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Joshua Davidovich
The smoke trail of a rocket, fired by Palestinian terrorists, flying over the Gaza Strip, on February 23, 2020. (Mahmud Hams/AFP)
February 24, 2020, 3:23 pm
Let’s do launch: 7 things to know for February 24
Virus takes a backseat to violence, with rockets and airstrikes on the Gaza border flying almost as fast as the threats, thanks to some body snatching and Hamas dealing
By Joshua Davidovich
A Korean airplane that arrived from South Korea, after landing at Ben Gurion International Airport on February 22, 2020. (Ahmad GHARABLI / AFP)
February 23, 2020, 12:05 pm
To catch a coronavirus: 6 things to know for February 23
Israel is now isolation nation, thanks to some Koreans who toured around, as officials mull whom to ban next and what damage it may do, and Evgeny tries to sell us a miracle cure
By Joshua Davidovich
Israeli Professor Galia Rahavm, head of infectious diseases, shows one of the rooms where returning Israelis with suspected exposure to Coronavirus will stay under observation and isolation, at the Chaim Sheba Medical Center at at Tel Hashomer in Ramat Gan, Israel, February 19, 2020. (Heidi Levine/Pool via AP).
February 21, 2020, 1:46 pm
Abandon ship: 7 things to know for February 21
Israelis who had been stuck on quarantined ship return to Israel for another quarantine; at least one is found to be carrying the virus, marking the country’s first confirmed case
By Joshua Davidovich
In this November 20, 2019, file photo, Blue and White party leader Benny Gantz arrives to address media in Tel Aviv. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty, File)
February 20, 2020, 4:41 pm
Playing fifth-dimensional chess: 7 things to know for February 20
If elections are near that means it’s time for conveniently unsourced reports on a probe into Gantz’s old firm; the Blue and White head is not suspect, but everything else is
By Joshua Davidovich
An officer stands next to the Diamond Princess cruise ship on February 16, 2020, with an Israeli flag visible through a window of the ship. (Behrouz MEHRI / AFP)
February 17, 2020, 11:55 am
One flu over the cuckoo’s nest: 6 things to know for February 17
Israelis have the coronavirus and more are being told to quarantine, amplifying calls for cruise strandees to be freed vs pleas for them to stay put – and a tiff between ministries
By Joshua Davidovich
A passenger is seen on a balcony of the Diamond Princess cruise ship, with around 3,600 people quarantined onboard due to fears of the new coronavirus, at the Daikoku Pier Cruise Terminal in Yokohama port on February 14, 2020. (CHARLY TRIBALLEAU / AFP)
February 16, 2020, 1:15 pm
Sick of this ship: 6 things to know for February 16
Israelis found to have coronavirus on a cruise leads to amplified calls for the freedom of the quarantined; and Gantz is seen getting creative (and racist) in his bid for a win
By Joshua Davidovich
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu votes at a polling station in Jerusalem on September 17, 2019. (Alex Kolomoisky/Pool/Flash90)
February 14, 2020, 4:54 pm
Sallying fourth: 6 things to know for February 14
A fourth election feels inevitable, with voters and politicians budging little ahead of the third one
By Joshua Davidovich
Palestinian protesters hold up flags and a sign reading "boycott occupation and its products" during a protest at a Rami Levy supermarket in the West Bank Jewish settlement of Modiin Illit, October 24, 2012 (photo credit: Issam Rimawi/Flash90)
February 13, 2020, 11:23 am
Blacklist and blue: 6 things to know for February 13
The press joins the frenzy of angry indignation at the UN for making a list of firms operating in the West Bank, and predicts future doom even if the roster lacks teeth now
By Joshua Davidovich
A woman with a teddy bear waves to another passenger quarantined on the Diamond Princess cruise ship in Yokohama, near Tokyo,, February 11, 2020. (AP/Jae C. Hong)
February 12, 2020, 12:46 pm
Spurning Japanese: 6 things to know for February 12
Israel’s pirates of protest are demanding to be let off a quarantined ship to finally escape their hellish lives of room service, TV bingeing and vacationing. Pray for them
By Joshua Davidovich
Police officers seen during a raid on offices in the Mea Shearim neighborhood in Jerusalem on December 2, 2019. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
February 9, 2020, 1:15 pm
Israel, heal thyself: 7 things to know for February 9
The arrest of a high-profile sex offender religious leader, accused of extorting money from the sick, floods the press, as coronavirus fears linger
By Joshua Davidovich and Marissa Newman
Israeli troops clash with Palestinians during a manhunt in the West Bank town of Beit Jala on February 6, 2020. (Wisam Hashlamoun/Flash90)
February 7, 2020, 3:28 pm
Deal or die: 7 things to know for February 7
Violence rears its ugly head and brings fears of a fresh intifada, as rejection of Trump’s Mideast peace deal catalyzes into terror
By Joshua Davidovich
European Union foreign policy chief Josep Borrell listens during a press conference after a meeting in Belgrade, Serbia, January 31, 2020. (Darko Vojinovic/AP)
February 5, 2020, 12:13 pm
Odd couples: 6 things to know for February 5
Agreeing to disagree with Trump’s peace plan, the EU says it will be very, very angry if Israel annexes the West Bank, but it’s ok, Israel has a new Emirati buddy
By Joshua Davidovich
Sudanese students burn an Israeli flag as they demonstrate against the Israeli airstrikes in Gaza outside the UN headquarters in Khartoum, Sudan, December 29, 2008.(AP/Abd Raouf)
February 4, 2020, 4:01 pm
No, no… yes: 6 things to know for February 4
Sudan is maybe wanting to be friends with Israel, well really the US, but Netanyahu’s campaign will take what it can get; and who is getting in bed with the Joint List now?
By Joshua Davidovich
MK Haim Katz attends a House Committee discussion on his request for immunity, at the Knesset on February 4, 2020. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
February 4, 2020, 2:31 pm
Knesset panel votes to grant immunity to former Likud minister Haim Katz
Committee of lawmakers votes 17 to 12 to allow MK to avoid prosecution for fraud and breach of trust
By Joshua Davidovich
People wear face masks at Ben Gurion International Airport following reports about the deadly coronavirus having spread worldwide, February 2, 2020. (Avshalom Shoshani/Flash90)
February 3, 2020, 4:25 pm
China Syndrome comes to Israel: 6 things to know for February 3
Fears, hopes and effects of the Wuhan coronavirus are all overblown, according to the Israeli press
By Joshua Davidovich
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