The speaker of Israel's Knesset has withdrawn an invitation to his Hungarian counterpart to join a parliamentary ceremony, to protest his participation in an event honouring a pro-Nazi writer.
Rockets fired toward southern town of Netivot cause no injuries or damage; siren is sounded three times, sending residents running for cover; Palestinians fired a Kassam earlier in the day, damaging a building.
An Argentinian Holocaust memorial 15 years in the making has been indefinitely delayed, after local and national laws have repeatedly thwarted its construction.
Visiting Russian President Vladimir Putin praised his Palestinian counterpart Mahmoud Abbas Tuesday for what he said was a “responsible” position in negotiations with Israel and said Russia has no problem recognizing a Palestinian state.
In appeal to High Court of Justice, state says evacuation of settlers from Beit El's Ulpana Hill neighborhood will take place within a week, but asks demolition of buildings to be put off for 18 weeks.
Yad Vashem Chairman Avner Shalev welcomed the announcement that Israeli police arrested three Jewish men suspected of spraying graffiti thanking Hitler for the Holocaust at Jerusalem's Yad Vashem Holocaust museum earlier this month.
Egyptian president-elect's spokesman says alleged interview with Iran's Fars News, which quoted him as saying he would restore Iran ties and reconsider Camp David, is a 'fabrication.'
Marking 100 years since the birth of Raoul Wallenberg, Yad Vashem's International Institute for Holocaust Research will hold on Tuesday a symposium on Rescue Operations During the Holocaust.
