At only 20 years old, Liel Abada is the next big thing in Israeli soccer. The kid who grew up with Maccabi Petah Tikva is leading the Israeli youth team on its march to the Euros and doing brilliantly at Celtic, who are fighting for the championship with their city rivals Glasgow Rangers. Along the way he has gotten used to life overseas and has even learned to speak English with a Scottish accent. “I hope to play as much as possible in Europe,” he says, “and the main thing is to remain modest.”

In the last few years, many Arab Israelis took the definition of their identity to the extreme, emitting the Israeli component from it completely.

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett and Public Security Minister Omer Barlev, meanwhile, approve emergency funding of NIS 180 million ($56.36 million) to the Israel Police.

The Russians had said they would significantly scale back military operations in areas around Kyiv and Chernihiv to help negotiations with Ukraine along. Russian President Vladimir Putin warns Europe to pay for gas in rubles or else.

Prime Minister Naftali Bennett: For many years, the Israel Police has been neglected. We are fixing this and are now allocating significant resources to meet the overarching mission - protecting public safety.