Israel is among the world’s least popular nations, according to an annual BBC World Service poll. Germany was found to be the most popular country, while the only nations less popular than Israel were found to be North Korea, Pakistan, and Iran. Read more.

Israelis ‘like’ Facebook more than any other nation: While a recent Pew Research Center survey showed usage of the social network is on the decline in the U.S., Israelis won’t be defriending it anytime soon. Read more.

Hezbollah’s increased involvement in the civil war in Syria and the aid it is giving to President Bashar Assad’s regime is spurring support in the European Union to include the group in the EU’s list of terror groups, senior Foreign Ministry officials in Jerusalem said Tuesday. Read more.

Thirteen years after an exchange of fire in Gaza appeared to have resulted in the death of a Palestinian boy at the start of the second intifada, an Israeli investigative panel has found “there are many indications” that Mohammed al-Dura and his father, Jamal, “were never hit by gunfire” – neither Israeli nor Palestinian – after all. Read more.

Angelina Jolie’s ‘Jewish genetic mutation’: The “faulty” gene that Angelina Jolie credited with her decision to have a preventive double mastectomy is one of three genetic mutations which are common among Jews of Eastern European descent and increase their carriers’ risk of developing breast cancer. Nevertheless, relatively few Israeli women choose to undergo the same preventive surgery. Read more.