery.
Thu, 15 Jan 2026 23:48:03 GMT
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Panel - Israeli Society and the Jewish People – 2036 (photo credit: MARC ISRAEL SELLEM)
Speaking at the Jerusalem Post Miami Conference, IDF veterans and civil-society leaders highlighted service, dignity, and Diaspora responsibility as pillars of Israel’s next chapter.
Thu, 08 Jan 2026 14:27:15 GMT
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Jerusalem Post Miami Conference 2025 (photo credit: JPOST STAFF)
Amid changing geopolitics and evolving Diaspora-Israel relations, the conference served as a platform for powerful ideas, bold discussions, and building bridges across continents.
Fri, 20 Feb 2026 05:46:53 GMT
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The Soroka Medical Center leads with an 85% satisfaction rate (photo credit: SHUTTERSTOCK)
The medical center is already simulating emergency situations, and in recent days, procedures have been refined and guidelines updated for transferring patients in case of another emergency. 
Fri, 20 Feb 2026 04:51:08 GMT
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MK Limor Son Har-Melech, together with dozens of activists from the Nahala movement, crossed the border fence into the Gaza Strip. February 19. (photo credit: X screenshot/Section 27 (a))
The Otzma Yehudit MK has said in a statement published by Nachala that "Gaza is ours forever."
Thu, 19 Feb 2026 22:47:46 GMT
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Political commentator Tucker Carlson speaks during the memorial service for political activist Charlie Kirk at State Farm Stadium on September 21, 2025 in Glendale, Arizona. (photo credit: JOE RAEDLE/GETTY IMAGES)
Israel Airports Authority confirmed that Carlson was "politely asked a few routine questions, in accordance with standard procedures applied to many travelers" in a late Wednesday X/Twitter post.
Thu, 19 Feb 2026 12:16:11 GMT
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Illustrative image of former prime minister Naftali Bennett and Conservative pundit Tucker Carlson (photo credit: Flickr/Gage Skidmore, OLIVIER FITOUSSI, REUTERS)
Bennett argued that Carlson didn’t even set foot in the country, yet made up a story that he was harassed by Israeli security.
Thu, 19 Feb 2026 21:41:30 GMT
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An Israeli settler rides a donkey near an Israeli vehicle, during olive harvesting in Silwad, near Ramallah, in the West Bank, October 29, 2025. (photo credit: MOHAMAD TOROKMAN/REUTERS)
A US embassy official condemned the violence, telling Reuters on Thursday: "The US Department of State has no higher priority than the safety and security of US citizens overseas."
Fri, 20 Feb 2026 05:58:26 GMT
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A VIEW of Kibbutz Be’eri shows a destroyed home from a world left behind on Oct. 7, 2023, when Hamas terrorists, Palestinian civilians, UNWRA workers, and media members infiltrated Gaza border communities and massacred 1,200 people. (photo credit: FLASH90)
Since October 7, opposition figures have argued that they would have governed, prepared, and responded better than Benjamin Netanyahu and his coalition.
Thu, 19 Feb 2026 22:57:22 GMT
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Iranian missiles are displayed at the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps(IRGC) Aerospace Force Museum in Tehran, Iran, November 12, 2025 (photo credit: MAJID ASGARIPOUR/WANA (WEST ASIA NEWS AGENCY) VIA REUTERS)
Three Israeli women describe how the June 2025 conflict with Iran affected them and their families, and how they feel now that tensions are rising once again.
Fri, 20 Feb 2026 03:53:03 GMT
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A rock left by supporters reads "please pray, bring her home" at the home of Nancy Guthrie, the 84-year-old mother of U.S. journalist and television host Savannah Guthrie, who went missing from her home in Tucson, US February 9, 2026. (photo credit: REUTERS/REBECCA NOBLE)
On Feb. 1, 84-year-old Nancy Guthrie, Savannah Guthrie’s mother, was abducted from her home in the early morning hours.
Fri, 20 Feb 2026 03:20:02 GMT
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U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to reporters onboard Air Force One, on travel from West Palm Beach, Florida, to Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, US, February 16, 2026. (photo credit: REUTERS/ELIZABETH FRANTZ)
Trump on Thursday accused former President Barack Obama of disclosing classified information when he recently said that aliens were real, but Trump did not cite any evidence to support the allegation