According to a study published by The Telegraph, the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) breached its editorial standards over 1500 times in its coverage of the war between Israel and HAMAS.

The World Zionist Organization Department for the promotion of Aliyah (WZO) organized an online meeting between Ariel Tulub, an Israeli reserve soldier, and Jewish students from France studying medicine at the University of Porto (Portugal).

On December 20, the Israeli Knesset approved in the final reading a bill on state funding of higher education for demobilized soldiers of mandatory and extended service.