Joshua Davidovich

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is interviewed on Channel 12, September 14, 2019. (Channel 12 screenshot)

September 15, 2019, 11:59 am

Feeding the hand that bites: 6 things to know for September 15

Netanyahu’s attacks on the media continue unabated, and outlets respond by letting him use their studios and websites to tromp into Israelis’ homes and ask for votes

By Joshua Davidovich

Illustrative photo of a blackboard. (francescoch/iStock by Getty Images)

September 13, 2019, 3:13 pm

Run the numbers again: 7 things to know for September 13

Polls show what they’ve always shown, and if they come to fruition, Israel can be in for a wild ride as it tries to untangle coalition haggling

By Joshua Davidovich

Benjamin Netanyahu, left, and Vladimir Putin meeting in Sochi, Russia on September 12, 2019. courtesy)

September 12, 2019, 2:11 pm

Netanyahu meets Putin, claims Iran ramping up efforts to attack Israel

PM plays up personal ties with Russian leader, but Putin, showing up over two hours late, says only that he hopes whoever is elected will move bilateral relationship forward

By Joshua Davidovich

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, center, being moved away from a campaign event stage while surrounded by security as rockets are shot at Ashdod on September 10, 2019. (screen capture: Twitter)

September 11, 2019, 4:15 pm

Vale of fears: 9 things to know for September 11

Netanyahu tried to win the day with a Jordan Valley annexation pledge, but his plans quickly fizzled as he sheltered from rockets and lost Iran hawk pal John Bolton

By Joshua Davidovich

A creep taking pictures from behind bushes. (MarinaZg/Istock by Getty Images)

September 9, 2019, 4:45 pm

Peeping Likudniks: 6 things to know for September 9

The camera bill looks to be dead; some sigh in relief, but pundits still see plenty of danger ahead for either Netanyahu or the fate of Israeli democracy

By Joshua Davidovich

A shopper stands in front of televisions broadcasting a speech by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu at an electronics shop in Jerusalem. (Abir Sultan/Flash90)

September 8, 2019, 9:14 am

Cam we, cam we, pleeeeease? 6 things to know for September 8

Ministers will have an unwelcome guest when Mandelblit shows up to warn against allowing cameras in voting stations, even though they really really need it to stamp out ‘fraud’

By Joshua Davidovich

US President Donald Trump's Middle East envoy Jason Greenblatt, arrives at a news conference about a water-sharing agreement between Jordan, Israel and the Palestinian Authority, in Jerusalem, July 13, 2017. (AFP/Pool/Ronen Zvulun)

September 6, 2019, 3:04 pm

Peace (envoy) out: 8 things to know for September 6

Finally, Jason Greenblatt has a plan and people believe in it: to leave the White House. Israelis couldn’t care less

By Joshua Davidovich

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sets out his 'red line' for Iran on a cartoon-bomb drawing during a speech to the UN General Assembly, on September 27, 2012. (photo credit: Avi Ohayun, GPO)

September 5, 2019, 1:17 pm

Party like it’s 2012: 7 things to know for September 5

Let’s turn back the clock 6 years, to when diplomats and journalists lived in fear of an Israeli raid on Iran, but this time throw in some elections and a Trump in the White House

By Joshua Davidovich

Communications Minister Ayoub Kara at a press conference in the northern city of Safed, July 10, 2018. (David Cohen/Flash90)

September 4, 2019, 3:17 pm

Meddle, middle, muddle: 7 things to know for September 4

A new tape adds to charges of Netanyahu meddling where he shouldn’t, the center pushes away the ultra-Orthodox, and a look at how the IDF is fogging up its war with Hezbollah

By Joshua Davidovich

An Israeli soldier examines the remains of a rocket near the village of Avivim on the Israel-Lebanon border, Monday, Sept. 2, 2019. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

September 3, 2019, 2:34 pm

Punkwashing: 8 things to know for September 3

Israel’s punking of Hezbollah appears to pay dividends, with the terror group still insisting it scored a kill, allowing the sides to back down after coming incredibly close to war

By Joshua Davidovich

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meeting schoolkids in the West Bank settlement of Elkana on the first day of school, September 1, 2019. (Courtesy)

September 1, 2019, 4:02 pm

Schoolyard politics: 7 things to know for September 1

As kids head back to school, Netanyahu looks for votes by teaching annexation to first graders and bullying a reporter

By Joshua Davidovich

A graphic by the Israeli military showing the chain of command for a joint Iranian-Hezbollah program to provide the Lebanese terror group with precision-guided missiles, which was released on August 29, 2019. (Israel Defense Forces)

August 30, 2019, 9:58 am

Message in a battle: 9 things to know for August 30

Israel is speaking louder than ever before about its military exploits, and pundits see an effort to signal Hezbollah, Lebanon and others that a bigger fight may be on the way

By Joshua Davidovich

Aryeh Deri (left), leader of the ultra-Orthodox Shas party, seen with head of the Yisrael Beytenu political party Avigdor Liberman at the "Sheva Brachot" of Deri's daughter. December 23, 2015. (Yaacov Cohen/FLASH90)

August 29, 2019, 3:23 pm

Going for a spin around the bloc: 7 things to know for August 29

While Israel waits for northern tensions to explode again, the electioneering machine revs back up to full speed

By Joshua Davidovich

A picture taken on August 26, 2019, near the northern Israeli moshav of Avivim shows a Hezbollah flag in the Lebanon village of Aitaroun. (Jalaa Marey/AFP)

August 28, 2019, 4:18 pm

Revenge is best served no matter what: 7 things to know for August 28

As the mystery surrounding the Beirut dronesplosion grows, Hezbollah plots its limited revenge, trying to thread the line between sparking a war and looking like wusses

By Joshua Davidovich

A photograph of the Lebanese Shiite Hezbollah movement leader Hassan Nasrallah, is attached to colorful balloons during a gathering organized by the group in the town of Al-Ain in Lebanon's Bekaa valley on August 25, 2019. (AFP)

August 26, 2019, 3:56 pm

Waiting for the other drone to drop: 7 things to know for August 26

Fighting with Iran and its proxies is spreading like an Amazonian wildfire, and with Hezbollah vowing revenge, may be just as harmful for all involved

By Joshua Davidovich