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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 364

Israel media review

A Palestinian protester picks up a stone during clashes with Israeli police on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City on April 15, 2022. (Jamal Awad/Flash90)
April 15, 2022, 10:41 am
Timing bomb: What the press is saying about fights and flights
Tensions in Jerusalem are boiling over, to nobody’s surprise, and an oft-jailed suspect nobody ever suspected becomes the center of a cold case, shining a harsh light on police
By Joshua Davidovich
Public Security Minister Omer Barlev attends the funeral of 49-year-old Doris Yahbas, who was killed in a terror attack in Beersheba, at a cemetery in Moshav Gilat, on March 23, 2022. (Flash90)
March 25, 2022, 5:12 pm
Cops and ribbers: What the press is saying about terror, terrible jokes and Ukraine
A deadly rampage in the south raises questions about the police, and bickering ministers and a poor joke raise questions about the government
By Joshua Davidovich
Illustrative: Ukrainian Jews who fled the Russian invasion are seen at Chisinau International Airport in Moldova as they make their way to Israel, March 6, 2022. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
March 20, 2022, 12:47 pm
Give me your huddled (Jewish) masses: What the press says about refugees and Ukraine
The media looks at Israel’s ham-fisted policies for dealing with Ukrainian refugees, especially non-Jews; pundits see Israel-Iran in Ukraine-Russia; and a rabbinical great dies
By Joshua Davidovich
Kyiv's ambassador to Israel, Yevgen Korniychuk, Ukrainian citizens and supporters attend a special prayer session at the Western Wall in Jerusalem's Old City on March 2, 2022, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 4, 2022, 12:22 pm
Stuck in the middle with Ukraine: What the press is saying about Russia’s invasion
Dispatching reporters to Europe (and squabbling with each other over it), Israel wrestles with the unfolding horror, Jerusalem’s non-stance, and the ghosts of WWII
By Joshua Davidovich
Illustrative: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at his office in Jerusalem on a phone call with UAE leader Mohammed Bin Zayed on August 13, 2020. (Kobi Gideon/PMO)
February 4, 2022, 12:04 pm
Rang up: What the press is saying about phone hacks, price hikes and IS hits
The cops are in trouble for misleading about phone spyware, people are unhappy that goods are overpriced, and Israelis want a role in the assassination of Islamic State’s leader
By Joshua Davidovich
Prime Minister Naftali Bennett speaks during a press conference at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem on January 2, 2022. (Emil Salman/Pool/Flash90)
January 28, 2022, 11:54 am
When it snows, it pours: What the press is saying about Bennett, Omicron and Litzman
The PM blitzes the media with his thoughts, Omicron’s onslaught leads to a politically tinged fight over school quarantines, and the AG’s plate-clearing plea deals raise scrutiny
By Joshua Davidovich
A Likud party supporter holds a campaign poster featuring then-prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu at Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda market on April 7, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 14, 2022, 2:20 pm
Netanyahu at the plea market: What the press says about bargain hunting with Bibi
The press is paying close attention to plea deal talks with the Likud head, seeing an agreement as a game-changer both for the opposition leader and the future of the coalition
By Joshua Davidovich
Then-Meretz MK Yair Golan pictured during a Knesset plenum session, January 5, 2022. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 7, 2022, 3:29 pm
We’re going down: What the press says about the coalition’s flubs and fights
The government is sniping over Omicron, leaving the press to bewail Israel’s state and score points along the way; plus the slaying of a 4-year-old earns long-overdue attention
By Joshua Davidovich
Jaclyn Bernstein of New York stands in confetti, among the few to observe the Times Square New Year's Eve ball drop early Friday, Jan. 1, 2021. (AP/Craig Ruttle)
December 31, 2021, 12:42 pm
Countdown to the shoe drop: What the press is saying as it awaits the Omicroncalypse
With tens of thousands of daily coronavirus cases seemingly around the corner, prophets of doom and government critics aren’t waiting to have their say
By Joshua Davidovich
A dose of a Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine is prepared at Lurie Children's hospital, November 5, 2021, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh, File)
December 24, 2021, 10:27 am
Shooting blanks: What the press says about non-lockdowns, non-doses and non-threats
The somehow still-looming Omicron threat brings with it worries of fresh restrictions (and a quarantine pandemic), a fourth shot gets frozen and Israel changes its tune on Iran
By Joshua Davidovich
Israeli security forces inspect the scene of a shooting attack near Homesh, in the West Bank, on December 16, 2021. (Hillel Maeir/Flash90)
December 17, 2021, 11:05 am
Making waves: What the press is saying about a terror spate and Omicron spite
A deadly West Bank attack is linked to a series of assaults over the past month, with the media pushing plenty of ideas of what to do or who to blame
By Joshua Davidovich
Lieutenant General Aviv Kohavi, Israel's army chief of general staff, pictured by the newly completed barrier above and below the border with the Gaza Strip, near Moshav Netiv HaAsara in southern Israel on December 7, 2021 (MENAHEM KAHANA / AFP)
December 8, 2021, 12:11 pm
Divide, but don’t conquer: What the press is saying about Syria and Gaza
A strike in Latakia is seen as an Israeli attempt to wean Assad off Iran, and a new barrier is seen as a way to keep Israel from needing to go into Gaza
By Joshua Davidovich
A woman is seen speaking on her phone at Ben Gurion Airport, on November 28, 2021. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
December 3, 2021, 12:49 pm
Fight and flight: What the press says about Omicron, ill-timed trips and war on Iran
Questions about Omicron are flattened out by the media into a vaccination mantra, but the PM comes under fire for keeping curbs in place while seeming to give his family a pass
By Joshua Davidovich
Travelers wearing protective face masks arrive at Ben Gurion Airport, Nov. 28, 2021. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
December 1, 2021, 1:37 pm
Mutating worries: What the press is saying (now) about Omicron, kid shots and Iran
After following officials into panic mode over the Omicron variant, Tehran’s nuclear program and the slow pace of kid vaccinations, news outlets pull back to a less frenzied view
By Joshua Davidovich
A scene from the film 'Dr. Strangelove.' (Screen capture: YouTube/United Artists)
November 26, 2021, 2:18 pm
Hold me back, bru: What the press is saying about threats on Iran and from S. Africa
Israel aims its tough guy routine at Iran and the US, but as the threats trickle through domestically, some ask whether the bombast is credible
By Joshua Davidovich
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