The World Jewish Congress (WJC) and the European Jewish Congress (EJC) welcomed the decision by the Nobel Prize Committee in Oslo to award this year’s Nobel Peace Prize to the European Union.
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon condemned “all acts of hatred and religious intolerance” in a press conference following his meeting with French President Francois Hollande this week in Paris, as he professed himself “profoundly saddened” by the recent surge in anti-Semitic incidents in France.
Smith research poll conducted exclusively for 'The Jerusalem Post' reveals party led by Olmert, including Livni and Lapid would win 31 seats, four more than Likud, in January, 2013 election.
A French prosecutor on Thursday branded a homegrown group of Islamist extremists as the biggest terror threat the country has faced since the Algerian-based GIA carried out a string of deadly bombings in the 1990s.
Chief PLO negotiator says Israel could also exploit elections to expand settlements, ''Judaize Jerusalem''; PA official says decision to advance election will not affect efforts to upgrade Palestinian status at UN.
The Israeli air force pounded targets in the northern Gaza Strip early on Wednesday, without causing casualties, following renewed rocket fire on southern Israel.