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Joshua Davidovich
Joshua Davidovich
People wearing face masks shop at the Mahane Yehuda Market in Jerusalem on September 18, 2020 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 18, 2020, 3:53 pm
Dip the lockdown in the loophole: What the press is saying on September 18
A nation beset by plagues of FOMO, anger, confusion and politics overriding health concerns enters a lockdown that is not a lockdown but may soon become a lockdown
By Joshua Davidovich
L-R: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, US President Donald Trump, and UAE Foreign Minister Abdullah bin Zayed Al-Nahyan participate in the signing of the Abraham Accords at the White House on September 15, 2020. (SAUL LOEB / AFP)
September 16, 2020, 5:11 pm
Peace and its disconnects: What the press is saying on September 16
The press gets swept up in the Abraham Accords hoopla, but doesn’t shy away from noting that the treaties do not actually create peace and leave out 1 important actor
By Joshua Davidovich
The flags of the US, the United Arab Emirates, Israel and Bahrain seen on the side of a road in Netanya, September 14, 2020. (Flash90)
September 15, 2020, 4:57 pm
With this accord, I thee normalize: What the press is saying on September 15
A White House wedding with the UAE and Bahrain is hailed as historic, but there is plenty putting a damper on the party, like Israel’s raging virus problem and looming lockdown
By Joshua Davidovich
Israeli police at the entrance to the Jerusalem neighborhood of Ramot enforce a nightly curfew aimed at containing the coronavirus, September 13, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 14, 2020, 4:33 pm
Same shutdown, different day: What the press is saying on September 14
The first lockdown was a celebration of solidarity, but from the looks of things, Israel’s second foray into virus-closureville will be a festival of loathing, guilt and anger
By Joshua Davidovich
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu holds copies of the Israel-UAE treaty and the Israel-Bahrain declaration of peace at his Washington DC hotel on September 14, a day before the Abraham Accords signing ceremony at the White House. (GPO Screenshot)
September 14, 2020, 2:30 pm
Holding still-secret UAE, Bahrain deals, PM says they’ll be ‘huge turning point’
Meanwhile Yair Netanyahu, in Washington with dad for ‘historic’ signing, tweets support for Jewish terrorist convicted of murdering Dawabsha family in Duma firebombing
By Joshua Davidovich
A woman walks by a poster critical of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government, in Tel Aviv on September 10, 2020. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)
September 11, 2020, 4:02 pm
System of a lockdown: What the press is saying on September 11
As hospitals overcrowd, a looming second shutdown raises questions about when it starts, whether it works and how we managed to screw things up this badly
By Joshua Davidovich
Ultra orthodox Jewish men pray outside an apartment building in the neighborhood of Ramot, in Jerusalem on September 9, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 10, 2020, 4:31 pm
Home for the holidays: What the press is saying on September 10
Israel appears to be zooming toward a lockdown, or something called ‘tightened restraint,’ with coverage portraying enhanced holiday restrictions as essentially a done deal
By Joshua Davidovich
Israeli police seen at the entrance to the neighborhood of Ramot in Jerusalem as Israel enforces a night curfew on September 8, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 9, 2020, 4:38 pm
Nocturnal submission: What the press is saying on September 9
Millions of people are under nightly curfew, though descriptions in the media focus on lack of enforcement, confusing rules and downright refusal by some to heed them
By Joshua Davidovich
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks with then-cabinet secretary Avichai Mandelblit in Jerusalem on December 27, 2015. (Marc Israel Sellem/Pool)
September 9, 2020, 2:36 pm
Netanyahu bashes AG as report claims officials discussing if PM must step down
Mandelblit’s office denies he is mulling if PM has to leave office for using bully pulpit in service of legal defense; Netanyahu calls for independent probe, saying AG won’t do job
By Joshua Davidovich
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is hosted by Minister of Health Yaakov Litzman of the United Torah Judaism party (left), at a meal to celebrate the birth of Litzman's grandson, June 18, 2017. (Shlomi Cohen/FLASH90)
September 7, 2020, 1:14 pm
Lock blockers: What the press is saying on September 7
Netanyahu is raked over the coals for endangering the whole country after the ultra-Orthodox force him to fold on a plan to put lockdowns on some cities
By Joshua Davidovich
A medical worker holds the hand of a coronavirus patient at Shamir Medical Center (Assaf Harofeh) in Beer Yaakov, southeast of Tel Aviv, August 20, 2020 (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 7, 2020, 9:25 am
An unfathomable calamity: 1,000 deaths, each a world lost
In the interminable official count, they were just numbers. But each of Israel’s virus victims was a life, and in death leaves a universe shattered. Here are some of their stories
By Joshua Davidovich and Sue Surkes
Illustrative photo: A student moving into the Hebron Yeshiva in Jerusalem on August 18, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 6, 2020, 3:38 pm
Give us liberty and give us death: What the press is saying on September 6
With some Haredi cities facing a possible lockdown, residents prepare for a battle royal over the right to pretend nothing is wrong, as the death toll hits 1,000 and counting
By Joshua Davidovich
Yeshiva students study in separation capsules in Jerusalem on September 2, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
September 3, 2020, 4:13 pm
Paint the town redder: What the press is saying on September 3
Infection numbers are up and officials are down with continuing to threaten a lockdown and color-coded cities, leading to a healthy dose of criticism
By Joshua Davidovich
A flight attendant hands out chocolates with a greeting card to passengers on an El Al plane from Israel en route to Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Monday, Aug. 31, 2020. (Nir Elias/Pool Photo via AP)
September 1, 2020, 4:48 pm
The wonder of human flight (to the UAE): What the press is saying on September 1
Israel-based reporters marvel over the possibilities of peace from their perches on an extravagant junket to the UAE (me, jealous? never!) and some scoops fall short of first class
By Joshua Davidovich
A member of an El Al flight crew ahead of the first-ever commercial flight from Israel to the UAE, at the Ben Gurion Airport near Tel Aviv, August 31, 2020. (NIR ELIAS / POOL / AFP)
August 31, 2020, 3:06 pm
Welcome to the jungle: What the press is saying on August 31
Israelis leave their ‘villa’ for a ‘historic’ jaunt over Saudi Arabia to visit their new besties in Abu Dhabi and (almost) everyone is super stoked. Did I mention it’s historic?
By Joshua Davidovich
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