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David Horovitz

David Horovitz

David Horovitz is the founding editor of The Times of Israel. He is the author of "Still Life with Bombers" (2004) and "A Little Too Close to God" (2000), and co-author of "Shalom Friend: The Life and Legacy of Yitzhak Rabin" (1996). He previously edited The Jerusalem Post (2004-2011) and The Jerusalem Report (1998-2004).
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu attends a vote on the judicial selection panel in the Knesset, June 14, 2023. Tally Gotliv MK is seated at right. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 14, 2023, 11:06 pm
Netanyahu loses a key vote. Now a torn, troubled Israel waits for the fallout
The prime minister fails to impose discipline on his colleagues and the opposition manages an improbable victory, but the judicial overhaul advocates aren’t done yet
By David Horovitz
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu in the Knesset on May 29, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
June 8, 2023, 2:37 am
It’s not too late for Netanyahu to do the right thing
Much of the harm he has done to Israel these past 5 months defies rational explanation even from his point of view. He won’t be easily forgiven, but he must start to undo the damage
By David Horovitz
Dan Ahdoot, in his New York baseball cap, in Jerusalem, June 3, 2023 (DH / Times of Israel)
June 4, 2023, 11:35 am
Comedy for Koby’s Dan Ahdoot: Why Falafel Phil and over-tipping hold the keys to peace
Probably the first Iranian-US-Jewish stand-up comedian to play Israel tells ToI about failing to visit the Temple Mount, pro-semitism, and his impossible quest for parental approval
By David Horovitz
Israelis protest against the government's planned judicial overhaul, outside the President's Residence in Jerusalem, on April 1, 2023. The banner at right reads: "It's vital to safeguard the common home"; the banner at center reads: "Freedom, equality, kinship." (Noam Revkin Fenton/Flash90)
June 1, 2023, 2:50 am
Echoes of the Judean People’s Front: Monty Python’s in Jerusalem, and it isn’t funny
When the pro-democracy ‘Safeguarding Our Home’ rallies are overwhelmed and undermined by adjacent, rival-allied ‘Free Palestine’ demonstrators
By David Horovitz
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, MKs and ministers after the Knesset passed the 2023-2024 budget, May 23, 2023. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
May 25, 2023, 1:43 am
Netanyahu has pushed through an appalling budget. Now here comes the overhaul again
The PM caved to his ultra-Orthodox allies with boosted funds for inadequate schools and full-time Torah study. Will he ignore the national interest on the future of the judiciary too?
By David Horovitz
Key in his lapel, Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas addresses a Nakba Day event at the United Nations General Assembly in New York, May 15, 2023 (Ed Jones / AFP)
May 18, 2023, 5:33 am
Ad-libbed at the General Assembly, Mahmoud Abbas’s full-blown rejectionism
Speaking at the UN’s Nakba fest, the PA chief contradicted his previous assurances to Israel. In a reflection of the collapse of negotiation prospects, hardly anyone even noticed
By David Horovitz
Israel's Iron Dome air defense system intercepts rockets launched from Gaza City on May 10, 2023. (Mohammed Abed/AFP)
May 14, 2023, 4:06 pm
Israel’s Gaza operation met its goals in seconds; trouble is, it went on for 5 days
Gallant claimed on Wednesday that Islamic Jihad had ‘no answer’ to the IDF’s initial raids. In fact, Hamas’s evil little sister kept half of Israel under threat through Saturday
By David Horovitz
An Israel soldier blocks a road near the border with Gaza, southern Israel, on May 10, 2023. (Flash90)
May 10, 2023, 4:17 pm
At the root of the latest Gaza-Israel flareup, implacable rejection of Israel
The Shin Bet chief said Israel ‘closed a circle’ with the killing of three notorious Islamic Jihad commanders. But our enemies are intent on keeping it open
By David Horovitz
Israeli children look at a damaged car in the southern city of Sderot following rocket fire from Gaza on May 2, 2023 (AHMAD GHARABLI / AFP)
May 3, 2023, 4:58 pm
A reminder from Gaza: Israel dare not be distracted or divided
Israel’s internal cohesion is not a luxury or an ideal. It is a central element in our capacity to resist our enemies, survive and flourish
By David Horovitz
Israeli fighter jets perform in an air show marking the country's 75th Independence Day over sailboats in the Mediterranean Sea in Tel Aviv, Israel, April 26, 2023. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)
April 26, 2023, 5:06 pm
Israel at 75: ‘Only together can we reach our goals’
In a pre-recorded video screened at the opening 75th Independence Day ceremony, the prime minister stressed unity as central to the wonders of modern Israel. Was he listening?
By David Horovitz
President Isaac Herzog speaks at the Jewish Federations of North America's General Assembly at Expo Tel Aviv on April 23, 2023. (Courtesy, Jewish Federations of North America)
April 24, 2023, 1:33 am
Herzog’s global Jewish dialogue initiative is laudable, as long as it’s not too late
The president unveils plans for a world Jewish forum to debate issues. But as the judicial overhaul crisis underlines, such debate is only useful if those in power are listening
By David Horovitz
File: Police use a water cannon to disperse a protest against the arrest of a yeshiva student who failed to comply with an IDF conscription order, at the entrance to Jerusalem, on March 23, 2017. (Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
April 20, 2023, 11:16 am
How to heal a rift: Don’t exclude Haredim from IDF; include them in national service
As with the judicial overhaul, the looming tragedy of an ultra-Orthodox exemption law is exacerbated by the fact that a win-win alternative is staring our legislators in the face
By David Horovitz
Defense Minister Yoav Gallant (left) and Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, with OC Central Command Yehuda Fox, at the scene of a terror attack in the Jordan Valley on April 7, 2023. (Haim Zach/GPO)
April 11, 2023, 4:53 pm
Netanyahu belatedly reverses course on Gallant. If only he’d do the same on autocracy
After two weeks, the PM finally realized that the public wouldn’t forgive him for sacking his defense minister. What about a far more essential retreat, on his judicial revolution?
By David Horovitz
Israel's security cabinet meets after rocket barrages from Lebanon, April 6, 2023. Defense Minister Yoav Gallant is seated opposite Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. (Amos Ben-Gershom/GPO)
April 7, 2023, 4:47 pm
Our enemies smell weakness
Less than two weeks ago, the defense minister warned of security dangers on multiple fronts exacerbated by the internal rift over Israel’s direction. He was all too prescient
By David Horovitz
File: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and his wife Sara receive a box of matzah from Chabad Representatives prior to Passover, at the Prime Minister's Residence in Jerusalem, April 20, 2016. (Kobi Gideon/ GPO)
April 5, 2023, 9:38 am
‘In every generation’: Why Seder is the time to discuss a path out of Israel’s crisis
The Haggadah tells us to recall our ancestors’ liberation as though we too were redeemed. It’s an annual reminder of how precious our freedom is, and our obligation to protect it
By David Horovitz
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