Joshua Davidovich

Interior Minister Ayelet Shaked during a memorial ceremony marking 26 years since the assassination of prime minister Yitzhak Rabin, at the Knesset on October 18, 2021 (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

October 20, 2021, 12:51 pm

Law for one and one for brawl: What the press is saying about Knesset tussles

Ayelet Shaked is at the center of several scraps within the coalition, though rifts are all over; and papers look at what’s behind a law that could keep Netanyahu out of power

By Joshua Davidovich

A cat working at the computer. (Tanased Hemathulin/iStock via Getty Images)

October 15, 2021, 1:50 pm

System error: What the press is saying about hacks and cheap cracks

A ransomware attack on a hospital exposes some big issues; speaking unclearly becomes an art form; and a ‘terror-backing’ Knesset aide’s suspension sparks some questions

By Joshua Davidovich

A Palestinian woman walks past a mural painted by a Hamas artist of captured Israeli soldier Ron Arad, in the Jabalia refugee camp on the Gaza Strip. on January 28, 2010. (Abed Rahim Khatib/Flash90)

October 5, 2021, 11:37 am

A failure to communicate: What the press is saying about the hunt for Ron Arad

Bennett’s news that spies carried out a mission for info on the captured airman sets off a whirlwind of criticism and counterclaims, leaving nobody the wiser as to his actual fate

By Joshua Davidovich

Israeli soldiers take positions along the border between the northern West Bank near Jenin and Israel as they search for two Palestinians who broke out of a maximum-security prison last week, on a road leading to the West Bank town of Jenin, near Gan Ner Israel, September 12, 2021. (AP/Ariel Schalit)

September 19, 2021, 11:25 am

Boosted and busted: What the press is saying about 3 shots and 2 caught escapees

And perhaps bested… as questions continue to dog officials following the Gilboa escape and a US rebuff of Israel’s vaccine booster blitz

By Joshua Davidovich

Police officers and prison guards stand at the scene of a prison escape of six Palestinian terrorists outside the Gilboa prison in northern Israel, on September 6, 2021. (Flash90)

September 10, 2021, 8:52 am

Prison of the absurd: What the press is saying about jailbreaks and test fakes

Pressure builds in Israel as more stories of the jumbles and fumbles that allowed six inmates to escape proliferate, and in the West Bank, as they remain on the loose

By Joshua Davidovich

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett seen with Minister of Finance Avigdor Liberman during a vote on the first reading of the state budget in the Knesset, September 2, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/Flash90)

September 3, 2021, 11:09 am

It’s a budget! What the press is saying about spending money and spreading COVID

The budget still has some hurdles, but after almost 3 years of waiting, an initial Knesset okay is enough for the press to play up, even as sky-high virus figures are played down

By Joshua Davidovich

US President Joe Biden speaks about COVID-19 vaccine requirements for federal workers in the East Room of the White House in Washington, Thursday, July 29, 2021. (AP Photo/Susan Walsh)

August 26, 2021, 5:27 pm

Match game: What the press is saying about Bennett pushing Biden on Iran

Both sides are looking to rekindle the bipartisan love affair between the US and Israel, but with Bennett seeking a tougher Tehran line, the new flames may not be in total lockstep

By Joshua Davidovich

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, right, and then-Education Minister Naftali Bennett, left, attend the weekly cabinet meeting at the Prime Minister's Office in Jerusalem, Tuesday, August 30, 2016. (Abir Sultan/Pool/via AP)

August 25, 2021, 2:41 pm

Big shoes to fill: What the press is saying about that new guy meeting Biden

Bennett’s DC trip invites Netanyahu comparisons, plus Bedouins mourn a political giant and a spike in COVID cases draws some soul searching

By Joshua Davidovich

A woman receives a COVID-19 vaccine shot at a mobile Magen David Adom center on Dizengoff Square in Tel Aviv, on August 14, 2021. (Miriam Alster/Flash90)

August 20, 2021, 1:10 pm

Shooting from the hip: What the press is saying about boosters, blazes and Biden

Israel wastes no time getting 3rd COVID vaccine doses out, with more seen on the way; a massive blaze sparks questions; and what Kabul chaos means for DC’s BFF in the Mideast

By Joshua Davidovich

A line of cars waiting to enter a drive-thru coronavirus testing center in Rehovot on August 8, 2021. (Yossi Aloni/Flash90)

August 10, 2021, 10:54 am

Hell is on the way: What the press is saying about rising morbidity and mercury

COVID-19 rates are hitting the ceiling again, but politicians are insistent that everything will be okay, even if health experts are not; will it be ditto for the climate crisis?

By Joshua Davidovich

New Minister of Education Yifat Shasha-Biton speaks at a ceremony as she takes over from Yoav Gallant, at the Education Ministry in Jerusalem on June 14, 2021. (Olivier Fitoussi/FLASH90)

July 29, 2021, 4:33 pm

Vax on, vax off: What the press is saying about Shasha-Biton and the third shot

The education minister’s pro anti-vaccination leanings are raising hackles among some, and a booster dose gets the go-ahead

By Joshua Davidovich

A police officer enforces COVID-19 regulations at Ben Gurion International Airport on July 19, 2021. (Avshalom Sassoni/Flash90)

July 22, 2021, 11:41 am

We’ll cut it off at the pass: What the press is saying about virus curbs and NSO

The press knows what ministers will do before they do it, and why it will or won’t solve rising morbidity rates. Plus NSO finds the bad guys behind its bad press: Ben and Jerry

By Joshua Davidovich

One of Sheba's innovation projects: the "hospital room of the future," built in the Israel Center for Medical Simulation at Sheba Medical Center (courtesy of Sheba Medical Center)

July 9, 2021, 9:52 am

Feint by number: What the press is saying about hazy math and home demo friction

Reports question the Health Ministry’s counting skills, and the media jumps on hints of frayed ties between the US and Israel, and Bennett and Lapid

By Joshua Davidovich

Israelis wear protective face masks as they walk in Tel Aviv on March 11, 2021. (Miriam Alster/FLASH90)

June 25, 2021, 10:42 am

Comeback COVID: What the press says about masking faces and looking for Jews

A renewed face covering mandate comes with assurances that things probably won’t get too much worse. The same, unfortunately, cannot be said for Florida tower collapse victims

By Joshua Davidovich

IDF Chief of Staff Aviv Kohavi, center-right, and US Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Mark Milley, center-left, salute outside the US Department of Defense in Washington, DC, on June 21, 2021. (Israel Defense Forces)

June 21, 2021, 2:04 pm

IDF chief in Washington warns against return to Iran nuke deal

In first visit since Biden took office, Aviv Kohavi tells top Pentagon officials that existing pact allows Tehran to make ‘significant advances’ in nuclear program

By Joshua Davidovich