The only way you can read the actual messages is on the phone. When you go to your account in My Verizon, you will only see phone numbers and dates/times. You may be able to set up parental controls to turn off messaging at certain times, but I'm not certain.
Israelis eat a lot of felafel and hummus, pita, baba ghanoush, taboule, etc. Israeli salads are also quite popular. Since Israel has a huge emigrant population from Eastern Europe, there are a number of Eastern European dishes, like chicken shnitzel that are also relatively common.
Coffee is very important in Israel and in much of the Middle East. The national dish of Jordan is a combination of herb seasoned lamb cooked in yogurt and served with rice. This delicious dish is called mansaf, and can be served spicy as well as mild. In Lebanon one finds kibbeh.