Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky signed bilateral agreements on Monday, a day after the Israeli leader landed in Kiev for an official visit.
In a statement following the signing at the presidential palace, the two leaders said both countries agreed to boost investment and expand cooperation on technology, education, agriculture, culture and sports.
Zelensky said Ukraine was going to open a special investment office in Jerusalem, while Netanyahu said Israel would do the same in Kiev.
Speaking next to Zelensky, Netanyahu praised the flourishing relations and increasing technological ties between the two nations.

Rep. Ilhan Omar said Monday that U.S. aid to Israel should be tied to its treatment of Palestinians, questioning whether the funds should continue after the country blocked her and Rep. Rashida Tlaib from visiting in an official capacity.
“We give Israel more than $3 million in aid every year. This is predicated on their being an important ally in the region and the ‘only democracy’ in the Middle East. But denying visit to duly elected members of Congress is not consistent with being an ally. And denying millions of people freedom of movement or expression or self-determination is not consistent with being a democracy,” Omar said at the press conference in St. Paul, Minn.

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Sara Netanyahu, the wife of Israeli Prime Minister Bibi Netanyahu, is reported to have been restrained by her own security detail on a El Al flight to Ukraine after she allegedly tried to storm the cockpit to demand respect from the pilots, the Jerusalem Post reports.

A high school basketball jersey believed to have been worn by former President Barack Obama sold at auction over the weekend for $120,000.
The basketball jersey thought to have been donned by the 44th president of the United States while he was attending a Honolulu prep school sold Saturday night to a collector who chose not to be identified, according to the Associated Press.
Heritage Auctions said the details of the high school jersey that sold matched that of a jersey Obama is wearing in a photograph.
Read more at The Hill.
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Members of Jordan’s house of representatives have called on Amman to expel Israel’s ambassador to the country after a row erupted over alleged violations at the Har Habayis in Yerushalayim’s Old City, Sky News Arabic reported.
Jordanian parliamentarians also demanded the kingdom review its peace treaty with Israel as tensions continue to escalate between the two countries.
The report comes a day after Israel’s ambassador to Jordan Amir Weissbrod has been summoned by senior officials in Amman to discuss recent “Israeli violations on Temple Mount,” Arab media reported.

Palestinian Authority intelligence services have authored a secret report that warns of a major impending crisis in the Fatah-ruled West Bank, including a new wave of terrorism and a possible popular uprising.
The report, obtained by Israeli daily Yediot Aharonot, was written specifically for the leaders of the PA security forces and issued just before the murder of Israeli yeshiva student Dvir Sorek in the West Bank earlier this month.
A major worry in the West Bank, says the report, is the younger generation of Palestinians between the ages of 16-25, who were interviewed in large numbers for the study. Angry about future prospects, this age group is the most unstable living under the PA and its use of violence is likely to escalate.

Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas has fired all of his advisers, his office says today, amid a financial crisis in the West Bank that has prompted deep salary cuts.
Abbas’s office doesn’t provide further details on the number of advisers or the costs involved, pointing only to a brief statement issued through official Palestinian news agency WAFA.
The move comes amid a spending crunch following Israel’s decision in February to withhold around $10 million a month in tax transfers.
Read more at Times of Israel.
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Iran-backed Hezbollah is copying Gaza’s incendiary tactics, and is importing them to Israel’s northern border, reported Hebrew-language Channel 12 broadcaster on Sunday night.
Last Friday, Hezbollah operatives came close to Israel’s border with Lebanon, in broad daylight and with no interruption, and set fires in several locations. Within minutes, strong winds caused the flames to spread east towards Israeli territory, reported Channel 12.
IDF sources believe this might be a new arson tactic embraced by Hezbollah.
Read more at i24NEWS.
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The Israel Defense Forces (IDF) decided on Monday to suspend from duty four fighters who were involved in a fire-exchange incident with a Hamas operative on the Gaza border, Hebrew-language media reported.
Two weeks ago, a Hamas militant opened fire on Israeli troops near the Israel-Gaza border and managed to throw grenades at a Golani unit. The fighting incident between the two sides resulted in three soldiers wounded in moderate to light conditions. The terrorist was killed.