The European Parliament on Thursday approved a joint resolution slamming the Israeli government’s latest settlement expansion plans, claiming that if implemented they would “undermine the viability of the two-state solution” by making the possibility of a “the viable, contiguous and sovereign Palestinian State untenable.”

PA officials say a confederation would only take place after the creation of a Palestinian state within the pre-1967 lines.

Attorney-General Weinstein decides to close the main case against the foreign minister, but to indict him for two other charges in the 2008 Ben-Aryeh case, which could make his resignation more likely.

The Bundestag, the German Parliament, on Wednesday approved a bill to keep male infant circumcision legal after a Cologne court ruled in May that the practice amounts to bodily harm.

Palestinian youth brandished a fake gun when asked for identification, shot and killed by female Border Patrol officer.

Israel said it regrets Monday’s statement by the European Union on the settlements which it described as ''one-sided.''

Gül condemns Israels ''very dangerous'' move to build new settlements in joint conference with Abbas, Turkish media reports.

Former FM says keeping settlements is a requirement for achieving peace between Israel and the Palestinian Authority; declares frustration with int'l community over its equating of IDF, terrorist casualties.

British charity Holocaust Educational Trust (HET) conducted an outreach programme in Gibraltar last week as part of its ongoing teacher training programmes to better equip educators with the skills to deliver Holocaust educational programmes in their schools.

Germany announced it was expelling four Syrian embassy staff from Berlin, in an effort to isolate the authoritarian Syrian regime Monday, as Europe’s Foreign Ministers gave their backing to the new Syrian opposition coalition as “legitimate representatives of the Syrian people”.