EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton paid tribute to the survivors of the Holocaust ''who remind us of this tragedy that we must never forget,'' in a statement issued Sunday on International Holocaust Remembrance Day.
The post-election coalition wrangling ramped up a gear in Israel Thursday as Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu showed an apparent preference to form a centrist unity government as he entered into talks with Yair Lapid’s Yesh Atid party.
Addressing World Economic Forum in Davos, Jordanian King Abdullah II calls on int'l community to end Palestinian-Israeli conflict ''once and for all,'' says ''the time to take action in the Middle East is now.''
While the EU didn’t officially react to the results of Tuesday’s elections in Israel, a spokesperson for EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton told EJP : ''The European Union waits with interest for the formation of a new government in Israel''.
The security threat in Benghazi was revealed to have increased significantly, according to the UK and the US, as the British Foreign Office upgraded its travel advice Thursday, urging any remaining British nationals in Libya “to leave immediately”.
Israel has been featured on a quarterly report on Human Rights and Democracy by the British Foreign Office, alongside serial human rights offenders Iran, Bahrain and Belarus, as the foreign office identified the Jewish State as a ''country of concern,
Former FM says gov't must focus on domestic issues if it is to succeed; Yishai says he will never accept sending yeshiva students to IDF, demands ministry for Deri; Barak: Elections a win for ignored social justice movement.