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Joshua Davidovich

Joshua Davidovich

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu meets Turkey’s President Recep Tayyip Erdogan on the sidelines of the UN General Assembly in New York on September 19, 2023. (Avi Ohayon/GPO)
September 19, 2023, 2:35 pm
Netanyahu talks Saudi normalization with Erdogan after Turkish leader voices support
PM also meets with Zelensky on UN sidelines, assuring him that humanitarian aid will continue but remaining mum on Ukraine’s request for missile defense support
By Joshua Davidovich
Israeli president Isaac Herzog speaks at the President residence in Jerusalem, September 6, 2023. (Chaim Goldberg/Flash90)
September 13, 2023, 2:13 pm
Herzog presses leaders to ‘end crisis,’ claims wide support for brewing overhaul deal
President says the sides have already reached agreements, but party heads need to show courage, look beyond their electoral bases to good of nation
By Joshua Davidovich
Anti-overhaul activists protest against the government's judicial overhaul, in Tel Aviv, on September 2, 2023. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
September 3, 2023, 1:57 pm
Protesting overhaul, hundreds of Israeli academics abroad warn of growing brain drain
Over 550 professors, researchers and others at universities around world sign petition from ex-pat group vowing to keep opposing government unless legislation halted
By Joshua Davidovich
Israeli soldiers stand guard at a roadblock following a shooting attack in the West Bank in the Jordan Valley, Sunday, Sept. 4, 2022. (AP/Majdi Mohammed)
August 27, 2023, 2:07 pm
Israel says it foiled bid to smuggle Iran-made explosives over Jordan border
Censor okays publication of new details into July incident near Ashdot Ya’akov; officials suspect weapons were brought in for use by terror groups in the West Bank
By Joshua Davidovich
From left, Tomer Bar, Commander of the Israeli Air Force, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, President Isaac Herzog, Defense Minister Yoav Gallant and IDF Chief of Staff Herzi Halevi at a graduation ceremony for soldiers who have completed the IAF Flight Course, at the Hatzerim Air Base in the Negev Desert, June 29, 2023. (Oren Ben Hakoon/Flash90)
August 14, 2023, 12:16 am
PM said to have shouted at IDF chiefs: ‘It looks like the army is running the country’
In Friday phone conference, IDF head Halevi and IAF chief Bar reportedly rebuffed PM request to walk back public comments on harm to IDF fitness and readiness amid overhaul rifts
By Joshua Davidovich and ToI Staff
An anti-overhaul activist protesting in army duds in Tel Aviv, on August 12, 2023. His poster contains a slogan about bravery under fire. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)
August 13, 2023, 7:19 pm
Netanyahu orders top brass to maintain IDF fitness as reservist revolt bites
PM briefed by Gallant, Halevi and others on state of military readiness amid increasing alarm over damage wrought by reservists halting volunteer duty
By Joshua Davidovich and ToI Staff
Yesh Atid head Yair Lapid speaks during a press conference next to Benny Gantz, seated, on June 14, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
July 30, 2023, 2:50 pm
Opposition heads reject linking up with Netanyahu to push Saudi deal over finish line
Lapid and Gantz say they could back the government from the outside, but report indicates that they won’t rubber stamp potential normalization if security interests involved
By Joshua Davidovich and ToI Staff
Israeli demonstrators block a freeway during a protest against plans by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's government to overhaul the judicial system, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, July 1, 2023. (AP/Ariel Schalit)
July 2, 2023, 2:58 pm
Police, protesters gear up for battle over airport as sides vow no compromise
Cops threaten zero tolerance for demonstrations blocking roads, attacks on cops or ‘state symbols,’; pilots pour cold water on emergency landing justification
By Joshua Davidovich
Smoke rises above buildings in Gaza City as Israel launches air strikes on the Hamas-run Palestinian enclave on late April 6, 2023. (Mohammed Abed/AFP)
May 2, 2023, 2:23 pm
Israel, Gaza terror groups reportedly agree to ceasefire
Israeli warplanes attack Hamas in response to dozens of rockets; warning sirens continue to go off in southern Israeli communities
By Joshua Davidovich and Luke Tress
Right-wing Israelis attend a rally in support of the government's planned judicial overhaul, outside the Knesset in Jerusalem, on April 27, 2023. (Flash90)
April 27, 2023, 2:18 pm
Right wing claims mass support for overhaul as Jerusalem rally said to draw 200,000
Levin tells demonstration outside Knesset that compromise possible, rebuffs warnings of dictatorship; but critics accuse government of seeking to dismantle checks on power
By Joshua Davidovich
Footage from a shooting attack targeting Kibbutz Ma'ale Gilboa on April 3, 2023. (Screen capture/Twitter)
April 3, 2023, 3:09 pm
Gunfire slams into Israeli homes in suspected attack by West Bank terrorists
No injuries but slight damage caused to Maale Gilboa houses; footage published by Islamic Jihad shows shots being fired at Israeli town in distance; army searching for gunmen
By Joshua Davidovich
Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi seen after a meeting with Shas head Aryeh Deri outside his home in Jerusalem on January 18, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
March 6, 2023, 2:11 pm
Minister to IDF reservists weighing refusal: ‘Go to hell, we’ll manage without you’
Communications Minister Shlomo Karhi uses Purim holiday greeting to blast overhaul protesters, says radical changes will move forward
By Joshua Davidovich
Illustrative: Israeli soldiers speak with Israeli settlers in the West Bank town of Huwara near Nablus on February 27, 2023. (RONALDO SCHEMIDT / AFP)
February 28, 2023, 2:43 pm
Settler extremists sowing terror, Huwara riot was a ‘pogrom,’ top general says
Yehuda Fuchs warns future clash between troops and hardline Israelis in West Bank may end in Israeli fatalities, admits IDF was unprepared for size, scale of Sunday night rampage
By Joshua Davidovich
Lawmakers Ayman Odeh, center right, Mossi Raz, second from right, and Ofer Cassif, right, march behind a banner reading "This is our home," in Hebrew and Arabic in Tel Aviv on Saturday, January 7, 2023. (AP/ Tsafrir Abayov)
January 24, 2023, 3:35 pm
Coalition reportedly planning bill to ease disqualification of Arabs from Knesset
Proposal by Likud MK, said agreed to by coalition heads, would expand definition of terror support to keep most Arab-led parties out of parliament, Channel 12 reports
By Joshua Davidovich
Justice Minister Yariv Levin unveils his plan for overhauling the judicial system during a press conference at the Knesset on January 4, 2023. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)
January 4, 2023, 2:53 pm
Justice minister rolls out controversial plan to overhaul judiciary, shackle court
Yariv Levin unveils legislative blitz aimed at hobbling judges’ power, claiming decisions overturning government and Knesset moves are damaging democracy; opposition vows fight
By Joshua Davidovich
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