The U.S. State Department expressed its "complete support" for its anti-Semitism envoy and encouraged "broad dialogue" toward Israeli-Palestinian peace.

Mahmoud Abbas did not announce a willingness to return to peace talks with Israel following a meeting with Hosni Mubarak.

While an Israeli magician sat in an ice cube in Tel Aviv for 64 hours in a bid to shatter a world record, settler leaders in Jerusalem prepared to smash an ice cube of a very different sort this week opposite the prime minister’s residence.

The London Jewish Museum of Art secretly purchased a rare Marc Chagall painting at a Paris auction.

While Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas continues to refuse to sit down and talk with Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu, he is in telephone contact with President Shimon Peres, who even recently tried to talk him out of resigning.

A senior member of the Fatah movement on Sunday dismissed Hamas politburo chief Khaled Meshal's remarks that the warring Palestinian factions were close to deal for reconciliation.

Barack Obama's administration supports Egypt's vision for a Middle East peace plan that would include a complete halt of construction in West Bank settlements as well as the release of senior Palestinian officials from Israeli prisons, the Qatar-based news network Al-Jazeera reported on Sunday.

Israel had a dramatic drop in terrorist attacks this year, Israel's internal security service said in its annual review.

Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu was set to ask Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak to push Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas to restart peace negotiations when the two leaders meet in Cario, Army Radio reported Tuesday.

The United States on Monday harshly criticized Israel's plans to build more housing in Jerusalem neighborhoods over the green line.