Joshua Davidovich

A Sudanese man performs on his motorbike on the bank of Nile River, in Khartoum, Sudan, Friday, June 21, 2019. (AP/Hussein Malla)

October 23, 2020, 4:05 pm

Getting to yes: What the press is saying on October 23

Peace with Sudan is all but agreed to, and Israelis are both trying to explain why this one is really the big one while already looking to their next normalization conquest

By Joshua Davidovich

Coalition whip Miki Zohar pleads his case to Deputy Knesset Speaker Mansour Abbas in the plenum on October 21, 2020. (Shmulik Grossman/Knesset)

October 22, 2020, 4:51 pm

Get out the votes: What the press is saying on October 22

The coalition’s attempt to mulligan a vote heralds the end of democracy and maybe the Joint List; meanwhile, Trump-stumping in Israel Hayom hits new highs (or lows)

By Joshua Davidovich

Health Minister Yuli Edelstein, center, visits students on the first day of school at Chen Nerya school in Alon Shvut, on September 1, 2020. (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)

October 21, 2020, 5:04 pm

Be bitter: What the press is saying on October 21

A ministerial brawl over opening schools breaks into the open, as officials try to bully each other into or out of unrealistic plans and parents and teachers cry out in frustration

By Joshua Davidovich

Etihad Airlines plane lands at Ben Gurion Airport, October 19, 2020 (Sivan Farag)

October 20, 2020, 12:25 pm

Normalization be upon you: What the press is saying on October 20

Israel welcomes Emiratis, and many see a deal with Sudan looming; meanwhile, signs of attempts to understand the Haredim, and not just dismiss them, filter into the news agenda

By Joshua Davidovich

Young children at a kindergarten in Yashresh, Israel, on October18, 2020. (Yossi Aloni/FLASH90)

October 18, 2020, 4:49 pm

Patriarch of the cave: What the press is saying on October 18

Netanyahu is accused of ceding to ultra-Orthodox pressure and dooming Israel to Lockdown 3 by okaying red zones’ preschools, and barely peeping as regular schools open there too

By Joshua Davidovich

Illustrative: Children return to kindergarten in Tel Aviv from a lockdown of over two months, on May 10, 2020. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

October 16, 2020, 3:21 pm

School’s back, so are schoolyard tactics: What the press is saying on October 16

Haredi cities are red, Deri is blue, Israel’s emergence from a virus lockdown reveals dysfunction, what else is new?

By Joshua Davidovich

Business owners protest against the ongoing nationwide closure in Tel Aviv on October 15, 2020. (Flash90)

October 15, 2020, 5:13 pm

Armageddon out of here: What the press is saying on October 15

It’s the end of the lockdown as we know it, or is it? News organizations report on a closure that may soon be a thing of the past, but battle remains before Israelis can roam free

By Joshua Davidovich

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, seen at a welcoming ceremony for a new submarine, Rahav, at the Israeli navy base in Haifa, on January 12, 2016. (Kobi Gideon/ GPO /File)

October 15, 2020, 2:14 pm

Attorney general rejects demand to probe Netanyahu role in submarine scandal

In blow to anti-government activists, Mandelblit says not enough evidence to investigate prime minister over suspicious sale of shares of company linked to German shipbuilder

By Joshua Davidovich

A woman in Tel Aviv, during a nationwide lockdown. October 13, 2020. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)

October 14, 2020, 5:02 pm

Locks to think about: What the press is saying on October 14

Virus numbers are down, but the lockdown hoedown is still going strong as outlets focus on schools, ultra-Orthodox, and more; plus some fake extortion turns into the real thing

By Joshua Davidovich

Ultra Orthodox Jews walk in Bnei Brak on October 14, 2020 (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)

October 14, 2020, 2:05 pm

Deaths still mounting, but new virus cases maintaining slide, figures show

Netanyahu says ministers to hash out separate plan for cities with high infection rates to exit lockdown, backs airport opening

By Joshua Davidovich

Candles placed by activists from the "Darkeinu" movement in memory of Israel's coronavirus victims, near the prime minister's official residence in Jerusalem on October 12, 2020. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

October 13, 2020, 4:58 pm

Getting past 2,000: What the press is saying on October 13

Israel marks another wretched fatality milestone with the last one still fresh, and everyone is bickering over opening back up despite not yet meeting the daily case threshold

By Joshua Davidovich

View of the closed down shops in the Givatayim Mall, on October 5, 2020 (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

October 11, 2020, 12:59 pm

Drop till you shop: What the press is saying on October 11

The media looks at the Health Ministry’s slow plan to ease the lockdown, but voices calling for hurrying up the openings rise to the fore, leading to prophecies of doom

By Joshua Davidovich

Israelis dance with Torah scrolls during the festival of Simchat Torah, September 2010. (Gershon Elinson/Flash90)

October 9, 2020, 4:59 pm

Danse Macabre: What the press is saying on October 9

Ultra-Orthodox adherence to virus rules (or lack thereof) remains in the spotlight with another holiday upon the Jews, and business owners may look to start their own rebellion

By Joshua Davidovich

Illustrative: View of the sun setting over the mountains from Neve Ilan, outside Jerusalem. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)

October 9, 2020, 4:24 pm

Unholy heat: Data shows Jerusalem’s endless summer may be the fiery new normal

Hot days are getting hotter, sweltering nights are no longer rare and heat spells are lasting longer. Figures for Jerusalem, Israel and the region point to a scalding trend

By Joshua Davidovich and Sue Surkes

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu (R) taking a 15-minute coronavirus test, October 6, 2020. (Kobi Gideon / GPO)

October 7, 2020, 3:47 pm

Hair today, goners tomorrow? What the press is saying on October 7

More public figures are under the gun (or scissors) for breaking rules, but it may not be so cut and dry, as Likud slumps, businesses grump and everyone else shrugs

By Joshua Davidovich