Trump to preside over first meeting of Board of Peace with many Gaza questions unresolved

US military ready to strike Iran as early as Saturday, but Trump yet to make final decision - CBS

REPORT
US President Donald Trump holds a reception at the White House, February 18, 2026; illustrative.
The US Institute of Peace building prepares to host U.S. President Donald Trump's first Board of Peace meeting in Washington, DC, US, February 18, 2026.
US President Donald Trump (C) holds up his signature on the founding charter as other world leaders look on during a signing ceremony for the “Board of Peace” at the World Economic Forum (WEF) on January 22, 2026 in Davos, Switzerland.

Iran issues NOTAM over planned rocket launches on Thursday, US FAA says

(Illustrative) AN IRANIAN FLAG is pictured near in a missile during a military drill, with the participation of Iran’s air defense units in October.
Iran's Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi on the day he addresses a special session of the Conference on Disarmament at the United Nations, aside of US-Iran talks in Geneva, Switzerland, February 17, 2026.

Iran expected to submit written proposal for resolving standoff with US, senior US official says

The Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS Abraham Lincoln (CVN 72) sails alongside the Arleigh Burke-class guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance (DDG 111) in the U.S. 5th Fleet area of operations.

US likely to attack Iran, but Trump has not yet decided to do so, sources tell 'Post'

Five hospitalized after fire breaks out in building in Tel Aviv's Rabbi Elnakvah Street

Commander of the US Southern Command Francis L. Donovan, US Charge d'Affaires to Venezuela Laura Farnsworth Dogu and senior Pentagon official Joseph M. Humire pose for a photo in Caracas, Venezuela, February 18, 2026.

Top US commander for Latin America makes surprise visit to Venezuela

Israeli Foreign Minister Gideon Saar speaks during a stakeout before attending a Security Council meeting at UN headquarters in New York City, U.S., August 5, 2025.

Gideon Sa'ar responds to Yvette Cooper’s criticism of Israel during UN Security Council meeting

Illustrative

International federation votes against expelling Israeli social workers' union

US Ambassador to United Nations Michael Waltz and other ambassadors vote in favor for a resolution during a meeting of the United Nations Security Council to consider a U.S. proposal for a U.N. mandate to establish an international stabilization force in Gaza, November 17, 2025

Kosovo, Kazakhstan, to join Gaza International Stabilization Force

Tucker Carlson looks on during US President Donald Trump’s meeting with oil  industry executives, at the White House in Washington, Jan. 9.

Tucker Carlson claims he was 'detained' at Ben-Gurion over standard pre-flight questioning

REPORT
Tucker Carlson during a visit to Israel.

Tucker Carlson visits Israel for sit-down with Huckabee: ‘He wouldn’t leave the airport'

Israel ranked 7th in broadband speed: Bezeq chairman on telecom innovation

WATCH
Tomer Raved, Executive Chairman of the Bezeq Group, speaks with Jake Laznik

'Impersonating officer' Assaf Shmuelovitz to serve sentence in psychiatric hospital

Women's integration into IDF 'disaster': Rabbis send letter to Netanyahu demanding intervention

Assaf Shmuelovich, the "Impersonating officer" charged for infiltrating the Southern Command on October 7.

IDF responds to Hezbollah ceasefire violations with targeted strikes

Flames and smoke errupt from the site of an Israeli airstrike that targeted a house in the southern Lebanese village of Tair Filsay on November 19, 2025.

WZO invites Mamdani to NYC Israel Day Parade, consul Akunis fires back

 Participants at NYC's Israel Day Parade, May 18, 2025.

Smotrich doubles down on refusal to enlist daughter, claims IDF is 'no place for women'

An illustration of Israeli data being hacked.

Hackers stole 2 quadrillion bytes of data from Israelis in recent years, cyber chief tells 'Post'

EXCLUSIVE
Israel Police officers patrol in Jerusalem’s Old City during the beginning of the holy fasting month of Ramadan, February 18, 2026.

A cautious Ramadan: Balancing security, rights, and common sense for a peaceful month

EDITORIAL
MARIIA SENIUK of Israel reacts after competing in the women’s figure skating short program at the Milano Cortina 2026 Olympic Winter Games.

Crowd boost helps Israeli figure skater Mariia Seniuk advance to Olympic final

Beth Israel of Mahanoy City, seen here in the 1950s, was built by Jewish merchants and businesspeople who served the area's burgeoning coal industry.

A defunct synagogue, reminder of a once-proud community, collapses in Pennsylvania’s coal region

Australian who called Jews 'greatest enemy' of nation gets year in jail under new hate crime laws

Israel condemns Swiss commentator's attempt to 'humiliate' athletes at Winter Olympics

Brandon Koschel delivering a speech in Sydney on January 26, 2026.

Trump nominee Jeremy Carl facing Senate pushback over history of antisemitic remarks

Jeremy Carl speaks at the National Conservatism Conference in Washington DC, Sept. 3, 2025.

Spike Lee says pro-Palestinian NBA All-Star Game outfit not meant as dig against Deni Avdija

Spike Lee at the 2026 NBA All-Star Game held at the Intuit Dome on Feb. 15, 2026 in Los Angeles.

Manchester police foiled 'deadliest terror attack' targeted at Jewish community, CST explains how

Satellite images reportedly show Iran repairing and fortifying sites amid US tensions

REPORT

Massive weeks-long war between US, Iran could begin 'very soon'

REPORT
A combination picture of satellite images show the Parchin military complex from before Israeli strikes until February 2026.
OPINION

Qatar’s ‘Ring of Fire’: The growing influence posing a deadly threat to Israel's security

ByURIEL DESKEL
CHILDREN, PART of a group of detainees, look through a fence at al-Hol camp after the Syrian government took control of it following the withdrawal of Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF), in Hasaka, Syria, January 21, 2026.

Syrian detention camp for suspected ISIS relatives nearly empty, former director says

Illustrative image of former commander of the Israeli Navy, V.-Adm. (res.) Eliezer Marom.

US strikes would aim to weaken Iran's regime, not change it, former Israel Navy chief Marom says

Netanyahu is right: A Trump-Iran nuclear deal will not be good enough

OPINION

Israeli soldier St.-Sgt. Ofri Yafe killed by friendly fire in southern Gaza, IDF says

A missile is launched during an exercise in southern Iran, in this handout image obtained on February 17, 2026.
OPINION

The Muslim Brotherhood is a stealth threat to European societies - opinion

The Muslim Brotherhood's Stealth Threat to European Societies
ByNIGEL GOODRICH
EXPLAINER

What is Ramadan, the holiest month in Islam?

Muslim worshippers pray at the Al-Aqsa Mosque compound in Jerusalem’s Old City, marking the beginning of the holy Muslim month of Ramadan, February 17, 2026.
REVIEW

Paul McCartney's 'Man on the Run' documentary brings viewers back to the 1970s

Arrow 4 anti-missile defense system to possibly be deployed in coming months, IAI CEO Levy says

Elbit sees record-breaking sales for laser target designator systems

Israel Aerospace Industries CEO Boaz Levy.

Israeli firm Autonomous Guard enters Indian defense market with $1.9m deal

SMARTSHOOTER's SMASH 3000

Smart Shooter plans NIS 200m IPO amid defense boom

Vehicle with Spectral X signature management solutions

Spectralx: Israeli company redefines battlefield concealment

INTERVIEW

Ukraine dissatisfied with 'difficult' peace talks, US sees 'meaningful progress'

US has 'many arguments' to strike Iran, White House announces ahead of Board of Peace meeting

A Russian delegation waits for the start of a meeting on the first day of the third round of trilateral talks between delegates from Ukraine, Russia and the US, amid Russia's attack on Ukraine, in Geneva, Switzerland, February 17, 2026.

Iran’s crypto network is shielding regime from Western sanctions, experts tell ‘Post’

A Bitcoin is seen on the background of the Iranian flag (illustrative)

Britain sees over 50,000 migrant crossings on small boats during Keir Starmer’s premiership

British Prime Minister Keir Starmer attends a Q&A as he visits Taffs Well Depot in Ffordd Bleddyn on February 18, 2026 in Cardiff, Wales.
WATCH

UN Security Council calls urgent meeting to discuss recent Israeli West Bank policies

Mohamed Abushahab, Permanent Representative of the United Arab Emirates to the United Nations, addresses the Security Council during the meeting on the situation in the Middle East, at U.N. headquarters in New York City, US, February 18, 2026.

At Vienna’s Yael Awards, Jewish education is framed as infrastructure, not crisis response

Survivor Agam Berger played "Hallelujah."

A grove of recognition in the Golan

Miriam Adelson

A Community called home

Mediterranean Towers Jerusalem

Aviation industry sees labor dispute as Wizz Air seeks to establish Israeli base of operations

Lessons from Israel’s decline in the Global Corruption Index

OPINION
AN EL AL flight takes off at the Ben Gurion International Airport, outside of Tel Aviv, August 14, 2025.

Israeli entrepreneurs create ‘Semantics Engineering,’ aiming to solve enterprise AI context crisis

Solid's founders Yoni Leitersdorf and Tal Segalov.

Israeli suppliers empty out inventories selling sweets, soft drinks to Gaza for Ramadan

A Palestinian woman shops as she prepares for the holy fasting month of Ramadan, in Gaza City, February 17, 2026.
OPINION

Playtime vs airtime: The efficiency metric every founder should understand

ByAARON RINBERG

Wild storm in New Zealand disrupts flights, thousands without power

Two women declared dead after suspected oxygen suit failures at Ashdod oil refinery

An Air New Zealand Boeing 787 at O'Hare International Airport, Chicago, pictured in 2018; illustrative.

Jerusalem, Tel Aviv become the most polluted major cities in the world from dust, urban emissions

 A jellyfish is seen near a boat by the coast of Haifa at the Mediterranean sea, Israel July 25, 2022.

Rare giant phantom jellyfish found near Argentina during early February mission

 US military forces boarded the crude oil tanker Aquila II in the Indian Ocean after pursuing it from the Caribbean. The vessel was accused of breaching Washington's blockade on sanctioned vessels traveling to or from Venezuela. February 9, 2026.

Iran’s poorly maintained ‘dark fleet’ poses major risk for oil spill in Mideast

Parents notified of exposure risk after Ichilov neonatal ward guard tests positive for measles

Bank Hapoalim Israeli art exhibition to raise funds for NATAL trauma care after October 7

Ichilov hospital and Sourasky Medical Centre in Tel Aviv.

Katz awards Soroka Medical Center with Defense Minister’s Shield for support of soldiers during war

New immigrant pharmacists face discrimination, lack of gov't support despite professional shortage

January sets record for organ transplants in Israel with 54 procedures

Haredi draft bill could trigger 'collapse' of Israel's Right in elections, minister warns

Argentinian oleh celebrates his Bar Mitzvah, conversion to Judaism 20 years after making aliyah

Minister of Immigration and Absorption Ofir Sofer holds a press conference at the Knesset, the Israeli parliament in Jerusalem, December 1, 2025.
OPINION

Emergence of a new Anglo demographic in Israel requires a change of priorities

 RABBI JOE and the JLIC TLV community members bring an ice cream truck to evacuees in Tel Aviv hotels.
ByESTI MOSKOVITZ-KALMAN
EDITORIAL

People, not products: Ehud Barak’s 'quality control' aliyah comment is a moral failure

Ehud Barak and Jeffrey Epstein

New Epstein Files audio reveals Barak-Epstein conversation on Israel 'immigrant quality'

Former prime minister Ehud Barak attends a conference held by the Movement for Quality Government in Tel Aviv, January 28, 2026.

Four buildings, one home: A new way to live in north Tel Aviv

The grand advantage: High-end within reach

Jabotinsky 137-7 project. Tel Aviv

Head of Kiryat Tivon council on NVIDIA: 'An opportunity that can change the entire North'

BAT YAM, the mini-Tel Aviv that hasn’t quite caught up with itself.

Israel’s real estate map is changing

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High response to Israel Lands Authority tenders: A sign of developers’ confidence in the market

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Trump behind Carlson's Israel visit to reduce heat in conservative antisemitism debate

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When prayer is weaponized: Preserving faith’s sincerity in a politicized world

You can't beat Chabad, so why not join them?

Israel must deepen alliances past the Jewish world, embrace faith-based allies

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TUCKER CARLSON speaks during AmericaFest, the first Turning Point USA summit since the death of Charlie Kirk, in Phoenix, Arizona, US December 18, 2025.

Tucker Carlson 'totally wrong' about Christian mistreatment in Israel, NGO founder says

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Red pigment drawings discovered by Egyptian archaeologists on the Umm Arak Plateau in the southern Sinai, February 17, 2026.

Egyptian researchers discover collection of ancient rock art spanning 10,000 years in Sinai desert

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Weizmann Institue, NASA discover Jupiter is smaller and flatter than previously believed

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Noam Bettan will represent Israel at Eurovision 2026.

EBU approves Israel's 2026 Eurovision song after undergoing minor adjustments

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

Anti-Israel activists, commentators fume after LeBron James praises Deni Avdija, Israel

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On This Day: Howard Carter enters King Tut's burial chamber in Egypt's Valley of Kings

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