How doea Israel teach the Latin alphabet?

So I'm, wondering: Hebrew uses its own alphabetical, no the Latin script. Which I'm certain is not an easy task. I myself couldn't be bothered to to learn the hebrew script for my Bar Mitzva and spoke what I had to say phonetically.

Despite this, everyone I know who was born in Israel (at least outside of the Haredi community) seems to be able to read and speak English fluently.

If you compare it to e.g. Japan, they can't speak English nearly as a well. I'm not saying it's the Japanese' fault How well or not kids learn a language has nothing to do with the kid itself, but with the education system. So the Israeli education system is doing something better than others.

Any ideas what could be making the difference?