Joshua Davidovich

Police officers stand guard next to burning garbage during clashes with ultra-Orthodox Jews in Bnei Brak, Israel, January 24, 2021. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

January 25, 2021, 2:13 pm

Where they burn buses: What the press is saying about Haredi unrest, more deaths

Fighting between police and the ultra-Orthodox over COVID restrictions appears to step up a notch, with fingers pointed over excessive violence and excessive silence

By Joshua Davidovich

US President Joe Biden and his wife Jill Biden watch a military pass in review ceremony on the East Front of the Capitol at the conclusion of the inauguration ceremonies, in Washington, January 20, 2021. (AP/J. Scott Applewhite)

January 21, 2021, 3:39 pm

We’re baaaaack: What the press is saying about a new US and an old tiff

Joe Biden’s inauguration has many Israelis excited for America’s future, but some predict a return to 2015 with a fight looming over the Iran nuclear deal

By Joshua Davidovich

People walk in downtown Jerusalem on January 17, 2021. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

January 19, 2021, 11:30 am

This is a fine mess: What the press is saying about lockdowns, Haredim and Trump

Israel seems set to extend its lockdown by a week or more, but even with that, predictions of coming COVID-doom run as wild as infections in unpoliced ultra-Orthodox towns

By Joshua Davidovich

An Israeli healthcare worker prepares a dose of the coronavirus vaccine at a Clalit Health Services clinic in Jerusalem on January 14, 2021. (Ahmad Gharabli/AFP)

January 15, 2021, 2:22 pm

Whatever gets your pox off: What the press is saying about COVID, shots and Iran

With virus numbers remaining at record levels, there’s plenty of doom and gloom alongside vaccine hopes

By Joshua Davidovich

A medical worker prepares a COVID-19 vaccine in Ichilov Hospital in Tel Aviv on December 20, 2020. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

January 11, 2021, 2:21 pm

Just the vax, ma’am: What the press is saying about shots, medical and otherwise

The vaccine drive is ramping back up, though some question what is being traded away for virus immunity; and election jockeying has some asking if there’s room for all the parties

By Joshua Davidovich

Supporters of US President Donald Trump protest outside the US Capitol on January 6, 2021, in Washington, DC. (Roberto Schmidt/AFP)

January 8, 2021, 3:05 pm

House of pain: What the Israeli press is saying about the US Capitol rampage

An anguished and curious Israel looks on in dread for its own democracy after the attack on the US Capitol Building, and some are not yet ready to give up on Trump

By Joshua Davidovich

A man waits at a vaccination center in Tel Aviv on December 31, 2020. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

January 4, 2021, 1:36 pm

Up shot creek without a lockdown: What the press is saying on January 4

Israel is running low on vaccines, as some wonder why whippersnappers snapped up doses; meanwhile, the cabinet mulls a closure that actually closes things while hospitals cry uncle

By Joshua Davidovich

A Maccabi Healthcare Services staffer holds up a vial of the Pfizer vaccine against COVID-19. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)

December 31, 2020, 3:56 pm

Vax pop: What the press is saying on December 31

Israel’s speedy vaccination drive will not continue apace, and the ‘lockdown’ is seen to be having little effect, but for now, shots are still on the house

By Joshua Davidovich

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) greets released US spy-for-Israel Jonathan Pollard and his wife Esther at Ben Gurion Airport, December 30, 2020 (Courtesy)

December 30, 2020, 2:44 pm

Like a spy in the night: What the press is saying on December 30

Jonathan Pollard’s middle of the night arrival is met with a modicum of excitement from most. Now the question is what’s next for him, and for Netanyahu

By Joshua Davidovich

A woman receives a COVID-19 vaccine in Jerusalem on December 28, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

December 29, 2020, 2:36 pm

Hit me with your best shots: What the press is saying on December 29

Israel is going gangbusters for the COVID-19-busting vaccine and there’s enough for everyone, assuming the doses keep coming. Until then, the fake lockdowns should keep us safe

By Joshua Davidovich

A man closes his shop in Jerusalem on December 27, 2020, as Israel enters its 3rd nationwide lockdown. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

December 28, 2020, 1:30 pm

Melancholy and the finite lockdown: What the press is saying on December 28

Shopkeepers are sad and frustrated, teachers are angry and parents are confused, but those who want to are able to see deliverance from the plague and its shutdowns coming up fast

By Joshua Davidovich

A man wearing a face mask near the Mahane Yehuda market in Jerusalem on December 25, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

December 27, 2020, 2:55 pm

Netanyahu giveth, Netanyahu taketh away: What the press is saying on December 27

Israel is going back under lock and key and it seems nobody is happy about the move, though some, like Likud and store owners, try to make the best of a bad situation

By Joshua Davidovich

A man dressed as Santa Claus seen during the annual Christmas tree lighting ceremony in Jaffa, December 6, 2020 (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

December 25, 2020, 2:45 pm

He’s making a list, not checking it once: What the press is saying on Dec. 25

Israel is zooming ahead with its plans to get everyone vaccinated, possibly helped by the fact that some are being allowed to jump the line and run over grandma

By Joshua Davidovich

Israelis artists protest against the COVID-19 lockdown, on November 8, 2020 in Tel Aviv. (Tomer Neuberg/Flash90)

December 24, 2020, 2:39 pm

Lockdowns and screwups: What the press is saying on December 24

A fresh closure, which includes the partial shutting of schools, is met with unholy anger only matched by a defecting Ze’ev Elkin, who is seen as dealing a major strike to Likud

By Joshua Davidovich

Coalition MKs watch the final moments of the 23rd Knesset tick away in the Knesset plenum on December 23, 2020. (Knesset spokesperson)

December 23, 2020, 3:52 pm

Looking at fourth and long: What the press is saying on December 23

There’s 3 whole months before we go back to the ballot box, but the media wastes no time rushing into the scrum of horse-trading, polls, speculation and virus-fueled fury

By Joshua Davidovich