April 30, 2017
4:57 pm

View of the military cemetery and the new Remembrance Hall on Mount Herzl in Jerusalem on April 27, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Mourning a day early

Memorial Day is marked in the Hebrew papers as the country gears up to remember its fallen soldiers

By Ilan Ben Zion

April 28, 2017
2:49 pm

Striking Syria: Out in the open

The papers cover the rising tension across the northern border with the downing of a Syrian drone and its implications vis-à-vis Russia

By Adiv Sterman

April 27, 2017
12:42 pm

US President Donald Trump attends a meeting about healthcare in the Roosevelt Room at the White House in Washington, DC, on March 13, 2017. (AFP Photo/Nicholas Kamm)

Gearing up for Trump

Speculation abounds as the US president is reported to be planning a trip to Israel at the end of May

By Ilan Ben Zion

April 26, 2017
11:53 am

German Vice Chancellor and Economy Minister Sigmar Gabriel briefs the media on his July 20 visit to Iran during a news conference in Berlin, Germany, Thursday, July 23, 2015. (AP Photo/Markus Schreiber)

Netanyahu’s spat in Germany’s face

Hebrew papers blame either the Germans or the prime minister for creating a diplomatic crisis over left-leaning groups

By Ilan Ben Zion

April 25, 2017
3:27 pm

President Reuven Rivlin, Jerusalem, April 4, 2017. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

Rivlin’s shot heard round the world

President’s war against French presidential candidate Le Pen earns praise, while Netanyahu picks a fight with Germany

By Ilan Ben Zion

April 24, 2017
3:30 pm

Holocaust survivors light six torches representing the six million victims of the Nazi genocide during the opening ceremony at the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial Museum in Jerusalem, April 23, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Between never forget and never again

Speeches by leaders point to disputes over how to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day, reflecting a continuing battle of past versus future

By Joshua Davidovich

April 23, 2017
3:24 pm

A memorial at Drancy, the biggest french concentration camp, seen on May 31 2010 . (Serge Attal /Flash 90)

Ashes to European ashes

As Israel readies to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day, pundits also look to France, where voters may decide the fate of the Continent as the world knows it

By Joshua Davidovich

April 21, 2017
1:49 pm

French presidential election candidate for the far-right National Front party Marine Le Pen speaks during a press conference at her campaign headquarters in Paris, April 21, 2017. (AFP/Lionel Bonaventure)

He shoots, she scores

After a terror attack in Paris, Israeli pundits posit that Le Pen is mightier ahead of French elections; and Holocaust survivors get a bit of attention

By Joshua Davidovich

April 20, 2017
1:39 pm

The father of a fallen soldier reacts at the State Control committee meeting in the Israeli parliament during a discussion about the Operation Protective Edge report, on April 19, 2017 (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

War and peace

A battle in the Knesset between parents of fallen soldiers and lawmakers outrages the press, and the secular celebrate open markets on Saturday

By Ilan Ben Zion

April 19, 2017
3:12 pm

Finance Minister Moshe Kahlon attends a Jewish Moroccan celebration of Mimuna in the southern city of Ashkelon, on April 17, 2017 (Flash90)

The second coming of Kahlon

By rescuing the middle class and taking Netanyahu to school, the treasurer is made a hero anew

By Joshua Davidovich

April 18, 2017
1:17 pm

Convicted Fatah terrorist Marwan Barghouti is escorted by Israeli police into the Jerusalem's Magistrate Court to testify as part of a US civil lawsuit against the Palestinian leadership, in January 2012. (Flash90)

Palestinian prisoners fast, Israeli politicians feast

Hebrew media tries to make sense of a mass hunger strike led by convicted terrorist Marwan Barghouti and a Turkish referendum — but don’t forget about Mimouna!

By Judah Ari Gross

April 16, 2017
3:49 pm

Hannah Bladon, an English student who was stabbed to death by a Palestinian terrorist in Jerusalem on April 14, 2017. (UK Foreign and Commonwealth Office)

The maiden and the madman

Hebrew newspapers pay homage to a woman murdered on Jerusalem’s light rail, but are divided on whether to call the killer a terrorist

By Ilan Ben Zion

April 14, 2017
5:50 pm

The moment when a US massive ordnance air blast (MOAB) bomb is dropped on an Islamic State cave and tunnel system in Kabul, Afghanistan, April 13, 2017 (YouTube screenshot)

The mother of all fallout

One blast catches the eye of the tabloids, while Haaretz analyses Trump’s policies in Syria and their potential consequences for Israel

By Ilan Ben Zion

April 13, 2017
1:57 pm

Israelis on the Sea of Galilee during the Jewish holiday of Passover, April 26, 2016. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

Passover holiday tragedy-athon

Car accidents and people missing at sea eclipse the blowback from the Trump administration’s Holocaust gaffe

By Ilan Ben Zion

April 12, 2017
1:56 pm

White House Press Secretary Sean Spicer listens to a question during a briefing at the White House April 11, 2017 in Washington, DC. (AFP/ Brendan Smialowski)

This is the press secretary of our affliction

What does bombing Syria have to do with anti-Semitism? Given Sean Spicer’s Hitler-Assad bungle and Jared Kushner’s closeness to Trump, everything

By Joshua Davidovich

Topic: Hebrew media review

Mourning a day early

Memorial Day is marked in the Hebrew papers as the country gears up to remember its fallen soldiers

Striking Syria: Out in the open

The papers cover the rising tension across the northern border with the downing of a Syrian drone and its implications vis-à-vis Russia

Gearing up for Trump

Speculation abounds as the US president is reported to be planning a trip to Israel at the end of May

Netanyahu’s spat in Germany’s face

Hebrew papers blame either the Germans or the prime minister for creating a diplomatic crisis over left-leaning groups

Rivlin’s shot heard round the world

President’s war against French presidential candidate Le Pen earns praise, while Netanyahu picks a fight with Germany

Between never forget and never again

Speeches by leaders point to disputes over how to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day, reflecting a continuing battle of past versus future

Ashes to European ashes

As Israel readies to mark Holocaust Remembrance Day, pundits also look to France, where voters may decide the fate of the Continent as the world knows it

He shoots, she scores

After a terror attack in Paris, Israeli pundits posit that Le Pen is mightier ahead of French elections; and Holocaust survivors get a bit of attention

War and peace

A battle in the Knesset between parents of fallen soldiers and lawmakers outrages the press, and the secular celebrate open markets on Saturday

The second coming of Kahlon

By rescuing the middle class and taking Netanyahu to school, the treasurer is made a hero anew

Palestinian prisoners fast, Israeli politicians feast

Hebrew media tries to make sense of a mass hunger strike led by convicted terrorist Marwan Barghouti and a Turkish referendum — but don’t forget about Mimouna!

The maiden and the madman

Hebrew newspapers pay homage to a woman murdered on Jerusalem’s light rail, but are divided on whether to call the killer a terrorist

The mother of all fallout

One blast catches the eye of the tabloids, while Haaretz analyses Trump’s policies in Syria and their potential consequences for Israel

Passover holiday tragedy-athon

Car accidents and people missing at sea eclipse the blowback from the Trump administration’s Holocaust gaffe

This is the press secretary of our affliction

What does bombing Syria have to do with anti-Semitism? Given Sean Spicer’s Hitler-Assad bungle and Jared Kushner’s closeness to Trump, everything

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