The EU said it will keep on giving money to the Palestinian authorities despite their new deal with Hamas, an organization which is listed as a terrorist group by the EU.
French Prime Minister Francois Fillon and his ministers stormed out of parliament in protest Tuesday after an opposition deputy accused the government of flirting with Nazi ideology.
CRIF, the representative umbrella body French Jewish organizations, has not allowed the family and fiancé of Lee Zeitouni, an Israeli girl killed in a hit-and-run car accident involving two French citizens, to attend its annual dinner despite their wish to use this opportunity to call for the two men to be extradited to Israel.
Some 22,000 Jewish people confined to ghettos under the Nazis during World War II are entitled to smaller pension payments than they initially claimed, a German federal court ruled Tuesday.
Three families killed in their homes in Homs by militiamen loyal to Assad regime; violence comes after Russian FM said that Assad wants a peaceful resolution to the unrest.
The European Union is not planning to recall its ambassador in Damascus like some of its member states did in response to the ongoing Syrian government repression against the opposition.
Last minute attempts by Finance Minister, and Histadrut labor federation to reach an agreement fail; trains not operating, delays at Ben Gurion airport, hospitals only dealing with emergency cases.
Israeli Prime Minister criticizes deal reached between Hamas and Fatah, according to which Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas will head a unity caretaker cabinet.
The Anti-Defamation League (ADL) on Monday praised the United States’ decision to close its embassy in Damascus, saying that the step ''sends a strong signal that the ongoing brutal repression of the Syrian people is unacceptable, that the Assad regime no longer has credibility and that Syria is becoming a pariah among nations.''
