Israeli Foreign Minister Avigdor Lieberman left on Sunday for a three-day visit to Italy and San Marino, where he will meet his Italian counterpart and Prime Minister Mario Monti, the foreign ministry said.
After Mofaz threatens to quit gov't in response to PM's dissolution of Keshev C'tee, Netanyahu pushes law requiring "civilian service" for IDF draft evaders; FM: Haredim should defer draft "not even for 2 days."
Swastikas were painted on the Remember Memorial to genocide victims - civilians killed in the Nazi occupation of 1941-1943 - in Novomoskovsk, Ukraine's Dnipropetrovsk region, the regional police department told Interfax.
Interior Ministry gives initial approval for National Defense College to build structure on Mount of Olives; Peace Now calls move a "crazy plan to build a military college in one of the most sensitive areas in dispute."
ormer PM's only weakness was his love for Israel and family; Yitzhak Shamir will be laid to rest alongside wife at Mount Herzl after passing away in TA at age 96; Peres, Netanyahu to eulogize the late prime minister at funeral.
The new captions at Yad Vashem send a clear message to the incumbent pope: Do not glamorize Pius XII before the Vatican reviews and publishes all documents concerning his activities during the Holocaust
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has sent a letter to Egypt's newly-elected President Mohamed Morsi, urging him to uphold a peace treaty between the two countries.
