Joshua Davidovich

Palestinian boats participate in a protest against the Israeli-Egyptian security blockade of Gaza, in Beit Lahya on the border with Israel in the northern Gaza strip on August 11, 2018. The Israeli Rutenberg power station can be seen in the background. (AFP PHOTO / MAHMUD HAMS)

August 16, 2018, 4:57 pm

Bring ’em home, send ’em home: 8 things to know for August 16

Israel says no deal with Hamas until bodies are returned from Gaza, but what's a 'deal' anyway; and Eritrean peace may be bad news for asylum-seekers Israel seeks to deport

By Joshua Davidovich

Employees of the UN Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA)and their families protest against job cuts announced by the agency outside its offices in Gaza City on July 31, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / SAID KHATIB)

August 14, 2018, 3:27 pm

Strip-search: 9 things to know for August 14

Israel may be on the verge of a Gaza truce, but apparently doesn't want Abbas anywhere near the enclave; plus a minor celebrity gets the Israel-critic special at the airport

By Joshua Davidovich

Illustrative: Soldiers of the IDF's ultra-Orthodox Netzah Yehuda Battalion sit in a field at the Peles Military Base, in the Northern Jordan Valley. (Yaakov Naumi/Flash90)

August 13, 2018, 9:40 am

The Haredi ultimatum: 8 things to know for August 13

Whether Israel goes to early elections is seen as squarely in the hands of UTJ head Yaakov Litzman, or the rabbi above him

By Joshua Davidovich

Israeli Arabs and Jews protest against the nation-state law' in Tel Aviv on August 11, 2018. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

August 12, 2018, 9:53 am

Flagging support: 7 things to know for August 12

The appearance of Palestinian flags at a protest against the nation-state law has those on the right crowing and those in the center shaking their heads

By Joshua Davidovich

A picture taken on August 9, 2018, shows people inspecting the rubble of a building targeted by the Israeli Air Force in response to a rocket attack that hit southern Israel earlier in the day on August 9, 2018. (AFP Photo/Mahmud Hams)

August 10, 2018, 11:54 am

Fight, truce, repeat: 10 things to know for August 10

Another ceasefire after a day of fighting; some are fed up, but there's little agreement over whether the answer lies with guns or pens

By Joshua Davidovich

The site where a projectile from the Gaza Strip hit a house in the Eshkol region of southern Israel, injuring two people, on August 9, 2018. (Eshkol Security)

August 9, 2018, 3:41 pm

Same flareup, different day: 9 things to know for August 9

After another explosion of tensions along the Gaza border, people are getting fed up with the Groundhog Day-esque situation, but don't really see war in the offing

By Joshua Davidovich

A man takes a nap on a bench in the Iranian capital Tehran on August 6, 2018.
(AFP/ATTA KENARE)

August 7, 2018, 1:54 pm

Sanction sanctorum: 7 things to know for August 7

Whether Iran will come crawling to the table or dig in its heels, and whether a deal with Gaza is possible, remain enigmas; but at least one mystery that never was gets solved

By Joshua Davidovich

Leah Goldin (front left), Zehava Shaul (front right) and other bereaved parents attend a protest memorial ceremony for soldiers killed in the 2014 Gaza war outside the Prime Minister's Residence in Jerusalem on July 3, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

August 6, 2018, 4:38 pm

Truce or no truce: 7 things to know for August 6

Various rumors and reports flying around regarding a possible ceasefire deal in Gaza amount to little next to the emotional subject of returning captives and the bodies of soldiers

By Joshua Davidovich

Druze protesters at a demonstration in Tel Aviv against the nation-state law, on August 4, 2018. (Luke Tress / Times of Israel staff)

August 5, 2018, 9:29 am

Split the difference: 7 things to know for August 5

Netanyahu's attempts to turn the Druze protest into a partisan issue seem to have worked in dividing people, but may yet backfire

By Joshua Davidovich

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets with Druze regional council heads at his office in Jerusalem to discuss the nation-state law on July 29, 2018. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)

August 3, 2018, 10:00 am

Talking the talk: 9 things to know for August 3

Negotiations are all the rage, from the nation-state law to Gaza, but whether they will lead to anything but hurt is a whole other question

By Joshua Davidovich

Members of Israel's Druze community gather to attend a celebration at the holy tomb of Nebi Shu’eib in northern Israel on April 25, 2018. (AFP Photo Jalaa/Marey)

August 2, 2018, 9:43 am

Minority retort: 7 things to know for August 2

The Druze say protests against the nation-state law will continue and Jerusalem gears up for gay pride, but would-be mayors are more interested in looking backward

By Joshua Davidovich

File: Israeli Druze from the village of Yarka attend a demonstration in support of their brethren in Syria threatened by fighting in that country's civil war, June 14, 2015. (Basel Awidat/Flash90)

August 1, 2018, 3:50 pm

Freedom to protest: 7 things to know for August 1

Druze soldiers are told to bottle their unhappiness over the nation-state law, a Palestinian poet is jailed and a paper defends firing a cartoonist

By Joshua Davidovich

US President Donald Trump tours US Steel's Granite City Works steel mill in Granite City, Illinois, on July 26, 2018. (AFP Photo/Saul Loeb)

July 31, 2018, 3:21 pm

Tweet, then meet: 7 things to know for July 31

Trump again opens a door to sitting with an enemy after lobbing threats, but there's little optimism, and Israel is more concerned with a grabby MK and too much homework anyway

By Joshua Davidovich

Protesters, some dressed as United States President Donald Trump and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, stand on the steps of City Hall in New York, March 20, 2018. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

July 30, 2018, 3:56 pm

Let’s not make a deal: 8 things to know for July 30

The Saudi crown prince is forced to mute his support for Trump's peace push thanks to the US taking Jerusalem off the table; and the nation-state debate gets even more polarized

By Joshua Davidovich

Zionist Union MK Zouheir Bahloul (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

July 29, 2018, 4:11 pm

Campaigning already? 6 things to know for July 29

The Knesset is not in session, but its politicians are still busy making sure the public sees what they are doing

By Joshua Davidovich