The Board of Deputies of British Jews and the Jewish Leadership Council have expressed concern about the government's decision to lift its ban on relations with the Muslim Council of Britain, the UK's largest Muslim organization.

Dwaik was quoted on the Hamas website as saying that the report was "inaccurate" and that Hamas would never recognize the Israeli occupation of Palestinian lands.

If the border with Egypt is not closed, then al-Qaida may use Sudanese refugees making their way into the country as cover to infiltrate and set up terrorist cells in Israel, senior IDF officials told Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu during a tour on Thursday of two observation posts along the Sinai border.

United Nations Secretary General Ban ki-Moon on Thursday urged Palestinians and Israelis to resume peace negotiations, declaring that failure to do so could destroy any chances of progress.

A commercial flight was diverted to Philadelphia after a Jewish passenger's tefillin were mistaken for a bomb.

President Obama acknowledged that the Middle East peace process has not moved forward.

The Israeli film “Ajami” has made the first cut in the Oscar race.

Hamas is reportedly ready to accept Israel's right to exist and prepared to nullify its charter which calls for the destruction of the Jewish state, according to Aziz Dwaik.

Bishop Richard Williamson has called the discussions between the Vatican and his Society of Saint Pius X a “dialogue of the deaf.”

Two days after the pope's visit to a Rome synagogue, the Vatican issued a document citing the Israeli-Palestinian conflict as one of the main challenges facing Christians in the Middle East.