US Ambassador to Israel Dan Shapiro insisted Israel and the US are “very well coordinated” on their respective policies regarding Iran, as he claimed the UN General Assembly speeches by Israeli Premier Benjamin Netanyahu and US President Barack Obama both demonstrated “we’re absolutely committed to the same goal...(and) we’re determined to prevent it”.
Hamas declared a media boycott of Barcelona Thursday, in reaction to reports the renowned football club had invited former Palestinian captive-turned sports columnist Gilad Shalit to attend one of its key matches as its guest, despite a local pro-Palestinian protest against the “gesture of goodwill” towards a former Sergeant Major of the Israel Defense Forces”.
Swedish police confirmed reports of an explosion being sounded at a Jewish community centre in Malmo, in the South of the country Friday, as the entrance was discovered smashed on their arrival to the scene.
Netanyahu thanks Canadian PM Harper for severing ties with Iran, calls move ''act of statesmanship, moral clarity''; Harper says PM's speech on Iranian red lines will not be forgotten; Obama expresses solidarity with PM via phone.
Argentina's president said Tuesday she has asked for a meeting with Iran over a 1994 terror attack in Buenos Aires that killed more than 80 people at a Jewish association in 1994, for which her country blames Tehran.
Prime minister tells UNGA red lines don't lead to war, but prevent war; says Iran will back down when boundaries are placed on its uranium enrichment; puts faith in US-Israeli cooperation on issue
The city of Smolensk, Russia experienced this week the historic inaugurations of its new JCC “‘Beit Malkin” and new Synagogue “Beit Menachem”. The new Synagogue is strategically located alongside the historic Kremlin wall which dates 400 years back.
“As the Prime Minister of Israel, the state of the Jewish people, I am working in every way so that Iran will not have nuclear weapons,” Benjamin Netanyahu wrote in an unusual letter to the Israeli public before leaving for New York, to address the UN General Assembly hours after Yom Kippur.
