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Israeli schoolchildren videoconference with North American baby boomers during a weekly English lesson. (Courtesy of Israel Connect/via JTA)
June 17, 2018, 9:49 am
Fourth- to eighth-graders to get subsidized after-school spoken English tutoring
New plan unveiled by Education Ministry, Association of Community Centers will use English-speaking adult volunteers to coach groups of up to six children
By Sue Surkes
Yair Netanyahu, son of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, is seen in Tel Aviv on November 26, 2017. (Flash90)
June 17, 2018, 8:58 am
PM’s son instigated tweet that caused diplomatic spat with Mexico — report
Yair Netanyahu said to have pressured father to post message supporting Donald Trump's planned anti-migrant wall, against counsel of his political advisers
By Sue Surkes
Israeli ambassador to Argentina, Ilan Sztulman, (C) and friends get ready to root for Lionel Messi's team in a humorous video clip made for the World Cup opening on June 14, 2018
June 14, 2018, 1:29 pm
Israeli embassy in Buenos Aires roots for Argentina in World Cup, despite snub
Meanwhile, Foreign Ministry spokesman Emmanuel Nahshon throws his support behind neighbors Egypt and Saudi Arabia
By Sue Surkes
Otto Warmbier arriving at a court for his trial in Pyongyang, North Korea, March 16, 2015. (Xinhua/Lu Rui via Getty Images/JTA)
June 12, 2018, 3:10 pm
Trump: Kim summit ‘may not have happened without Otto Warmbier’
'Otto did not die in vain,' says US president, claiming death of US Jewish student, whom North Koreans jailed and later sent home comatose, focused attention on secretive nation
By Sue Surkes
Singer-songwriter John Maus, who withdrew from the Pop-Kultur Berlin international music festival on June 5, 2018, following calls to boycott the event because it receives funds from the Israeli Embassy. (YouTube screenshot)
June 10, 2018, 9:32 pm
US singer bows out of German festival amid pressure over funding from Israel
John Maus preferred 'not to play within a politicized setting' at Pop-Kultur, in face of heavy pressure from boycott groups
By Sue Surkes
Illustrative: A Hezbollah flag is waved during an Al-Quds rally in London (Steve Winston/via Jewish News)
June 10, 2018, 8:33 pm
Hezbollah flags fly as pro-Palestinian, pro-Israel demonstrators face off in UK
Anti-Zionist speakers at Quds Day event in London include Anglican cleric who in 2015 accused Israel of perpetrating 9/11 attacks
By Sue Surkes
Austrian Chancellor Sebastian Kurz lays a wreath during a ceremony at the Hall of Remembrance in the Yad Vashem Holocaust memorial in Jerusalem, during a state visit in Israel, June 10, 2018 (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
June 10, 2018, 6:10 pm
Austrian leader visits Yad Vashem, Western Wall
On first visit to Israel since becoming chancellor, Sebastian Kurz vows to ensure 'horrific crimes' remembered
By Sue Surkes and Raphael Ahren
In this photo from US President Donald Trump's Twitter account, George Papadopoulos, third from left, sits at a table with then-candidate Trump and others at what is labeled as a national security meeting in Washington that was posted on March 31, 2016. (Donald Trump's Twitter account via AP)
June 7, 2018, 11:45 pm
Ex-Trump adviser was reportedly accused of being unregistered Israeli agent
George Papadopoulos's wife says Special Counsel Robert Mueller threatened to bring charges against husband, who reportedly set up meeting with help of Israeli diplomat
By Sue Surkes
Palestinians throw chairs and other objects from inside the Al-Aqsa Mosque on Jerusalem's Temple Mount, June 7, 2018. (Screenshot from police footage)
June 7, 2018, 2:51 pm
Palestinians hurl chairs, stones from Al-Aqsa Mosque, injuring tourist, cop
Two arrested after violent outbreak on Temple Mount; police searching for additional suspects in clashes
By Sue Surkes
Illustrative photo of human sperm (photo credit: CC BY-SA 2.0 Bobjgalindo/Wikimedia)
June 7, 2018, 12:39 pm
Prolonged stress affects sperm quality, says study of Israelis during Gaza wars
Sperm moved more slowly in nearly four out of 10 samples taken from men during and just after military confrontations between Israel and Hamas in 2012, 2014
By Sue Surkes
Air force reservists use drones to identify and shoot down incoming balloons and kites from Gaza that are fitted with flammable materials to set Israeli fields on fire, June 7, 2018. (Hadashot News screenshot)
June 7, 2018, 12:10 pm
Israeli drones downed over 350 incendiary terror kites, balloons — report
Professional operators across Israel asking to join IDF reservists to help; troops able to shoot down flying objects 40 seconds from detection
By Sue Surkes
This June 6, 2018, photo shows the Capella Hotel on Sentosa Island in Singapore (seen in the center of the picture) where US President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong Un are set to meet on June 12, 2018, for nuclear talks. (AP Photo/Wong Maye-E)
June 7, 2018, 12:05 pm
Israel refused South Korea’s request to publicly back Trump-Kim summit — report
Army Radio says government fears nuclear talks with North Korea could set precedent for attempts to denuclearize Iran
By Sue Surkes
Screenshot from Channel 10 News shows police officers removing a handcuffed Ethiopian monk from an Ethiopian Church-owned property in Jerusalem, on May 31, 2018,
June 5, 2018, 1:58 pm
Ethiopian ambassador threatens diplomatic crisis after police accost monks
Video footage shows police rudely addressing, evicting Ethiopian monks from Jerusalem complex; elderly monk said injured
By Sue Surkes
Former IDF soldier Elor Azaria, who was convicted for manslaughter for shooting dead a disarmed and injured Palestinian attacker during his army service in the West Bank city of Hebron, seen after his release from prison and return to his home town Ramla on May 8, 2018. (Hadas Parush/Flash90)
June 4, 2018, 10:58 pm
Hebron shooter should be allowed to carry a gun — Likud MK
Nava Boker appeals to public security minister to give Elor Azaria a weapons license, says soldier and his family facing threats from Hamas, Islamic Jihad
By Sue Surkes
A jeep drives along the only road that leads to Spiti Valley, a remote Himalayan valley situated at 4,000 meter (13,125 feet) above sea level, India, August 15, 2016. (AP Photo/Thomas Cytrynowicz)
June 4, 2018, 9:33 pm
Israeli woman killed, 4 injured in northern India road accident
Israeli consul in Delhi en route to Himalayas to help, after car plunges off road into Spiti Valley
By Sue Surkes
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