Germany on Wednesday marked the 73rd anniversary of the Nazi pogrom that paved the way to the Holocaust with solemn ceremonies throughout the country and the opening of a new synagogue.
Shmuel Ben-Artzi, father of Sarah Netanyahu, the Israeli Prime Minister’s wife, passed away on Wednesday at the age of 97 in Hadassah Ein Karem Hospital in Jerusalem.
The ''unprecedented severity'' of a UN nuclear watchdog report on Iran's alleged atomic weapons drive makes an imminent Israeli military strike unlikely, Israeli television stations said on Tuesday.
A French foreign ministry spokesman said the diplomatic incident in which French President Nicolas Sarkozy was reported as having called Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a ''liar'' in talks with US President Barack Obama last week at the G20 in Cannes, was ''hype.''
Iran was under fresh scrutiny Wednesday after the UN atomic watchdog released reams of what it called ''''credible'''' intelligence suggesting Tehran had worked on developing nuclear weapons.
Report by UN nuclear agency says Tehran continously worked toward a nuclear weapon since 2003; diplomatic source in Vienna tells Haaretz: 'This is the most damning report ever published by the IAEA.'
French President Nicolas Sarkozy reportedly called Israeli Prime Minister Bnejamion Netanyahu « a liar » and said he “can’t stand him anymore”, during a private conversatioon with US Prezsiodent Barack Obama after a joint press conference at last week’s G20 summit in Cannes.
World-renowned musicians Pavel Kogan and Daniel Milkis (the son and grandson of the great violinist Leonid Kogan, a native of Ekaterinoslav-Dnepropetrovsk) visited Dnepropetrovsk’s Golden Rose Synagogue following their triumphant concert at the city’s Gorky Theatre.
Germany said Monday it would call for fresh ''pressure'' on Iran to comply with international commitments on its nuclear programme if a key report this week reveals further defiance.
Notorious Venezuelan terrorist cell leader Carlos the Jackal went on trial on Monday in Paris accused of carrying out four deadly bombings in France that killed 11 people and wounded almost 150.
