France will vote for a UN Security Council resolution on Israeli settlements drafted by Arab states if it is moderate and does not halt a resumption of peace talks, its foreign minister said Thursday.

Whether or not U.S. will support the resolution remains unclear; U.S. previously said resolution wont bring two sides closer to peace deal.

Israel will boycott a meeting at the United Nations to mark the 10th anniversary of the Durban conference on racism.

Israel, U.S. walked out of the 2001 World Conference Against Racism in Durban over a draft resolution singling out Israel for criticism.

Israel's ambassador to the UN calls on international community to send a 'clear and resolute' message that rocket attacks are unacceptable; teenage girl was wounded by Qassam on Tuesday in Ashkelon area.

Israeli officials fear that Washington will not rush to exercise its veto power against such a resolution, which calls for international pressure for construction freeze.

The United States should shun events next year at the United Nations commemorating the 2001 Durban Declaration on racism, 18 US senators said Friday, citing worries over anti-Semitic and anti-US rhetoric.

The head of a United Nations committee charged with implementing the Goldstone Report reportedly has resigned.

Opposition Muslim Brotherhood says several of its rallies have been disrupted and more than 1,000 of its members have been detained.

Brussels, the city which headquarters the EU bodies, has presented its bid to host Parliament of the World Religions in 2014, the largest interreligious gathering in the world held once every five years in a different city.