Joshua Davidovich

Gesher party chair Orly Levy-Abekasis (L) and Labor head Amir Peretz announce their joint run in the September election, July 18, 2019 (screenshot)

July 19, 2019, 1:08 pm

Labor of love (for the center): 6 things to know for July 19

Amir Peretz’s decision to team up with Orly Levy-Abekasis is seen as a play for right-wing and socially minded votes and a big problem for the left

By Joshua Davidovich

Screen capture from video of Israeli suspects in the alleged gang-rape of a British tourist in Cyprus being brought for a remand hearing at a Cypriot court, July 18, 2019. (Walla)

July 18, 2019, 4:14 pm

Throwing suspected rapists a rope: 6 things to know for July 18

The Israeli press gives an unseemly amount of airtime and column inches to victim blaming and unverified defenses of 12 Israelis accused of gang raping a British tourist in Cyprus

By Joshua Davidovich

People walk next to election poster for Ehud Barak, head of the Israel Democratic Party, in Tel Aviv, July 17, 2019. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

July 17, 2019, 3:07 pm

Up to his neck-warmer in trouble: 6 things to know for July 17

New pictures of Ehud Barak entering Jeffrey Epstein’s mansion attempt to paint him in a more sinister light, and Labor, women, and society lose a fighter

By Joshua Davidovich

Children playing on a makeshift pirate ship with Playmobil figures, at the Jerusalems Botanical Gardens, July 15, 2019. (Joshua Davidovich/Times of Israel)

July 17, 2019, 10:08 am

At Botanical Gardens, Playmobil plants its plastic flag

There’s no stopping to smell the flowers as children romp through the green landscape themed to tie-in with cherished playset and upcoming feature-length film

By Joshua Davidovich

US President Donald Trump talks to reporters on the South Lawn of the White House before departing for his Bedminster, New Jersey, golf club, July 5, 2019. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

July 16, 2019, 12:40 pm

You shouldn’t have, really: 9 things to know for July 16

Trump’s ‘defense’ of Israel only serves to drag the Jewish state into his racist tiff, angering many American Jews while Israelis barely take notice

By Joshua Davidovich

URWP chairman Rafi Peretz (L) arrives at a gathering of the Jewish Home party in Ramat Gan on June 19, 2019. (Yehuda Haim/Flash90)

July 15, 2019, 4:46 pm

No therapy, just porn and pain: 7 things to know for July 15

News outlets expound on the dangers of so-called ‘gay conversion therapy’ but while those who undergo it pay a price, Rafi Peretz is seen getting off pretty much scot-free

By Joshua Davidovich

Jewish Home party chief Rafi Peretz at the party's primary headquarters in Ramat Gan on February 4, 2019. (Flash90)

July 14, 2019, 12:51 pm

Rafi Peretz’s conversion disorder: 7 things to know for July 14

The Jewish Home head comes out as a supporter of junky and harmful ‘gay conversion therapy,’ but even his political allies are not blind to how much damage he is doing

By Joshua Davidovich

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu embraces Yesh Atid leader Yair Lapid after addressing the Knesset ahead of the swearing-in of the new government, March 18, 2013. (Photo credit: Miriam Alster/FLASH90)

July 12, 2019, 11:35 am

Hooking up in the Knesset: 6 things to know for July 12

Between Ehud Barak’s partnership with sex criminal Jeffrey Epstein and hordes of political horse-trading, no alliance is too wacky for this silly season

By Joshua Davidovich

A baby toddling. (Tverdohlib/iStock by Getty Images)

July 11, 2019, 4:31 pm

We’ve got a long way to go, baby: 7 things to know for July 11

A womb breakthrough isn’t quite ready yet; Netanyahu’s promises on Khan al-Ahmar are ignored or discounted; and healing a rift with Ethiopians may take more than baby steps

By Joshua Davidovich

Illustrative image of a bride and groom. (LightFieldStudios/ iStock by Getty Images)

July 10, 2019, 4:37 pm

Match and mix: 6 things to know for July 10

Netanyahu tries to link up Ehud Barak and Jeffrey Epstein and will look to bully the right wing into marriage, and an intermarriage Holocaust comparison is suddenly jeered

By Joshua Davidovich

White West Highland Terrier looking down at toy lobster on the rocks near the ocean. (Creative_Identity_Designs/iStock by Getty Images)

July 9, 2019, 3:58 pm

Smells fishy: 9 things to know for July 9

A childcare reform is questioned, police findings about a cop who shot a teen aren’t trusted, a helicopter trip is forgotten and a lobster is at the center of a coverup

By Joshua Davidovich

Parents protest against the abuse of children in private daycare centers in Tel Aviv on July 7, 2019. The sign reads 'What happens when the door is closed?' (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

July 8, 2019, 1:15 pm

Not kidding around: 8 things to know for July 8

A child abuse case sparks fresh protests, but Ethiopian-Israelis are still fuming at police; a raid that went wrong is reexamined; and talk of political pairings heats up

By Joshua Davidovich

A scene from the 1994 movie 'Little Rascals.' (screen capture: YouTube)

July 5, 2019, 1:57 pm

Little rascals, big problems: 8 things to know for July 5

A rabbi decides politics should be a he-man girl haters club; the right finds itself in Liberman’s vise and Hamas frets over another wayward son

By Joshua Davidovich

Police block the road during a protest against police violence in Tel Aviv on July 3, 2019, following the fatal shooting of Ethiopian-Israeli man Solomon Tekah by an off-duty officer. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

July 4, 2019, 2:49 pm

Jammed up: 8 things to know for July 4

Ethiopian-Israeli protests sputter out over fears of heavier police violence, but anger still simmers, including over the press’s obsession with traffic reporting

By Joshua Davidovich

A still from a video showing alleged abuse at a daycare center in Rosh Ha'ayin, released by police on July 4, 2019. (screen capture: Israel Police)

July 4, 2019, 1:45 pm

Parents protest as shocking videos of daycare abuse surface

Footage shows woman who runs private center tying up children, smothering them; charges expected early next week

By Joshua Davidovich