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This photo released by the semi-official Fars News Agency shows the scene where Mohsen Fakhrizadeh was killed in Absard, a small city just east of the capital, Tehran, Iran, Friday, Nov. 27, 2020 (Fars News Agency via AP)
November 29, 2020, 3:48 pm
Killer moves: What the press is saying on November 29
Israel’s reported assassination of the ‘father’ of Iran’s nuke program brings the world of skullduggery to the surface as pundits weigh the possible ramifications from Tehran to DC
By Joshua Davidovich
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and then-transportation minister Israel Katz attend the inauguration ceremony for a new train station in the southern town of Kiryat Malachi, September 17, 2018. (Flash90)
November 29, 2020, 2:18 pm
Leaders told to swiftly submit budget proposals as brouhaha threatens coalition
Attorney general notes Knesset needs time to mull proposals; Gantz said considering backing no-confidence bid as report details budget proposal that ignores virus damage to economy
By Joshua Davidovich
People shop at the Ayalon Mall in Ramat Gan after it reopened, November 27, 2020 (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)
November 27, 2020, 3:59 pm
Let’s go shopping: What the press is saying on November 27
As Israelis hit the malls, early elections may be on hold with Netanyahu doing some browsing of his own for the best deals among partners and rivals, who may not survive the sales
By Joshua Davidovich
In this March 26, 2006, photo, former soccer player Diego Maradona smokes a cigar as he watches Argentina's first division soccer match between Boca Juniors and River Plate in Buenos Aires, Argentina. (AP Photo/Natacha Pisarenko, File)
November 26, 2020, 4:12 pm
Legends of the fallen: What the press is saying on November 26
Israelis flood the media remembering soccer great Maradona, with nostalgia superseding any qualms about his politics, though they make sure to mention his other demons
By Joshua Davidovich
Soldiers inspecting the site of a plane crash in which two Israeli soldiers were killed near the Bedouin city of Rahat on November 24, 2020. (Dudu Greenspan/Flash90)
November 25, 2020, 4:42 pm
The military that knew too little: What the press is saying on November 25
A deadly air force training flight crash has investigators and reporters stumped, and Netanyahu keeping his under-the-radar trips from his army chief spark worries of danger
By Joshua Davidovich
A Saudi waves a national flag during celebrations marking National Day to commemorate the unification of the country as the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, in Jiddah, Saudi Arabia, Sept. 23, 2020. (AP/Amr Nabil)
November 24, 2020, 4:08 pm
Premature exhilaration: What the press is saying on November 24
A not-secret visit to Saudi Arabia is hyped as a major step, even though few think normalization with the big cheese is imminent; what is around the corner? elections (maybe)
By Joshua Davidovich
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (L) and then-defense minister Naftali Bennett (2nd L) visit an army base on the Golan Heights overlooking Syrian territory, on November 24, 2019. (Atef Safadi/Pool/AFP)
November 24, 2020, 1:51 pm
Polls show Yamina continuing to challenge Netanyahu as coalition falters
Likud still in lead, and widening advantage according to one survey, as Gantz indicates he is holding out hope government can be saved and early elections avoided
By Joshua Davidovich
Blue and White leader Benny Gantz (C) looks on as he sits next to other MKs while the Knesset debates its dissolution late on December 11, 2019. (Gali TIBBON / AFP)
November 23, 2020, 5:08 pm
Voyage to the bottom of the coalition: What the press is saying on November 23
The government is seen as drowning after Gantz announces he is launching a probe of the submarine affair, one derided as toothless but that can still embarrass Netanyahu
By Joshua Davidovich
US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo pats his head during a joint press conference with Benjamin Netanyahu and Bahrain's Foreign Minister Abdullatif bin Rashid Alzayani after their trilateral meeting in Jerusalem on Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2020. (Menahem Kahana/Pool via AP)
November 20, 2020, 3:15 pm
Mike drop: What the press is saying on November 20
Pompeo’s stocking-stuffers for settlers and the right are hailed by some, who hope the goodies keep coming, but others ask if they are the equivalent of gelt: yummy, but not gold
By Joshua Davidovich
Joe Biden pauses while speaking to supporters in front of an Arizona state flag, at the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners of America's training center, on October 8, 2020, in Phoenix. (Brendan Smialowski/AFP)
November 18, 2020, 10:52 am
Biden of the Levant: What the press is saying on November 18
The US president-elect’s presence is felt in a fresh run-in between Israel and Iran, nuke deal worries, Palestinian resumption of security cooperation and maybe more
By Joshua Davidovich
In this March 16, 2020, file photo, a pharmacist gives Jennifer Haller, left, the first shot in the first-stage safety study clinical trial of a potential vaccine for COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus, at the Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute in Seattle. The vaccine by Cambridge, Massachusetts-based Moderna Inc., generated antibodies similar to those seen in people who have recovered from COVID-19 in a study volunteers who were given either a low or medium dose. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren, File)
November 17, 2020, 4:33 pm
Moderna love: What the press is saying on November 17
Israel gets hyped up by the news that a company it actually already has a deal with appears to have a solid vaccine candidate, but others urge caution and yet others go shopping
By Joshua Davidovich
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu arrives at the annual Board of Governors' meeting in Jerusalem, October 28, 2019. (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
November 16, 2020, 4:33 pm
The seven-hour itch: What the press is saying on November 16
A long meeting on the virus lockdown exit with no results has everybody fuming and sniping at each other, and that only scratches the surface of the frustration in the air
By Joshua Davidovich
A member of Iran's Revolutionary Guards walks past a new mural painted on the walls of the former US embassy in the capital Tehran on November 2, 2019. (Atta Kenare/AFP)
November 15, 2020, 4:37 pm
Love in a time of assassination: What the press is saying on November 15
Journalists read many messages into the killing of al-Qaeda’s No. 2 in Tehran, including proof of close US-Israel intel cooperation, and Iran getting into bed with the enemy
By Joshua Davidovich
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, speaks with Defense Minister Benny Gantz during the weekly cabinet meeting in Jerusalem, June 7, 2020. (Menahem Kahana/Pool via AP)
November 13, 2020, 4:16 pm
Order of (potential) magnitude: What the press is saying on November 13
A High Court demand that the state defend the constitutionality of a law underpinning the government’s coalition deal has some readying for new elections
By Joshua Davidovich
People wearing face masks take cover from the rain on Jaffa Street in downtown Jerusalem, on November 11, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
November 11, 2020, 4:20 pm
Third stage? Try a third wave: What the press is saying on November 11
Infection trends herald a third wave and third lockdown to some, while others push to open more and Israel’s vaccine gamble raises questions; at least we have the US figured out
By Joshua Davidovich
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