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Jonida Maliqi of Albania performs during the 2019 Eurovision Song Contest second semi-final in Tel Aviv, Israel, Thursday, May 16, 2019. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

Eurovision Song Contest decides this year’s final lineup

By ALON BERNSTEIN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 29, 2019, file photo, Israeli singer Netta Barzilai, who won the 2018 Eurovision song contest, poses for a photo during an interview with the Associated Press in Tel Aviv, Israel. Barzilai says there is no place for boycott calls of this year's competition in Tel Aviv. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner, File)

Israeli Eurovision hero says there’s no place for boycott

By ARON HELLER - Associated Press

An explosion caused by Israeli airstrikes is seen from the offices of Hamas leader Ismail Haniyeh, in Gaza City, Monday, March 25, 2019. Israeli forces on Monday struck targets across the Gaza Strip in response to a surprise rocket attack from the Palestinian territory, as the military beefed up troops and rocket-defense systems in anticipation of a new round of heavy fighting with the Islamic militant Hamas group. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Gaza tense after Israel, Hamas exchange heavy fire overnight

By Aron Heller and Fares Akram - Associated Press

An explosion caused by Israeli airstrikes is seen on Gaza City, early Friday, Friday, March 15, 2019. Israeli warplanes attacked militant targets in the southern Gaza Strip early Friday in response to a rare rocket attack on the Israeli city of Tel Aviv, as the sides appeared to be hurtling toward a new round of violence. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Israel-Gaza fighting ebbs; Gaza rockets reportedly a misfire

By Josef Federman and Fares Akram - Associated Press

An explosion caused by Israeli airstrikes is seen on Gaza City, early Friday, Friday, March 15, 2019. Israeli warplanes attacked militant targets in the southern Gaza Strip early Friday in response to a rare rocket attack on the Israeli city of Tel Aviv, as the sides appeared to be hurtling toward a new round of violence. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

The Latest: Israel says Gaza rockets fired by mistake

Associated Press

An explosion caused by Israeli airstrikes is seen on Gaza City, early Friday, March 15, 2019. Israeli warplanes attacked militant targets in the southern Gaza Strip early Friday in response to a rare rocket attack on the Israeli city of Tel Aviv, as the sides appeared to be hurtling toward a new round of violence. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

Israel strikes Gaza targets following Tel Aviv rocket attack

By JOSEF FEDERMAN and FARES AKRAM - Associated Press

An explosion caused by Israeli airstrikes is seen on Gaza City, early Friday, March 15, 2019. Israeli warplanes attacked militant targets in the southern Gaza Strip early Friday in response to a rare rocket attack on the Israeli city of Tel Aviv, as the sides appeared to be hurtling toward a new round of violence. (AP Photo/Adel Hana)

The Latest: Israeli military accuses Hamas of firing rockets

Associated Press

In this Wednesday, March 13, 2019 photo, an Israeli child plays with an embedded LED stoplight at a crosswalk in Tel Aviv, Israel. Tel Aviv has taken its first steps to assist pedestrians distracted by their smartphones by embedding LED stoplights at crosswalks. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

Tel Aviv deploys ‘zombie lights’ for mobile-obsessed walkers

By AUDREY HOROWITZ - Associated Press

AP Exclusive: Undercover spy exposed in NYC was 1 of many

By RAPHAEL SATTER - Associated Press

First wave of new Ethiopian immigrants arrives in Israel

By ISABEL DEBRE - Associated Press

A woman argues with a policeman as members of Israeli-Ethiopian community protest against police and demand the appointment of an investigating judge to probe the killing of Yehuda Biadga, a mentally ill Ethiopian-Israeli, by Israeli police, in Tel Aviv, Israel, Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2019. (AP Photo/Oded Balilty)

Ethiopian Israelis rally in Tel Aviv against police violence

Associated Press

FILE - In this Jan. 1, 2019, file photo, flanked by first lady Michelle Bolsonaro, Brazil's President Jair Bolsonaro waves as he rides in an open car after his swearing-in ceremony in Brasilia, Brazil. The far-right leader’s first two weeks on the job have been filled with missteps and communication gaffes and little of his promised sweeping changes, underscoring a steep learning curve for a president elected on promises to overhaul much of daily life in Latin America's largest nation. (AP Photo/Andre Penner, File)

Brazil’s Bolsonaro makes stumbling start as president

By MAURICIO SAVARESE - Associated Press

Brazil's President-elect Jair Bolsonaro waves at supporters as he arrives to watch an aerial performance by the private pilots' group “Esquadrilha do Ceu&quot; or “Sky Squadron&quot;, at Barra beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2018. Bolsonaro appeared in public Tuesday for the first time as president-elect. He visited a church led by ultraconservative pastor Silas Malafaia and spoke briefly to the faithful on stage. &quot;I am sure that I am not the most capable, but God capacitates the chosen ones,&quot; he said. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)

President-elect says Brazil to move embassy to Jerusalem

Associated Press

Australia’s ex-PM warns Jerusalem move would worry Indonesia

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo speaks to reporters while his plane refuels in Brussels, Belgium Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2018. (Leah Millis/Pool Image via AP)

U.S. closes diplomatic mission to Palestinian Authority, merges with U.S. Embassy in Jerusalem

By Laura Kelly - The Washington Times

FILE - In this May 12, 2018 file photo, Netta Barzilai from Israel celebrates after winning the Eurovision song contest in Lisbon, Portugal. The Eurovision Song Contest has announced that next year's competition will be held in Tel Aviv. The government initially insisted on holding the popular event in Jerusalem. But following a backlash over the U.S. recognition of Jerusalem as its capital and a subsequent fear of boycotts it dropped the demand. (AP Photo/Armando Franca, File)

Eurovision says Tel Aviv will host 2019 song contest

By Aron Heller - Associated Press

Paraguay moves Israel embassy back out of Jerusalem

By PEDRO SERVIN - Associated Press

An Arab Israeli Arab man holds a sign that reads &quot;Equality now&quot; during a protest against the Jewish nation bill in Tel Aviv, Israel, Saturday, Aug. 11, 2018. The recently passed law that enshrines Israel's Jewish character and downgrades the standing of Arabic from an official to a &quot;special&quot; language. (AP Photo/Ariel Schalit)

Thousands attend Arab-led rally against Israeli bill

By SHLOMO MOR - Associated Press

In this April 20, 2017 photo, dual U.S.-Israeli citizen, Michael Ron David Kadar, sits during a court session, in Rishon Lezion, Israel. An Israeli court on Thursday, June 28, 2018, convicted Kadar, for making a string of bomb threats targeting U.S. Jewish community centers, airlines and shopping malls -- capping a case that had raised fears of a wave of anti-Semitism in the United States. (AP Photo/Sebastian Scheiner)

Michael Kadar, ‘JCC hoax bomber,’ convicted in Israel over threats against Jewish centers

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

FILE - In this file photo dated Saturday, Dec. 19, 2015, Chelsea soccer club owner Roman Abramovich sits in his box before the English Premier League soccer match between Chelsea and Sunderland at Stamford Bridge stadium in London. Russian billionaire Roman Abramovich has received Israeli citizenship after his British visa has not been renewed. An Israeli Immigration and Absorption Ministry official says the Chelsea soccer club owner arrived in Israel Monday and was granted citizenship in accordance with an Israeli law granting that right to people of Jewish descent. (AP Photo/Matt Dunham, File)

Abramovich is latest Russian oligarch to move to Israel

By ARON HELLER - Associated Press