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Swords of Iron: sources IIIIIIIII (view source)
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Israeli President Isaac Herzog blasts genocide ‘lie’, says anti-Semitism is present in Australia.
In an exclusive interview, Israeli President Isaac Herzog has shut down suggestions that he incited genocide, blasting the ‘libellous lie’, saying that Israel wants peace and an end to war in the Middle East.
Max Corstorphan.
The Nightly.
11 Feb 2026.
Israeli President Isaac Herzog on Sunrise.
Israeli President Isaac Herzog has shut down suggestions that he has incited genocide, blasting the “libellous lie”, saying that Israel wants peace and an end to war in the Middle East.
Speaking exclusively with Sunrise on Thursday morning, Mr Herzog told host Nat Barr that US President Donald Trump has played an instrumental role in progressing peace, but warned that the “proof” would be in the pudding to see if Hamas is prepared to disarm.
Mr Herzog was officially invited to Australia by the Governor-General in the wake of the anti-Semitic terror attack at Bondi Beach, which saw 15 innocent people killed.
“This has been a very emotional trip,” he told Sunrise in an exclusive interview.
“It has been a trip where I could hug and strengthen and console the Jewish community, which has gone through a horrific Bondi Beach terror attack.”
Mr Herzog said from what he has seen during his visit, his message to Jewish people and the world was that anti-Semitism is present in Australia, but the country also has a silent mass who hold love for Jews.
“I am saying to my people and the Jewish people around the world, that I found an Australia that is different than depicted, there is antisemitism,” he told Sunrise.
“There is anti-Semitism. It is frightening and worrying, but there’s also a silent majority of Australians who seek peace, who respect the Jewish community, and of course, want a dialogue with Israel.”
Pushed on the backlash his visit has sparked, Mr Herzog said he had never incited genocide, and questioned where Australian protesters were demonstrating against violence in Iran.
“God forbid I never incited genocide,” he said, defending a comment he walked back in an interview.
“It’s a libellous lie. And that’s part of the whole circumstances of basis. We were attacked by the most (horrible) organisation on October 7th.
“It is extremely difficult, extremely painful. None of us want war.
“All I want is for our neighbours to live in peace. Believe me, I care for the pain of the Palestinians, but terror cannot reign in the world.”
Mr Herzog said suggestions that he had incited genocide were “brainwashing”, adding that they had no basis.
“By the way, the Iranian regime is spreading hate all over and killing its own citizens and not caring about their goodwill. I ask all these protesters in Australia, where are you when about 50,000 (Iranians are) killed brutally by their own regime,” he added.
He went on to explain how, when Israel went into Gaza to defend itself after October 7, the Israeli Defence Force found “endless tunnels and ammunition”, including stockpiles in civilian homes, saying it was a “difficult” terrain.
He said he hoped foreign press would be allowed into Gaza soon, so they could see the “real story”.
Mr Herzog thanked Mr Trump for his work in securing peace in the Middle East, calling out his role in securing the release of hostages held by Hamas after October 7.
“Now a whole worldwide effort is based in Israel and in Gaza in order to decommission Hamas, take out its arms and enable a better future with huge development and investment in Gaza,” Herzog said. “Is it realistic? Is it feasible? We pray and hope, yes.”
Mr Herzog told Sunrise that meetings with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese were productive.
“(It is) also an opportunity to reignite the incredible relations we have with Australia throughout the history of our nations,” he said.
Mr Herzog’s visit, which was organised in the wake of Jewish Australians being killed in an anti-Semitic terror attack, has been met with outrage from pro-Palestine groups.
Protests in capital cities have drawn large crowds, and the first night of protests in Sydney resulted in charges and arrests for those who allegedly did not comply with police orders.
More protests are planned in Melbourne on Thursday, the final stop in Mr Herzog’s visit.
He did intend to visit the Adass Israel Synagogue in the inner-Melbourne suburb of Ripponlea on Thursday, the religious site which was the target of a fire bombing in 2024, however, the visit was cancelled due to security concerns.
[https://thenightly.com.au/politics/israeli-president-isaac-herzog-blasts-genocide-lie-says-anti-semitism-is-present-in-australia-c-21610501 Nighlty]
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MS NOW Sounds Like Tucker Carlson
By: Jennifer Kouzi February 11, 2026
MS NOW’s The Weekend: Primetime sounded a lot like Tucker Carlson over the weekend.
Consider the following lines and references involving recycled antisemitic tropes and conspiracies and ask yourself who said it: MS NOW or Carlson?
“There has been reporting linking Jeffrey Epstein with Israeli intelligence agencies.”
When talking about the American Israel Political Action Committee (AIPAC)’s involvement in a political race, referring to the organization as “The Israel Lobby” – a pejorative suggesting the organization, which advocates for a strong U.S.-Israel relationship, is a dark and overly powerful influence on foreign policy.
“Netanyahu has demonstrated over the years that he has the ability to talk American presidents . . . into doing what he thinks is best for him and for Israel” – the evergreen trope of Jewish control – more recently morphed into the leader of the one and only Jewish State controlling the United States.
All three quotes came from MS NOW’s The Weekend: Primetime on Feb. 7 – 8, 2026. But full credit for correctly answering requires recognizing that Tucker Carlson has conveyed these same sentiments, particularly since his migration into what is now called the “Woke Right.”
Tucker Carlson.
Ayman Mohyeldin Spreads Epstein-Mossad Conspiracy Theory.
On Feb. 7, 2026, MS NOW host Ayman Mohyeldin stated, “There has been reporting linking Jeffrey Epstein with Israeli intelligence agencies.” Mohyeldin speculated that Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s denial of the claim was “not going to silence those who have been combing through these emails” and finding “multiple links between [Epstein] and Israel through various causes, people associated with Israel, the former Prime Minister and agents.”
If by “reporting” Mohyeldin meant anti-Israel propaganda outlets – such as Iranian State Media, suspected-to-be-Qatari-backed Middle East Eye, and Turkey’s state-run Anadolu Agency, then the claim tracks. But even Qatari propagandist outlet Al Jazeera – which regularly treats outlandish conspiracy theories about Israel as fact – acknowledged that whether Epstein was an Israeli intelligence asset was not something it could establish. The New York Times has gone further, describing alleged Epstein-Mossad ties as a conspiracy theory. The Times columnist Ross Douthat added that the charge was “largely manufactured by paranoiacs and attention seekers and credulous believers.”
Tucker Carlson is widely credited for popularizing the Epstein-Mossad conspiracy theory in the United States. Carlson was fired by Fox News in 2023 after the network had to pay $787 million due to false statements he made on air. Since leaving Fox, Carlson has platformed both notorious antisemite Nick Fuentes and Nazi apologist Darryl Cooper on his podcast, suggested Israeli connections to 9/11, and in 2024, claimed he was mauled by demons. This is the ideological company Mohyeldin’s rhetoric keeps.
No one disputes Mossad is mentioned in the Epstein files – as are the CIA, UK Intelligence, and the KGB. Israel is mentioned in the Epstein files, but less frequently than Russia, China, Canada and France.
High-School Grad Who Never Held a Job, Cameron Kasky, Talks About the “Israel Lobby” on MS NOW
Cameron Kasky co-founded two gun control advocacy organizations after surviving the 2018 mass shooting at Parkland High School in Florida but stopped organizing protests in 2019.
Since then, the anti-Israel, Jewish, “dues-paying member” of the Democratic Socialists of America completed a few semesters of college and has held no full-time jobs. After a brief two-month campaign, Kasky dropped out of the NY-12 Democratic primary race in early 2026, following travel to the West Bank with a new aim to stop Israeli “settler violence.” On X, Kasky also suggested he believes Epstein to be a Mossad agent.
Apparently, this résumé was sufficient for MS NOW to welcome the newly self-styled “human rights advocate” as a commentator.
Over the weekend, Kasky discussed AIPAC’s role in a recent New Jersey democratic primary. In maligning the organization, he referred to AIPAC as the “Israel Lobby.” On X, Kasky admitted to an obsession with the organization. In addition to calling the State of Israel “fundamentally illiberal,” he erroneously described AIPAC – whose contributors and members belong to both parties and whose mission it is to build bipartisan support for the U.S.-Israel relationship – as right-wing, nationalist and an arm of MAGA.
There is little doubt Kasky borrowed this descriptor from a book embraced by both the far-left and far-right. The Israel Lobby and U.S. Foreign Policy, by John Mearsheimer and Stephen Walt, argues the “Israel lobby” influences U.S. foreign policy through manipulation. Critics have alleged the book traffics in dual-loyalty, antisemitic tropes and those of Jewish power and control. In political discourse, the term “Israel lobby” has been used in the same way as the book to suggest a secretive, powerful and perhaps undemocratic influence over U.S. policy. By contrast, referring to AIPAC as a “pro-Israel lobby” is both accurate and descriptive.
Tucker Carlson platformed Mearsheimer on his podcast recently, as the two ranted about the power of the Israel lobby and Mearsheimer advanced the genocide libel (among other wildly outrageous Israel-related claims) during the two-hour conversation.
MS NOW Geopolitical Analyst Bobby Ghosh Alleged Netanyahu Controls American Presidents
Bloomberg Senior Editor Bobby Ghosh also appeared on The Weekend: Primetime to discuss the Middle East over the Feb. 7 – 8, 2026 weekend. While Ghosh has not been known to make overtly anti-Israel or antisemitic statements, he has subtly expressed his preferences. Examples include telling readers in October 2023 that he first visited Gaza during the “so-called Second Intifada.” Eleven months later, Ghosh questioned whether it was “kosher” for Israel to have launched the pager attack against Hezbollah.
The subtle suddenly became overt when Ghosh made the claim that “Netanyahu has demonstrated over the years . . . the ability to talk American presidents . . . into doing what he thinks is best for him and for Israel.” Ghosh’s trope on MS NOW follows in the footsteps of the antisemitic cartoon The New York Times published and the trope espoused by the Financial Times and The Guardian following the U.S. involvement in the 12-day Israel-Iran War in June 2025. Mohyeldin certainly did not push back on Ghosh, as he, himself, engaged in the same trope in June 2025.
Both the American Jewish Committee and the Anti-Defamation League have written about the classic antisemitic trope Ghosh advanced: the accusation that America is doing Israel’s bidding.
Tucker Carlson, in September 2025, alleged that Prime Minister Netanyahu had bragged about the control he had over U.S. leaders.
By spreading antisemitic conspiracy theories and exaggerating Israel’s influence over America, MS NOW commentators Mohyeldin, Kasky and Ghosh echo themes popularized by right-wing antisemite Tucker Carlson. The similarities in their hate-fueled imaginations realize Deborah Lipstadt’s horseshoe theory of antisemitism. As the former Special Envoy to Combat Antisemitism explained, “the far-left and the far-right are closer to one another on the issue of antisemitism than they are to the center.”
[https://www.camera.org/article/ms-now-sounds-like-tucker-carlson/ CAMERA]
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Tucker Carlson Spreads More Misinformation About Christians and Israel.
February 12, 2026
Tucker Carlson met in Jordan with Anglican Archbishop of Jerusalem, Hosam Naoum, to discuss how Christians are doing in the Holy Land. As in previous episodes of his show, Tucker Carlson and his guest served up a hefty dose of inaccuracies and misrepresentations about Christians and Israel.
[https://www.camera.org/article/tucker-carlson-spreads-more-misinformation-about-christians-and-israel/ CAMERA]
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The New York Times Rebrands Anti-Zionism as “Sharp Criticism”.
February 13, 2026
In mislabeling NYC Mayor Zohran Mamdani a "sharp critic of Israel," the New York Times rebrands and minimizes hateful anti-Zionism while gaslighting Jews and misleading readers. We have a new term for this: blue-and-whitewashing.
[https://www.camera.org/article/the-new-york-times-rebrands-anti-zionism-as-sharp-criticism/ CAMERA]
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How an Indian Researcher Exposed the Nazi–Palestinian Alliance | Aabhas Maldahiyar. Stand Tall Israel. Feb 12, 2026
Most people believe the Israel–Palestine conflict began in 1948.
Most people believe Nazi history ended in 1945.
But what if those two stories are connected in ways almost nobody talks about?
In this powerful interview, Indian researcher and author Aabhas Maldahiyar reveals historical evidence of collaboration between Nazi leadership and key Arab figures, including the Grand Mufti of Jerusalem.
Drawing from archival documents in Germany, Israel, and the United States, he explains a chapter of history that is rarely discussed in mainstream education or media.
In this interview we discuss:
• The Grand Mufti’s relationship with Hitler.
• Muslim units that fought inside the Nazi military.
• Why this history is largely missing from textbooks.
• Why many Indians feel a strong connection to Israel.
• The most disturbing discoveries found in historical archives.
After reading his book, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu personally wrote to him, acknowledging the importance of his research.
00:00 – The Connection Most People Never Hear About.
00:41 – How This Research Began.
04:02 – Archives That Prove Nazi–Arab Collaboration.
04:47 – What Shocked Him the Most.
06:03 – The Grand Mufti and Hitler.
11:29 – Netanyahu’s Controversial Statement Explained.
16:06 – Admiration for Hitler in the Arab World.
18:12 – Mein Kampf in Arabic and Its Influence.
19:41 – Muslim Units Inside the Nazi Army.
23:33 – Hitler, Race, and Why Muslims Were an Exception.
29:29 – The Most Disturbing Discoveries in the Archives.
32:42 – Violence Against Jews Before 1948.
35:01 – Why This History Isn’t Taught.
37:57 – Why Indians Feel Connected to Israel.
41:07 – What the World Can Learn from India.
43:17 – Netanyahu’s Letter and What It Meant.
45:21 – How Writing the Book Changed His View.
46:55 – Final Message to the World.
48:23 – Closing Remarks.
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ec8fzwRFWxc on YouTube]
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Why Saudi Arabia is turning back to Islamism – and against Israel.
Hussain Abdul-Hussain.
February 6, 2026.
Last week Thursday, Saudi Defence Minister Prince Khalid bin Salman visited Washington and met with Secretary of State Marco Rubio, Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth, Special Envoy Steve Witkoff and Senator Lindsey Graham. The Saudi readout said the meetings reviewed “strategic relations between [the two] countries, prospects for enhancing cooperation… and efforts to advance regional and global peace and stability.”
The next day, state-sanctioned sermons in Saudi Arabia featured rhetoric that could hardly advance regional peace. In Mecca and Medina, government-appointed imams called on God to support “our downtrodden brothers in Palestine,” to “reverse their weakness into strength,” and to grant them “victory against the Zionist aggressors.” These clerics are state employees, and the content of their sermons is approved by the Saudi Ministry of Islamic Affairs.
The surge in anti-Israel – and at times even antisemitic – language, evident across editorials, columns and state-aligned media, is unmistakable. It marks a clear shift in the policy of Saudi Arabia, whose crown prince and de-facto ruler, Mohammed bin Salman (MBS), once described Israel not as an enemy but as a potential ally. The reasons are multifaceted.
Riyadh has been lobbying Washington to confront the Iranian regime since at least 2002, when the late Saudi King Abdullah visited President George W. Bush at his Texas ranch. “Cut off the head of the snake,” the Saudi monarch urged, a request Bush later recorded in his memoir Decision Points.
As Washington hesitated, Saudi Arabia gradually gravitated towards Israel, which shared the kingdom’s fear of the Islamist regime in Tehran.
In parallel, when MBS first came to power in 2015, high oil revenues allowed him to experiment with reshaping Saudi society. Islamism was repressed and women were granted expanded rights, including the ability to drive and travel independently. After 9/11, Saudi Arabia had already curtailed domestic Islamism – the kingdom’s most effective tool for projecting influence abroad. MBS went further, promising to transform Saudi Arabia into a Middle Eastern analogue of Dubai, the city many Arabs and Muslims aspire to live in.
But with revenues shrinking due to persistently lower oil prices, MBS now finds it harder to keep the Islamist genie in the bottle and appears to be loosening his grip to relieve internal pressure.
Vision 2030 – an ambitious plan to diversify Saudi Arabia’s oil-dependent economy, reshape its society, and position the kingdom as a global investment hub – now appears increasingly out of reach. As a result, the crown prince seems to have abandoned the Emirati model of economic transformation – moving from oil rents towards services – and replaced it with a Turkish-style approach: masking economic trouble with populist appeals to restored Islamic glory, beginning with hostility towards Israel.
Saudi Arabia’s shift back towards Islamism may have been inspired by Qatar and Turkey, whose Muslim Brotherhood-aligned policies expanded their regional influence without triggering alarm in Washington, thanks in part to the strength of Doha’s and Ankara’s lobbying operations in the US capital.
[https://www.thejc.com/opinion/why-saudi-arabia-is-turning-back-to-islamism-and-against-israel-qh0v1bvo TheJC]
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Thursday, February 12, 2026.
69% of Jews Feel Unsafe Hearing "Globalize the Intifada." Why Doesn't That Matter?
Yesterday, I wrote about a lecture by Magda Teter that noted a major difference between antisemitism and racism studies: Antisemitism studies tends to focus on perpetrators , while racism studies tends to focus on the harmed.
This seems to be empirically true.
When Black communities or other victims of racism experience language as being hurtful, it is taken very seriously, even when the language itself is contested or ambiguous.
The real estate industry replaced "master bedroom" with "primary bedroom" across major MLS systems, with HGTV and homebuilders following suit, because it could evoke the pain of slavery for Black Americans.
The tech industry replaced "master/slave" with "primary/replica" and "blacklist/whitelist" with "blocklist/allowlist." Twitter, JPMorgan, and the National Institute of Standards and Technology all made the switch.
The Washington Redskins became the Commanders.
In each case, the same logic applied: the affected community said this language causes pain, and institutions deferred to that experience — even when others disagreed, even when the etymology was contested, even when the original intent was benign.
That is, by any measure, a healthy institutional response. It reflects decades of scholarship in racism studies that trained institutions to take the lived experience of targeted communities seriously.
But when Jews are offended by words or phrases, their opinions are not considered to be nearly as important.
The AJC just released its 2025 State of Antisemitism in America Report, and two numbers jumped out at me.
When asked how hearing the phrase "Globalize the Intifada" would make them feel as a Jewish person in the United States, 69% of American Jews said it would make them feel either somewhat or very unsafe.
83% of American Jews consider the phrase "Israel has no right to exist" to be antisemitic.
These are overwhelming supermajorities of the affected community telling you what causes them fear and pain.
The people who are extra sensitive to hurting the feelings of other minorities seem more often to defend phrases or words that Jews say explicitly make them feel unsafe.
This is a concrete example of Teter's observation. And it shows that people simply don't care about quantifiable Jewish pain and fear.
The AJC survey finds that 55% of American Jews report changing their behavior out of fear of antisemitism — avoiding events, hiding Jewish symbols, self-censoring online. 91% say they feel less safe after the violent attacks on Jews in America in 2025.
These numbers describe a community in distress. And yet the institutional response is not to defer to Jewish experience. It is to debate it.
News media fight to find the fringe Jews who support those statements and try to normalize them as mainstream. You never see them do that for Blacks.
There is a methodological inconsistency in how each minority group is treated by our institutions, and it has real consequences.
If the standard is that the affected community's experience of a phrase matters — and I think that's a reasonable standard — then it should apply consistently. You cannot defer to Black communal experience on "master bedroom" while dismissing Jewish communal experience on "Globalize the Intifada."
If 69% of a targeted minority says a phrase makes them feel unsafe, that should at minimum be taken as seriously as a real estate term with a debatable etymological connection to slavery.
When a supermajority of Jews says a phrase is threatening, universities should not need a two-year committee process to decide if they agree.
When Jewish students say campus slogans make them feel unsafe, the response should not be "that's just political speech" any more than "master bedroom" was "just a real estate term."
The double standard isn't about free speech. The KKK has the right to protest and use racist language, but the response to those demonstrations is quite different to that of speech that most Jews consider hurtful. I'm not arguing to restrict free speech. I'm saying that the media, universities, and other institutions should treat those phrases as offensive.
There is a big difference between allowed speech and legitimate speech. Too many antizionists pretend that they are the same for their offensive speech but different for speech they find offensive.
When 83% of Jews say denying Israel's right to exist is antisemitic, that communal consensus should carry at least as much institutional weight as the consensus that led to renaming a bedroom.
The AJC data tells us what Jews experience. The question is whether anyone is listening.
[https://elderofziyon.blogspot.com/2026/02/69-of-jews-feel-unsafe-hearing.html EoZ]
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Freed hostage Arbel Yehoud breaks silence: 'I tried to end it three times'.
Freed hostage Arbel Yehoud breaks silence: 'I tried to end it three times'.
Arbel Yehoud speaks about her suicide attempts, her decision not to reveal the horrors of captivity until partner Ariel Cunio was freed, his collapse after their reunion, the letters that sustained them and why, after Romi Gonen’s interview, she says, 'I’m still a closed suitcase'
Arbel Yehoud speaks about her suicide attempts, her decision not to reveal the horrors of captivity until partner Ariel Cunio was freed, his collapse after their reunion, the letters that sustained them and why, after Romi Gonen’s interview, she says, 'I’m still a closed suitcase'
ynet | published:06:04
ynet | published:02.13.26 06:04
[https://www.ynetnews.com/article/rynb0v6pbl Ynet]
[https://www.ynetnews.com/article/rynb0v6pbl Ynet]
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Joe Truzman @JoeTruzman:
The Israeli military said it captured Muhammad Zidan, an aid of a terrorist who belonged to a cell that carried out the killings of 3 Israelis in the West Bank town of al-Funduq last year.
Separately, Palestinian Telegram channels circulated a photo purportedly of Zidan.
A background check of the alleged terrorist shows that he likely belonged to a Palestinian Islamic Jihad branch in Jenin or Nablus.
Feb 13, 2026.
[https://x.com/JoeTruzman/status/2022321628563284477 on X]
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Deeply concerning’: Anti-Israel activists door knock to locate Zionists in the UK.
Sky News Australia. Feb 13, 2026. Andrew Bolt.
Spiked Online Chief Political Writer Brendan O’Neill reacts to the “deeply concerning” footage of anti-Israel activists going door to door in Brighton, UK, to check if the people inside are Zionists or not.
"What a crock that is," Mr O’Neill told Sky News host Andrew Bolt.
“I’m sick and tired of tiptoeing around this, anti-Zionism is antisemitism.
“If you spend your every waking hour dreaming of the destruction of the world’s only Jewish nation … then I’m sorry to say, you clearly have a problem with Jews.”
Explore the podcast
[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbH9RYsLEdw on YouTube]
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Hillel Neuer · Feb 13, 2026 @HillelNeuer ·
Replying to @HillelNeuer
Francesca Albanese was picked for the UN post in 2022 because of her specialty in Holocaust inversion. And that is why she is popular in Europe. At once they are absolved of guilt feelings, and they get to demonize the Jewish state in the name of morality.
Hillel Neuer
@HillelNeuer
Replying to @HillelNeuer
The nomination of Francesca Albanese was announced in a letter published today by U.N. Human Rights Council president Federico Villegas.
She has repeatedly accused Israel of “apartheid,” “genocide” and “war-crimes.”
Here she equates the Palestinian 'nakba' with the Holocaust..
Feb 24, 2022. [https://x.com/HillelNeuer/status/1496655253063749634]
[https://twitter.com/HillelNeuer/status/2022294336881278981 on X]
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Jonathan Sacerdoti @jonsac:
70,000 dead? After Haaretz claimed the IDF had acknowledged Hamas' figure for Gaza casualties and much of the world media repeated it, IDF International Spokesman
@LTC_Shoshani explicitly told me yesterday in Gaza that the IDF does not recognise that figure:
"That is not an official IDF tally or an official IDF statement, The IDF is still evaluating the number of terrorists that we have eliminated and, if we can, the number of casualties in Gaza."
Feb 13, 2026
[https://x.com/jonsac/status/2022199621317980518 on X]
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Over a million people rally worldwide in solidarity with Iran protests.
February 14, 2026.
Around 250,000 Iranian people attended a massive rally in Munich, Germany, on Feb. 14, 2026
Around 250,000 Iranian people attended a massive rally in Munich, Germany, on Feb. 14, 2026
Over one million Iranians rallied across Europe, North America and Australia on Saturday in response to a call by exiled Prince Reza Pahlavi, while nighttime chants echoed from rooftops and apartment blocks inside Iran in a coordinated show of solidarity.
The largest gatherings took place in Toronto, Los Angeles and Munich, the three cities highlighted in the exiled prince's calls for solidarity rallies, where almost one million demonstrated.
In Munich, the local police estimated the crowd at around 250,000 people. Protesters filled the Theresienwiese grounds, waving lion-and-sun flags and chanting slogans in support of the national uprising in Iran.
In a speech delivered to the massive crowd in Munich, Pahlavi called the current moment “our final battle.”
The Toronto and Los Angeles rallies of Iranians also each drew 350,000 people, according to the two cities’ police.
In Toronto, Canadian officials including Ontario Premier Doug Ford and provincial ministers addressed demonstrators, voicing support for the Iranian people and condemning Tehran’s crackdown.
[https://www.iranintl.com/en/202602146821 IranIntl]
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IDF eliminates terrorists emerging from Gaza tunnel, strikes Hezbollah sites in Lebanon.
Troops identify armed terrorists emerging from tunnel shaft and carry out airstrike, killing them; in Lebanon, fighter jets strike Hezbollah targets as Upper Galilee council warns residents blast noises could continue for hours.
Elisha Ben Kimon, Lior Ben Ari, Shimon Elbaz|Yesterday | 2.14.26 23:59
The IDF said Saturday it killed armed terrorists in northern Gaza after identifying them near Israeli forces operating in an area under Israeli control, describing the incident as “another blatant violation” of the ceasefire agreement.
Separately, the military said it carried out strikes on infrastructure belonging to the Hezbollah terrorist group in southern Lebanon. The Lebanese Hezbollah-affiliated channel Al Manar reported that fighter jets launched a series of strikes in the village of Bouslaiya, between Houmine al-Fawqa and Deir al-Zahrani, and in the Jabal al-Rihan area.
[https://www.ynetnews.com/article/r1k4pwadwl YNet]
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Israel is Sleeping.
Erdogan’s New Empire: How the Sunni Axis Quietly Surrounded Israel.
The strategy of "pre-empting threats" promised to us on October 8th has been replaced by reactive firefighting and a total loss of deterrence against a resurgent Sunni Axis.
Yair Kleinbaum
Feb 14, 2026.
While the eyes of the
State of Israel are fixed with anxious anticipation on the Iranian uprisings that erupted in January 2026, a threat no less severe is metastasizing under the national radar. In the brief strategic window between the waning of high-intensity combat in Gaza in September 2025 and the pivot of our attention eastward, a dangerous vacuum was created, and the Sunni Axis is racing to fill it.
The New Syria:
The "Turkification" of Jolani
The American withdrawal from Syria was far more than a logistical maneuver; it was the starting pistol for a new era. Abu Mohammad al-Jolani now rules with an iron fist over critical trade routes and oil pipelines. While
Jerusalem
was busy celebrating the "elimination" of Hezbollah, Jolani has already managed to explicitly threaten Israel twice this month alone.
The bombing of his headquarters may have made for a good photo op, but on the ground, Jolani doesn't take Israel into account. Syria is undergoing a rapid process of re-armament. The achievements gained from the collapse of the Assad regime are vanishing, replaced by a radical Sunni rule under Turkish patronage, presenting Israel with a new Northern Front far more complex than the one we knew.
The Writing on the Wall: A Triple Alliance
The warning is written in bright Sunni letters. A triple alliance of Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Egypt is taking shape, with one clear goal: to push Israel to the edge.
Egypt:
Continues to arm itself at a frantic pace while facilitating, or at the very least, allowing, arms smuggling into Judea and Samaria, and likely Gaza as well.
Jordan:
As usual, the Hashemite Kingdom remains at the mercy of the Bedouin tribes and American support, while our eastern border has become a "Wild West" of unchecked smuggling.
Turkey:
Erdogan is no longer satisfied with mere rhetoric. Turkey now maintains a presence within Gaza and near Mount Hermon, posing a direct military threat to Israel.
Strategy or a High-Stakes Gamble?
Does the Israeli government have a long-term plan, or is it simply betting on a regional Sunni-Shia civil war in the hopes of emerging unscathed? If that is the plan, it is crashing against the rocks of reality.
Hamas is alive and kicking, Hezbollah is far from being decisively defeated, and Iraqi militias continue to operate at full strength.
There is a growing, painful realization that Israel may have sacrificed a "Total Victory" over Hamas and the security of Judea and Samaria on the altar of the "Iranian Nuclear Program." Two years after October 7th, that threat has not been removed; in fact, its equally psychotic sibling, the ballistic missile project, remains firmly on the table.
A Failure of Leadership.
If, after all the fighting, the blood, and the sacrifice, the threats against Israel have only multiplied and intensified across new fronts, the Netanyahu government and its leader have failed fundamentally. The strategy of "pre-empting threats" promised to us on October 8th has been replaced by reactive firefighting and a total loss of deterrence against a resurgent Sunni Axis.
It is time for the government to draw the necessary conclusions.
[https://www.jfeed.com/analysis/sunni-axis-turkey-israel JFeed]
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Fetterman Fires Back.
Fetterman Defends Israel: Attacks AOC's Gaza 'Genocide' Smear.
Pennsylvania Senator Blasts Democratic 'Rot,' Demands Consistency: Why the Silence on Iran's Execution of Thousands of Protesters While Attacking America's Key Ally?
Yair Kleinbaum. Feb 15, 2026.
Appearing earlier this evening on Fox News, Pennsylvania Senator John Fetterman delivered a powerful rebuke to critics of Israel, particularly Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC), for their selective outrage.
Fetterman highlighted the hypocrisy in relentlessly attacking Israel while remaining silent on the Islamic Republic of Iran's brutal suppression of its own people.
"Why is she so eager to criticize Israel, but I don’t recall her saying anything as Iran executed thousands of protesters?" Fetterman asked pointedly.
He firmly stated, "There was never a genocide in Gaza," emphasizing Israel's right to defend itself in what he described as an "existential war."
This exchange comes amid fresh revelations from an Iranian doctor, identified as Dr. Reza, who spoke to The Jerusalem Post about the Iranian regime's horrific tactics during recent protests.
According to him, members of the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC) have been killing protesters directly in hospital beds and targeting medical staff who attempt to provide care.
Countless civilians, even those unconnected to the protests, perished when the regime cut off landlines and internet access, preventing emergency calls. These actions paint a grim picture of a totalitarian regime willing to murder its citizens to maintain power, actions that have drawn international condemnation but little commentary from some vocal U.S. politicians.
Fetterman's comments were prompted by AOC's recent statement in Munich, where she claimed a "genocide" occurred in Gaza.
[https://www.jfeed.com/news/fetterman-defends-israel-aoc-criticism JFeed]
(Related:
Did AOC use the (pallyweid buzzword) "genocide" on Gaza before being heckled on March 4, 2024?
[Google AI]: Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) did not publicly use the term "genocide" to describe Israel's actions in Gaza before the March 4, 2024, incident.
While being heckled by protesters at a Brooklyn cinema on that date, she claimed she had "already said that it was" a genocide, but major news outlets and official records noted she had previously resisted using the term. Her formal public "embrace" of the term occurred weeks later.
[https://www.google.com/search?q=Did+AOC+use+the+%28pallyweid+buzzword%29+%22genocide%22+on+Gaza+before+being+heckled+on+March+4+2024%3F&udm=50&fbs=&aep=1&ntc=1&sa=X&ved=&biw=384&bih=724&dpr=1.88 Google AI]).
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US strikes hit over 30 ISIS targets in Syria.
CENTCOM says US forces carried out 10 strikes on more than 30 ISIS targets in Syria, part of Operation Hawkeye Strike launched after a deadly December ambush.
Israel National News.
Published: Feb 15, 2026, 6:58 AM (GMT+2)
[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/422424 INN]
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Report: Iranian diplomats smuggled cash to Hezbollah.
Senior Iranian diplomats reportedly transported large sums of cash to Hezbollah in recent months, using diplomatic passports to evade inspections, Iran International report says.
Israel National News. Feb 14, 2026, 10:50 PM (GMT+2)
[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/422409 INN]
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Brooklyn Navy Yard evicts NYC drone maker Easy Aerial over alleged Israel ties.
"We need more voices strongly condemning this taxpayer-funded antisemitism from the NYC Mayor’s office," US Representative Elise Stefanik said on X/Twitter.
February 15, 2026.
[https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-886657 JPost]
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Released hostage Arbel Yehoud: I was sexually assaulted 'almost every single day' in Gaza.
In an interview with N12, former hostages Ariel Cunio and Arbel Yehoud stated that they were held alone for their captivity, but were allowed to write eachother notes.
February 15, 2026
[https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-886646 JPost]
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US demands for zero enrichment ‘not on the table anymore,’ senior Iranian negotiator says.
Majid Takht-Ravanchi issued threats to U.S. forces, warning war would be bad for "those who have initiated this aggression" and "a different game" compared to June 2025.
JNS Staff.
(Feb. 15, 2026 / JNS)
Iranian deputy foreign minister and nuclear negotiator Majid Takht-Ravanchi told the BBC on Sunday that, as far as Tehran is concerned, U.S. demands for zero enrichment are “not on the table anymore.”
[https://www.jns.org/us-demands-for-zero-enrichment-not-on-the-table-anymore-senior-iranian-negotiator-says/ JNS]
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Former hostage attends Holocaust commemoration led by Nazi descendant.
“There is a lot of ignorance; but people who hear my story firsthand tell me that it changes their viewpoint,” Luis Har, 72, told JNS.
Etgar Lefkovits.
(Feb. 15, 2026 / JNS)
An Israeli who was held captive by Hamas for four months in Gaza spoke of his ordeal at a Holocaust event in Germany this weekend organized by an evangelical organization led by a descendant of Nazis.
“For me this is part of the cure, which does me well,” Argentinian-born Luis Har, 72, told JNS from Germany. “Both the Holocaust and what we went through have elements in common.”
Har was abducted from his home in Kibbutz Nir Yitzhak during the Oct. 7, 2023 Hamas-led attack on southern Israel, and was held in Gaza for 129 days before being rescued with another hostage, Fernando Marman, in a daring IDF mission on Feb. 12, 2024. The Israeli military on Friday released previously unseen bodycam footage from the raid, marking two years since their rescue.
[https://www.jns.org/former-hostage-attends-holocaust-commemoration-led-by-nazi-descendant/ JNS]
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How a machzor survived over six centuries and Nazi attacks to make it to Israel.
The first volume of the machzor was completed in1272 in Wurzburg, Germany. Today, it is displayed in the National Library in Jerusalem.
February 15, 2026.
[https://www.jpost.com/history/article-886473 JPost]
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‘Death to Khamenei’ chants ring out across Iran, diaspora as unrest continues to grow.
Iranian President Masoud Pezeshkian has described the ongoing protests as “unimaginable,” urged authorities to “treat this disease” rather than “erase the issue.”
February 15, 2026
[https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-886673 JPost]
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Red Bull, Kinder Bueno seen in Gaza as streets flood with sweets - exclusive.
Israel approved hundreds of “treat” trucks into Gaza ahead of Ramadan, including candy and energy drinks, as merchants warn of profiteering and higher prices in Israel ahead of Purim.
February 15, 2026
[https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-886676 JPost]
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Gaza hospital used for weapons, NGO admits.
The Telegraph. Jotam Confino.
15 February 2026.
“Masked and armed men” stored weapons in a Gaza hospital, a medical charity has admitted after being banned from the Strip... Doctors Without Borders pulled out of Nasser Hospital last month and has been banned from operating in the Strip altogether.
[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/02/15/gaza-hospital-used-for-weapons-ngo-admits/ Telegraph]
The Jerusalem Post @Jerusalem_Post:
Editorial: For the first time during the war, a major international organization has publicly recognized the presence of armed groups operating within a Gaza hospital.
[https://x.com/Jerusalem_Post/status/2022883594650149041 on X]
Doctors Without Borders report validates what the IDF has been saying for years - editorial.
For the first time during the war, a major international organization has publicly recognized the presence of armed groups operating within a Gaza hospital.
February 15, 2026
[https://www.jpost.com/opinion/article-886635 JPost]
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Senior Iranian diplomats reportedly transported large sums of cash to Hezbollah in recent months, using diplomatic passports to evade inspections, Iran International report says.
US demands for zero enrichment ‘not on the table anymore,’ senior Iranian negotiator says.
‘Death to Khamenei’ chants ring out across Iran, diaspora as unrest continues to grow.
Red Bull, Kinder Bueno seen in Gaza as streets flood with sweets - exclusive.
Israel approved hundreds of “treat” trucks into Gaza ahead of Ramadan, including candy and energy drinks, as merchants warn of profiteering and higher prices in Israel ahead of Purim.
Gaza hospital used for weapons, NGO admits.
The Telegraph. Jotam Confino.
15 February 2026.
“Masked and armed men” stored weapons in a Gaza hospital, a medical charity has admitted after being banned from the Strip... Doctors Without Borders pulled out of Nasser Hospital last month and has been banned from operating in the Strip altogether.
[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2026/02/15/gaza-hospital-used-for-weapons-ngo-admits/ Telegraph]
The Jerusalem Post @Jerusalem_Post:
Editorial: For the first time during the war, a major international organization has publicly recognized the presence of armed groups operating within a Gaza hospital.
[https://x.com/Jerusalem_Post/status/2022883594650149041 on X]
Doctors Without Borders report validates what the IDF has been saying
Man caught smuggling weapon from West Bank to east Jerusalem days before Ramadan.
IDF observation troops and the Aerial Control Center also intercepted a drone attempting to smuggle three M-16 rifles into Israel on Friday, the military announced on Saturday.
February 15, 2026
[https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/crime-in-israel/article-886648 JPost]
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Human rights activists and organizations legitimize antisemitism.
Opinion: Francesca Albanese is proof that there is one strain of racism that receives international legitimacy from many human rights activists and groups, and that is antisemitism; it is a cancer that takes over a camp that thinks it is enlightened.
Ben-Dror Yemini|02.15.26
Her name is Francesca Paola Albanese. She is the walking symbol of the most repugnant and rejected fusion of racism and human rights. Since May 2022, Albanese has served as the United Nations special rapporteur on the occupied Palestinian territories. How is it possible that someone holding a senior human rights position is also an outspoken racist?
The answer is simple. There is one strain of racism that receives international legitimacy from many—perhaps most—human rights activists and organizations. That strain is called antisemitism.
Last week, a conference sponsored by Al Jazeera was held in Doha, Qatar. The keynote guests were Hamas leader Khaled Maashal and Iranian Foreign Minister Abbas Araghchi, who only recently smuggled a suitcase containing millions of dollars to Hezbollah.
Albanese, the princess of the “human rights organizations,” also presented her doctrine there. She did not utter a single word condemning Hamas, whose leaders have repeatedly called for the destruction of Jews and for world domination. Nor did she say a word about Iran, which only weeks ago massacred tens of thousands of civilians seeking to free themselves from the shackles of repression.
Albanese opened her remarks with praise and commendation for Al Jazeera. There is no doubt that the media mouthpiece of murderous Islamism—whose operatives, described as journalists, have been exposed as members of terrorist organizations—is a channel after her own heart.
“The fact that instead of stopping Israel,” Albanese said, “most of the world has armed, given Israel political excuses, political sheltering, economic and financial support… We who do not control large amounts of financial capitals, algorithms and weapons, we now see that we as a humanity have a common enemy.”
Who exactly is 'we'?
It is curious to speak at an Al Jazeera conference—the flagship channel of Qatar—about “we, who do not control large amounts of financial capital.” Who exactly is “we”? According to one investigation after another, most recently by the Free Press, Qatar has invested “nearly $100 billion to buy influence in Congress, colleges, research institutes and corporations.” The channel itself is funded almost entirely by Qatar, with an annual budget of about $1 billion. But in Albanese’s formulation, this becomes “we, who do not control large amounts of financial capital.” And no, this is not satire.
Last Thursday, Caroline Yadan, a member of France’s right-wing National Assembly party, submitted a parliamentary question to Foreign Minister Jean-Noël Barrot regarding the continuation of Albanese’s tenure in her senior UN post. Barrot responded immediately, announcing that, at the opening of the next session of the Human Rights Council on February 23, France intends to present a demand for the dismissal of the racist who rose to that senior position. Additional European countries have announced they are joining the request.
Yadan was met with a wave of responses, including from the French newspaper Le Monde, with the peculiar claim that this is not what Albanese said and that it was not a racist statement. Amnesty International issued a statement asserting that “European states must retract their outrageous attacks against Albanese.”
One does not need a comprehension test to understand what Albanese said. She published the full text herself. She did not speak about any other country. Only about Israel. Moreover, the phrase “a common enemy of humanity” is well known from the antisemitic lexicon. Once it was said about Jews. Now it is said about the Jewish state.
Yadan responded with a long list of Albanese’s racist statements, before and after October 7. She previously published an anti-Israel cartoon depicting spider webs spread across the world with banknotes and gold coins, spoke about the “Jewish lobby,” justified the October 7 massacre, cast doubt on allegations of rape by Hamas terrorists and much, much more. UN Watch Executive Director Hillel Neuer has published extensive investigations into Albanese’s conduct, including activities funded by Hamas supporters.
There have already been attempts to remove Albanese. Nevertheless, in April 2025, her mandate was extended by three years. The New York Times printed a sympathetic profile of her. And the world’s largest human rights organization, Human Rights Watch, condemned the United States for imposing sanctions on her.
The tragedy is that racism reigns not only in the automatic majority of dark regimes within UN bodies. It is a cancer spreading through a camp that imagines itself enlightened. And the gap between human rights and human rights organizations and activists has never been greater.
[https://www.ynetnews.com/opinions-analysis/article/rkj2bjjd11e YNet]
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IDF strikes continue as key meetings loom over Hezbollah disarmament in Lebanon.
Beirut to review second phase of weapons consolidation plan north of the Litani as Hezbollah refuses to disarm; ceasefire monitoring panel and March 5 Paris aid conference add pressure amid diplomatic stalemate.
Lior Ben Ari|2.15.26
[https://www.ynetnews.com/article/h1ledlk00wx YNet]
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Where Are The Protests? At Least 6,000 Killed In 3 Days In Sudan, UN Says.
February 15, 2026.
More than 6,000 people were killed in over three days when a Sudanese paramilitary group unleashed “a wave of intense violence … shocking in its scale and brutality” in Sudan’s Darfur region in late October, according to the United Nations.
The Rapid Support Forces’ offensive to capture the city of el-Fasher included widespread atrocities that amount to war crimes and possible crimes against humanity, the U.N. Human Rights Office said in a report released on Friday.
“The wanton violations that were perpetrated by the RSF and allied Arab militia in the final offensive on el-Fasher underscore that persistent impunity fuels continued cycles of violence,” said U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Türk.
The RSF and their allied Arab militias, known as Janjaweed, overran el-Fasher, the Sudanese army’s only remaining stronghold in Darfur, on Oct. 26 and rampaged through the city and its surroundings after more than 18 months of siege.
The 29-page U.N. report detailed a set of atrocities that ranged from mass killings and summary executions, sexual violence, abductions for ransom, torture and ill-treatment to detention and disappearances. In many cases, the attacks were ethnicity-motivated, it said.
The paramilitaries’ Gen. Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo has previously acknowledged abuses by his fighters, but disputed the scale of atrocities.
‘Like a scene out of a horror movie’
The alleged atrocities in el-Fasher, the provincial capital of North Darfur, mirror a pattern of RSF conduct in its war against the Sudanese miliary. The war began in April 2023 when a power struggle between the two sides exploded into open fighting in the capital, Khartoum and elsewhere across the country.
The conflict created the world’s largest humanitarian crisis with parts of the country pushed into famine. It has also been marked by heinous atrocities which the International Criminal Court said it was investigating as war crimes and crimes against humanity. The RSF was also accused by the Biden administration of carrying out genocide in the ongoing war.
The U.N. Human Rights Office said it documented the killing of at least 4,400 people inside el-Fasher between Oct. 25 and Oct. 27, while more than 1,600 others were killed as they were trying to flee the RSF rampage. The report said it drew its toll from interviews with 140 victims and witnesses which were “are consistent with independent analysis of contemporaneous satellite imagery and video footage.”
In one case, RSF fighters opened fire from heavy weapons on a crowd of 1,000 people sheltering in the Rashid dormitory in el-Fasher university on Oct. 26, killing around 500 people, the report said. One witness was quoted as saying that he saw bodies thrown into the air, “like a scene out of a horror movie,” according to the report.
In another case, around 600 people, including 50 children, were executed on Oct. 26 while taking shelter in the university facilities, the report said.
The report, however, warned that the actual scale of the death toll of the week-long offensive in el-Fasher was “undoubtedly significantly higher.”
The toll does not include at least 460 people who were killed by the RSF on Oct. 28 when they stormed the Saudi Maternity hospital, according to the World Health Organization.
Around 300 people were also killed in RSF shelling and drone attacks between Oct. 23 and Oct. 24 in the Abu Shouk camp for displaced people, 2.5 kilometers (1.5 miles) northwest of el-Fasher, the U.N. Human Rights Office’ report said.
Woman and girls sexually assaulted
Sexual violence, including rape and gang rape, was apparently widespread during el-Fasher offensive, with RSF fighters and their allied militias targeting women and girls from the African Zaghawa non-Arab tribes over allegations of having links or supporting the miliary, the report said.
Türk, who visited Sudan last month, said survivors of sexual violence recounted testimonies that showed how the practice “was systematically used as a weapon of war.”
The paramilitaries also abducted many people while attempting to flee the city, before releasing them after paying ramson. Thousands have been held in at least 10 detention centers — including the city’s Children Hospital which was turned into a detention facility — run by the RSF in el-Fasher, the report said.
The U.N. Human Rights Office also said it documented 10 detention facilities used by the paramilitaries in el-Fasher, including the Children’s Hospital which was turned into a detention center. Several thousands of people remain missing and unaccounted for, the report said.
The pattern of the RSF offensive on el-Fasher was a mirror of other attacks by the paramilitaries and their allies on the Zamzam camp for displaced people, 15 kilometers (9 miles) south of the city, and on West Darfur’s city of Geneina and the nearby town of Ardamata in 2023, the U.N. Human Rights Office said.
Türk said there were “reasonable grounds” that RSF and their allied Arab militias committed war crimes, and that their acts also amount to crimes against humanity.
He called for holding those responsible — including commanders — accountable, warning that “persistent impunity fuels continued cycles of violence.”
(AP)
[https://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/general/2512362/where-are-the-protests-at-least-6000-killed-in-3-days-in-sudan-un-says.html YWN]
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UK court rules terror ban of Palestine Action ‘unlawful’.
The proscription remains in place pending the government’s appeal of the decision.
JNS Staff.
(Feb. 15, 2026 / JNS)
The U.K.’s High Court of Justice ruled on Friday against the government’s ban and prescription of the anti-Israel Palestine Action group as a terrorist entity, prompting Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood to say that her office will appeal and Jewish groups to express “concern.”
In its ruling on the ban, which went into effect on July 5 following repeated acts of violence, vandalism and break-ins into Israel-related facilities by members of the group, the court said the ban had been “disproportionate and unlawful,” The Guardian reported.
Despite the ruling, authorities have not released more than 2,500 people in custody for participating in or supporting Palestine Action since the proscription. As per the court’s ruling, the ban on Palestine Action remains in place until the government repeals it or legal procedures around the proscription are exhausted.
“The Government’s proscription followed a rigorous process, endorsed by Parliament. I will fight this judgment in the Court of Appeal,” Mahmood wrote on X.
[https://www.jns.org/uk-court-rules-terror-ban-of-palestine-action-unlawful/ JNS]
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The Palestine Action ruling leaves Britain’s Jewish community exposed - comment.
A UK High Court ruling against proscribing Palestine Action has raised fears within Britain’s Jewish community about who protects minorities when intimidation falls short of terrorism.
Mathilda Heller. February 15, 2026.
[https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-886752 JPost]
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New Jersey blew a chance to lead on combating hate.
Stalling efforts to prioritize the safety of Jewish New Jerseyans at this moment in history is not acceptable.
February 15, 2026
[https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-886660 JPost]
Jerusalem Post @Jerusalem_Post:
New Jersey lawmakers failed to act on a bill to adopt the International Holocaust Remembrance Alliance (IHRA) definition of antisemitism. According to Combat AntiSemitism Movement data, the state recorded 57 antisemitic incidents last year, making the delay in codifying a clear definition especially concerning for one of the largest Jewish populations in the US.
Feb 15, 2026.
[https://x.com/Jerusalem_Post/status/2023117105235992675 on X]
Trump told Netanyahu he would support Israeli strikes on Iran's missile program, CBS reports.
According to a CBS report, US President Donald Trump told Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in December that he would support strikes if no US-Iran deal could be reached.
February 15, 2026
[https://www.jpost.com/international/article-886743 JPost]
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Jerusalem Post.@Jerusalem_Post:
NCAG chief Ali Shaath admitted in a 2025 interview that he organized stone-throwing attacks on Israeli soldiers in Khan Yunis, raising questions about his role in Gaza’s future. ✍️ @DanielleGreyman.
Feb 15, 2026.
[https://x.com/Jerusalem_Post/status/2023084759019036874 on X]
NCAG Chief Commissioner admits he threw stones at Israeli soldiers when he was 'still young'.
“I actually was the organizer of this activity or this national act in the city of Khan Yunis [in the Gaza Strip]," Chief Commissioner Ali Shaath said in an interview.
Danielle Greyman.
February 15, 2026
[https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-886738 JPost]
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No major progress on Gaza Phase II expected before late February, officials say.
Recently, top IDF sources predicted it would take months before the Palestinian technocratic committee would actually start to have a concrete impact on the Palestinians' lives in Gaza.
February 15, 2026.
[https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-886745 JPost]
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US intercepts Iran-linked oil tanker en route from Caribbean to Indian Ocean.
'The vessel tried to defy President [Donald] Trump’s quarantine, hoping to slip away,' a DoD statement read, adding, 'By land, air, or sea, we will find you and deliver justice.'
February 15, 2026
[https://www.jpost.com/international/article-886735 JPost]
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Israel Defense Forces:
@IDF 🔴TERRORIST WHO PARTICIPATED IN OCT. 7 MASSACRE ELIMINATED
Ahmad Bayouk, who infiltrated the Re’im base during the October 7 Massacre, was eliminated by the IDF & ISA after operating to rebuild terror capabilities and advance attacks against IDF troops.
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Also eliminated: Azem Abu Huli, Head of the Islamic Jihad’s Nukhba Array in the Central Camps sector, who was responsible for procuring weapons and overseeing terrorist training.
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Feb 15, 2026
[https://x.com/IDF/status/2023093238853156903 on X]
Terrorist who participated in October 7th massacre eliminated.
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Israel National News.
Feb 15, 2026, 8:04 PM
[https://www.israelnationalnews.com/news/422457 INN]
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‘We are prepared to move from defense to offense’: Israel signals harder line in Gaza.
Military leaders warn that failure to disarm Hamas could trigger renewed operations even as diplomacy moves forward.
February 16, 2026
[https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-886769 JPost]
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British Museum removes the term Palestine from certain Middle East exhibits.
The museum told The Jerusalem Post that the term Palestine no longer holds a neutral designation and may be understood in reference to political territory.
February 16, 2026.
[https://www.jpost.com/diaspora/antisemitism/article-886734 JPost]
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Israeli police arrest seven, stop attempted infiltration of 15 Palestinian residents.
The suspects were reportedly traveling to work in Bnei Brak, where they had planned an extended stay, the Police Spokesperson’s Unit said.
February 16, 2026.
[https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/article-886777 JPost]
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Saad Hariri signals political comeback ahead of Lebanon elections - analysis.
Hariri is angling to return to politics as he marks the 21st anniversary of the assassination of his father, former Prime Minister Rafik Hariri.
February 16, 2026.
[https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/article-886782 JPost]
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IDF kills Hezbollah operative rebuilding terror infrastructure in southern Lebanon
In a statement, the IDF said the operative’s activity violated the ceasefire framework and posed a threat to Israel’s northern communities.
February 16, 2026.
[https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-886784 JPost]
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Iran's Revolutionary Guards navy holds drill in Hormuz Strait, Tasnim news reported.
The drill, named "Smart Control of Hormuz Strait," aimed at testing the readiness of operational forces in the face of "possible security and military threats," Tasnim reported.
February 16, 2026
[https://www.jpost.com/middle-east/iran-news/article-886830 JPost]
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Emojis, SIM swaps: How Hamas greenlit October 7 massacre undetected.
Findings from an IDF General Staff. investigation, which also drew on intelligence collected during fighting, indicate the emoji traffic was one of several signs that Hamas was preparing an assault.
February 16, 2026
[https://www.jpost.com/israel-news/defense-news/article-886826 JPost]
Jerusalem Post @Jerusalem_Post:
Hamas’s military wing began sending coded emoji messages on WhatsApp to operatives’ phones just hours before the October 7, 2023, attack, using the symbols as an agreed signal to mobilize terrorists to mosques for last minute instructions.
[https://x.com/Jerusalem_Post/status/2023349854571823501 on X]
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Israeli tourists expelled from Madrid museum after being called 'child killers[sic]'.
Three Israeli tourists, including a Holocaust survivor, say they were harassed at Madrid’s Reina Sofía museum over Jewish symbols and were asked to leave after staff said other visitors were 'disturbed' by their presence
ynet|2.16.26 10:56
Three elderly Israeli women were expelled last Saturday from the Reina Sofía museum in Madrid after staff objected to them carrying items identifying them as Jewish, including an Israeli flag and a Star of David necklace. The incident was reported Monday by the Spanish news site Okdiario. According to the report, the three tourists were aggressively harassed by other museum visitors and were ultimately removed by a security guard who said that “some visitors were disturbed that they are Jewish.”
Reina Sofía, considered one of the world’s leading cultural institutions, held an exhibition during the Israel-Hamas war titled “From the River to the Sea” in solidarity with Palestinians and has hosted numerous anti-Israel protests in which antisemitic incidents were reported. Okdiario noted that the museum operates under the authority of Spain’s Culture Ministry.
([https://ynet-pic1.yit.co.il/cdn-cgi/image/format=auto/picserver6/crop_images/2024/05/10/rkrgsFjzC/rkrgsFjzC_0_334_961_540_0_x-large.jpg]. The museum at the opening of the solidarity with Palestine exhibition in 2024)
According to the report, the three women, one of them a Holocaust survivor of Hungarian origin, arrived at the museum accompanied by a Spanish woman who recorded the incident on video. Several visitors reacted angrily to the Jewish symbols the women were wearing, calling them, among other insults, “crazy child killers.”
Instead of receiving assistance from museum staff, a senior official at the institution instructed a security guard to remove the group from the premises, while no action was taken against those who allegedly harassed them..
[https://www.ynetnews.com/article/hkcno8ldwx YNet]
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Israel opens Judea, Samaria land registration for first time since 1967.
“The decision means, among other things, the registration of extensive areas in Judea and Samaria that belong to the state,” the Cabinet ministers said.
JNS Staff.
(Feb. 16, 2026 / JNS)
The Israeli Cabinet approved at its regular Sunday weekly meeting the resumption of land registration across Judea and Samaria for the first time since the 1967 Six-Day War, Defense Minister Israel Katz, Justice Minister Yariv Levin and Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich announced in a joint statement.
“The decision means, among other things, the registration of extensive areas in Judea and Samaria that belong to the state in the name of the state,” the three ministers said.
The move will enable “a transparent and in-depth clarification of rights,” they said, noting that land registration would help end legal disputes and facilitate development of the area and infrastructure.
The Cabinet decision “constitutes an appropriate response to the illegal settlement procedures that the Palestinian Authority is promoting in Area C in violation of the law and agreements,” the three leaders concluded.
Sunday’s decision came after the Cabinet last week approved lifting confidentiality from land registry records in the area; canceling restrictions on land sales to non-Arabs; and abolishing the need for prior approval for sales.
The Regavim Movement, which has been at the forefront of monitoring illegal Palestinian construction in Judea and Samaria, welcomed the government’s latest “historic Zionist decision” for the area.
“Under the auspices of the vacuum on the part of Israel, the Palestinian Authority began registering illegal land,” the NGO said. “With the assistance of foreign governments, it registered in the ‘Palestinian land registry’ over 1.3 million dunams [130,000 hectares],” or approximately 321,000 acres, Regavim added.
Regulating land registration in Judea and Samaria “brings an end to a disgraceful freeze of nearly six decades that created a severe legal and administrative vacuum and opened the door to prolonged land disputes, document forgery and large-scale, unlawful land seizures,” Regavim said.
Last week, the Palestinian Authority “strongly denounced” Israel’s moves in Judea and Samaria, per Ramallah’s official WAFA news agency, criticizing them as an “attempt to legalize settlement expansion, land confiscation and the demolition of Palestinian properties.”
P.A. chief Mahmoud Abbas in a statement urged the United Nations Security Council and the United States to intervene to stop the moves.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has led an unprecedented drive to expand control of Judea and Samaria, approving some 50,000 homes and more than 50 Jewish communities since returning to office in December 2022.
[https://www.jns.org/israel-opens-judea-samaria-land-registration-for-first-time-since-1967/ JNS]
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