Israel

Netflix buys rights to screen 2019 Eurovision from Tel Aviv

The Netflix acquisition comes as it currently has in production a Eurovision comedy feature, starring and co-written by Will Ferrell and Rachel McAdams and directed by David Dobkin.

‘Slaughter the Jews’ painted on section of Western Wall in Muslim Quarter

The message was spraypainted in red on the Kotel HaKatan, or “little Western Wall,” a section of the Western Wall located in the Muslim Quarter of the Old City of Jerusalem.

Israel’s ambassador to US, Ron Dermer, to complete tenure at end of September

He will be forced to resign after Israel’s Civil Service Commission refused to extend his term of office by a year, as requested by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.