Joshua Davidovich

A masked Palestinian man launches a balloon loaded with flammable materials toward Israel from the southern Gaza town of Rafah on June 17, 2018. (AFP Photo/Said Khatib)

June 21, 2018, 10:43 am

War or condom nation: 8 things to know for June 21

Is Israel heading to war, as its officials' increasingly strident threats seem to indicate? Or can it bluff its way into getting Gaza's latex luftwaffe to stand down?

By Joshua Davidovich

Then-MK Gonen Segev seen outside the Knesset on March 15, 1993. (Flash90)

June 19, 2018, 4:15 pm

Minister, doctor, smuggler, spy: 9 things to know for June 19

The Shin Bet reveals it captured a former lawmaker spying for Iran, but despite his past and lack of current access to secrets, nobody is ready to dismiss it as numbskullduggery

By Joshua Davidovich

Newly elected Colombian president Ivan Duque celebrates with supporters in Bogota, after winning the presidential runoff election on June 17, 2018. (AFP/ Raul Arboleda)

June 18, 2018, 5:23 am

New Colombian president open to moving embassy to Jerusalem

Ivan Duque, who said he wanted to have the best possible ties with Israel, defeats leftist challenger, though some see seeds of political shift for conservative country

By Joshua Davidovich, Raphael Ahren and Agencies

A soldier at the southern Israeli kibbutz of Nahal Oz near the border with the Gaza Strip on June 8, 2018. (AFP PHOTO / JACK GUEZ)

June 17, 2018, 9:22 am

Shooting to miss: 7 things to know for June 17

Israeli missiles miss Gazan kite launchers, apparently on purpose; and those that take shots of soldiers to make them lose morale may soon face punishment

By Joshua Davidovich

File: Masked Palestinians prepare balloons loaded with flammable material to be flown toward Israel, at the Israel-Gaza border in al-Bureij, central Gaza Strip on June 14, 2018. (AFP/Mahmud Hams)

June 15, 2018, 2:38 pm

Kafka with a kite: 8 things to know for June 15

Gaza protests are getting more bizarre, with the IDF looking at new ways to stop balloons, a defense minister who doesn't know what he thinks, and Israel celebrating a UN loss

By Joshua Davidovich

In this May 16, 2018 file photo, a boy buys a Ramadan decoration depicting the Egyptian Liverpool soccer player Mohamed Salah in Sayyeda Zeinab market in preparation for the holy month of Ramadan, in Cairo, Egypt. (AP Photo/Amr Nabil, File)

June 14, 2018, 2:58 pm

Root root root for whoever: 8 things to know for June 14

Excitement in Israel over the World Cup is strangely high for a country with no one to cheer for, and history is turned on its head

By Joshua Davidovich

North Korea's leader Kim Jong Un (L) walks with US President Donald Trump (R) at the start of their historic US-North Korea summit, at the Capella Hotel on Sentosa island in Singapore, on June 12, 2018. (AFP Photo/Saul Loeb)

June 13, 2018, 2:49 pm

Dear leader (the other one) dreams of Iran: 6 things to know for June 13

The Trump-Kim summit leaves in its dust hope from Trump backers, skepticism from others and a lot of questions over how this will play out for Tehran

By Joshua Davidovich

US President Donald Trump boards Air Force One for a trip to Singapore to meet with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un, at Canadian Forces Base Bagotville, in Canada, June 9, 2018. (Evan Vucci/AP)

June 11, 2018, 9:15 am

The dotard’s visit: 8 things to know for June 11

Like a princess getting ready for a ball, Israel's press is super excited for the upcoming Trump-Kim summit in Singapore, though most of the country will sleep through it

By Joshua Davidovich

Palestinians run from tear gas fired by Israeli soldiers during clashes along the Gaza Strip border fence on June 8, 2018. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

June 10, 2018, 1:21 pm

Post-march madness: 8 things to know for June 10

With the season of border protests supposedly over, Israel sees Hamas battered, cozying up to Iran, and all the more dangerous

By Joshua Davidovich

Iranians burn an effigy of US President Donald Trump dressed in an Israeli flag during a rally in Tehran to mark Jerusalem Day on June 8, 2018. (AFP Photo/STR)

June 8, 2018, 2:34 pm

Another black Friday: 7 things to know for June 8

Israel gears up for protests, fire kites, rockets, and terrorists as the Gaza border heats up yet again

By Joshua Davidovich

Culture and Sport Minister Miri Regev speaks at a press at the ministry offices in Tel Aviv, on June 6, 2018. (Yossi Zeliger/Flash90)

June 7, 2018, 12:34 pm

The minister doth protest too much: 9 things to know for June 7

Miri Regev is blaming the scotching of the Argentina soccer match on terror, but most are blaming her, and as Eurovision balks at Jerusalem, she threatens to torpedo that as well

By Joshua Davidovich

Argentina's players arrive for a training session at the FC Barcelona 'Joan Gamper' sports center in Sant Joan Despi near Barcelona on June 3, 2018. (AFP/Lluis Gene)

June 6, 2018, 9:42 am

Messi divorce: 9 things to know for June 6

Israeli reactions to the cancellation of a soccer friendly are anything but: Argentinians were afraid of terror, also they hate us, and it's Miri Regev's fault

By Joshua Davidovich

Palestinian protesters fly a kite with a burning rag dangling from its tail to during a protest at the Gaza Strip's border with Israel, April 20, 2018. (AP Photo/ Khalil Hamra)

June 3, 2018, 3:37 pm

Back where we were: 9 things to know for June 3

Gaza is a potential war zone again, a denial of a report on wiretapping brass doesn't change many minds, Melania goes quiet and some may wish Sara would do the same

By Joshua Davidovich

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, seen with outgoing Mossad chief Tamir Pardo during a farewell ceremony in Tel Aviv on January 5, 2015. (Kobi Gideon/GPO)

June 1, 2018, 10:45 am

Restraining orders: 7 things to know for June 1

In 2011 and last week, Israel came closer to war than many realize, halted only by a Mossad chief, a hard-line but realist minister and some dumb luck

By Joshua Davidovich

Israeli soldiers guard on the border with the Gaza Strip on May 29, 2018. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

May 31, 2018, 12:03 pm

Until next time: 8 things to know for May 31

With the rockets silenced, attention turns to figuring out who the winner is, and it's not necessarily Israel

By Joshua Davidovich